Boo!

We borrowed the neighbors cat, Buffy (stage left), to complement our spooky annual Halloween decor.

Fall Fun

The house we rented last fall had a yard service.  We are MUCH happier this year :)

Sheer Childhood Joy

Special Delivery

Caleb gets more mail and email than me these days, and I'd say 90% of it is train related.  Grandpa and Grandma Canada have sent tons of train post cards, Grandpa and Grandma Wisconsin have sent articles of "Caleb's favorite train", pictures and flyers for model train conventions and both sets have sent brochures for scenic cross-country train rides.  Uncle Chad has recently thrown his gauntlet in the ring with the following video link to the COOLEST restaurant in Wisconsin, PC Junction in Door County, where your food is delivered by flat car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyWxEH8Ze70

And this (see photo below) is what it inspired in my kitchen.  Please disregard the banana bread crumbs from our snack five minutes prior to train departure.

Thanks for joining the train craze Uncle Chad!  Caleb now thinks the PC Junction is REALLY COOL and wants to eat there ASAP.

Link to the PC Junction website
http://www.pcjunction-doorcounty.com/

The Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic

The Spirit of Boise Classic is a recently revived Boise tradition for hot air balloon enthusiasts to strut their stuff and for the general public to get up early or stay up late to ooohh and aaahh. Who could resist? http://www.spiritofboise.com/

We ventured out Friday night for the three demonstration inflations: One of 12 hand painted balloons in the world, the world's tallest balloon and the most famous, aka "Happiest Balloon on Earth".  

Seeing as delays made us up past bed time anyway... we just stayed up for the Nite Glow event, which was really striking and surprisingly entertaining. 

We never did make it to the early am launch of a balloon, but woke up about an hour after the launch and struck out for a Sunday morning drive just to see the balloons floating over the city.

In a weekend full of shopping and cleaning and organizing, this was a welcome diversion of good old fashioned family-friendly community-oriented fun.  Thank You Boise!

Garden Goods

Spicy tomato soup day is my absolute FAVORITE garden day of the season…mmm.

Tricycle Tour?

We have a new-to-us bicycle trailer for Caleb.  As you can tell from the expression on his face, HE LOVES IT!  He requested, in that oh-so-demanding way a four year old requests what he wants, a ride least four nights in a row and has recently switched to asking for a ride in the foothills behind the mountain bike.  OY!