First half of November

Doug and Xena love to play with each other, sleep together and have really turned out to be good friends.

I come home to find that Xena sleeping with Doug behind the gate that keeps Doug out of the house while no one is home.

Kind & Helpful

Jo won this award of Kind & Helpful as voted on by her class.

Jo's teacher made sure to
highlight to me that this was
from her fellow students.
Jo is very well liked and
gets along with everyone.

Leafs?

Seemed like we raked a lot more this year than in the past.

However, this year I bought two more rakes, one for each little hand that didn't have one before. 

The first thing I did with those rakes is spray paint each one a different color and handed them to the kids.  "Jo, you are now Orange rake, Cole you are Blue rake". A family who rakes together stays together.

Lounging

We got in a few days like this too. Hanging out in our PJ's or comfy cloths at the house.  Nice!

This was, "Mom, no, don't take my picture!"

Walkabout with No Geocaching?

I love when we can walkabout, Doug off his leash and we can just play.

A nice day late in the fall for this walk and we also threw some rocks trying to hit the waterline on the other side.

Football Wrap Up

Cole was encouraged to keep on working with his catch and running.  He was given kudo's for being at practice on time and ready to go.  Always hustling and being a good team mate to the kids who struggled a bit.

It was a good football year and Cole and he states he is looking forward to next year, but baseball is first and he wants to make All-Stars this year.

BFF's

Karly came for a night and stayed a weekend which we all just loved!

Jo and Karly have stayed close though the distance between houses has grown.  Their friendship is one of complete harmony as they just are like two peas in a pod.

Their weekend ended at the Veteran's Parade, Karly's family participates every year and asked Jo to join them.

Jo said they ran out of candy long before the end of the parade.  She had a very good time and was quite chilled by the end.

Doug and the Squirrels

He LOVES going outside and chasing the squirrels around the yard. Actually, truth be told, the squirrels get the best of him each and every day.

They run around the top of the fence just out of Doug's reach making him run the fence line...back and fourth...and back and fourth. 

What has this created?

A VERY HAPPY MUDDY DOUG!

And a VERY UNHAPPY OMA!

Oma has since put some rocks down along part of the fence line which I must say has helped quite a bit on the mud.

PIE!

I love it that Jo LOVES to bake!

Oma and Jo make the best pies, banana bread and other yummy items.

This pie Jo made the dough with very little help by Oma.  Passing on the love!