Oh yeah. I know. You don't have to tell me.

At first, it was just that I was busy getting ready for Travis to come home. Then he got home. Then we did all kinds of fun family things together. Then it was just so much to put and so overwhelming that I just kept coming up with excuses to not blog. But Trav is back at work again now and I really can't think of anything better to do. (Plus I need to make bread today and this is better than that.) So here I am. I will try to get everybody caught up. After that, I can't guarantee anything because we are going on holidays and will be bouncing from house to house. But we shall see.

Anyway. Here goes. First of all, here is about two thirds of the canning I did. The rest is in boxes because I couldn't get it all in the pantry:

Ian and I went to the Maritime Fall Fair, where he went for a pony ride:

And another pony ride:

And a Dragon ride:

On Thanksgiving we saw a monstrously huge spider:

There was a witch/little girl battle:

We saw a King and a Princess:

 

Then I made a toque out of the yarn I spun. I sent it to my sister, who will hopefully post pictures on her blog of the toque in action.

 

Ian took a bath:

We got ready for Daddy to come home, which involved a poster:

 

And a cake:

It was cold, so we put our shirts on over our coats...Sexy!

Ian was very excited to see Daddy:

Big hugs!

 

We went for pumpkins in the Valley:

 

We stopped and saw some kitties:

 

Ian shared a meal with a Deer friend:

We met an irate owl:

Ian and Daddy made tracks. Daddy was impressed enough that he wanted lots of pictures:

We saw a raccoon brushing its teeth:

I made snotty faces while knitting hats:

We dressed up the cat for Halloween (it made her really happy):

We dressed Ian up as a python, and look at the nifty Jack-o-Lantern:

The lady says: "My, aren't you a cute lizard!" and Ian replies: "I am a nake, actually."

 

Trick or treating with some random kid:

 

I learned to decorate cakes (a little.)

 

And I made this flower out of playdough. Yep, I was proud enough of my playdough flower to take a picture:

I went to a craft show, I did pretty good with the dishcloths, hats, and syrup. Nobody wanted the coasters, though. I think Auntie R did pretty good with her stockings and Papier Mache kitties too!

  

A closer look at the hats: I made them out of Bernat Alpaca, from my own pattern:

 

Ian and his cousin got a new house:

And we got a new TV and assorted accessories totalling $Way Too Much$. But it was Trav's deployment present to himself (and Christmas and Birthday too!!) so it's all good:

It snowed once:

Then it snowed again:

I knew husbands were good for something:

And Ian wrote a letter to Santa. I helped, but he signed his own name!

 

Yes. My boy is brilliant!!

 

 

You know, that wasn't so bad. I don't know what I got all worked up about. See you later!