Adaptability

"The only constant in life is change"

I was pulling out of the driveway a few weeks ago and I saw this in the back yard - that is Brian's canoe drying on Mary's slide. I had to take a picture because it made me chuckle. It also made me appreciate how clever my husband is.

He and I have been through so many changes in the past two years. On our wedding day, I never thought we would have children. We had no reason in the world to ever leave California. But here we are - we've adapted.  I love to see images like this with elements of our past merging with elements of our future.

On Monday nights Brian goes to the garage-man-cave of the neighbor down the street. It's a pot luck and this week he insisted on making a huge pot of his famous pasta. Monday also just happen to be the day of our first snow. So, to make his pasta a success despite the cold weather, he got it all nice and warm, wrapped the pot in a heavy Mexican blanket and rolled it down the street in Mary's wagon. Watching him walk down the driveway all bundled up pulling his pasta made my heart grow 10x-plus-2.

I remember learning in science that the creatures that are able to adapt to their surroundings are the ones who survive and thrive. I think Brian's doing pretty well in this department.

:)

Happy Halloween 2012

I consider this Mary's first Halloween, last year, she was still just a baby and my mom gave her Puffs to much on.

This year, I actually made her costume and took her out to a few houses. Brian and I decided on a witch because we have a premonition that someone is just going to want to be princess for the next 5 years. We bought the hat and I made the cape out with shiny purple lining. the skirt had spider-web tulle with purple spiders on it and I had purple tulle underneath the skirt. I made all of this after she went to bed, so the first time I saw it all together was when I got home from work to take her trick or treating. I was pleased with how it looked AND that she wore it!

Going up to strange houses was a little stressful for her, she wasn't sure who these people were, why we were there. But she saw other kids out, so I think she got the hang of it. Something I realized while we were out: She has no idea what is inside those shiny wrappers. While this kid has had plenty of Oreos in her day, she's never had candy. She just liked putting things in her pumpkin to carry. Until we got home and she started chewing on a wrapper, so I opened a 3 Musketeers for her...and a monster was created. "More? More?" I can only imagine now at the grocery store she is going to ask for candy at the check out. Oh, well!

Checking herself out in Marmee's oven reflection

Giant cookie she got from Marmee

Little Witch

Looking at her picture on Grampy's phone



Having ONE last piece of candy before bedtime - Only 364 days until we get to do it again!