The State of Their Art - October 2011

From the Marni collection. Things are beginning to get a bit more intricate.

The Fall Classic - 2011

Damn! We look good!

Evidently the kids have done nothing spectacular for the past month considering I haven't blogged anything since the first day of school.

So, a little more than a month later... the kids are still in school and doing well. Which brings us to October and our annual three-family trip to the pumpkin patch.

We've.

Done it.

Before.

But we did it again.

We joined up with the J-Girls, the Asanovic boys and various parents at our favorite farm, Outhouse Orchards.

Ponies. Bounce houses. Hay rides. Food. Pumpkins.

The usual. But still lots of fun.

And speaking of NOT lots of fun... let's talk about Marni's adventure.

We were all minding our own business when all of a sudden Marni starts screaming in pain and holding her neck. We had no idea what happened, but we saw a little boy spinning around next to her with his arms out and we figured he hit her by accident. But no. She was really screaming.

Lisa pulled open the collar on Marni's shirt and found a yellow jacket in there. Ah ha! A bee sting!

Lisa killed and removed the bee and we all watched to see if Marni was allergic to bee stings.

Apparently not.

After a few minutes of very loud screaming, Marni return to normal (or her version of normal).

The remainder of the day went well and, after the obligatory yearly group photo, we all headed off in various directions.

Our direction took us to Sherri Bubble's house to say hello to new baby boy Raine Alexander Hellman. The girls took turns watching him, feeding him, and commenting on his stinky poop.

The yearly photo.