Happy Halloween, Pardner

He couldn't *not* use this opportunity to wear his cross-draw holster out in public.

Happy Halloween, Pardner

He couldn't *not* use this opportunity to wear his cross-draw holster out in public.

Happy Halloween from the Queen of DeNile

No, Mom, I'm not going to get cold.

Happy Halloween from Bikiniwood Drive

Everything Gets Crazy

when Ross is over.

Would You Believe This...

wasn't the ugliest sweater (no offense Grandma B, in fact, we say thanks!)?  Grant said the ugliest was actually a sweater with a Santa on it. That musta been one rough looking Santa.

Either the Kids Have Been Exposed

...to too much Project Runway, or it's Crazy Sock Day.

FUNd Run

Yesterday was Caroline's school fundraiser.  Nothing to sell, just a straight-forward donation to the PTO, rewarding the kids for being "on the move for their school."  She ran just over 3 miles and it was a hot one!  I had sweat running down my back just standing there as a helper and yes, that would be the extent of my running. 

My Explanation

 

So, I thought that now we have somewhat decent Internet, I’d be posting all kinds of funny stories and memories and picture series, and yeah… I haven’t.  A few shots and a couple of lines typed on my phone and that’s been it lately.

And you know why?  Here’s just some sample excerpts taken between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. this morning so you see, it’s stuff like this:

Mom, I need a costume this week like a colonial farmer would wear in 1810. 

Mom, when were overalls even invented? 

No, Mom, it needs to be something else.

Mom, we *need* to have french fries with our chicken patties for supper.

Mom, we’re out of bread. 

Mom, my wrist hurts and I can’t do cartwheels!

Mom, can you wrap my wrist? 

Mom, watch me!!

Mom, I have to play (tuba) at the girl’s basketball game afterschool and I don’t know what time but can you pick me up?

Mom, I need to make a thing out of popsicle sticks by Thursday.  I dunno, maybe buy a 1,000?

Mom, that’s not my toothbrush!

Mom, is baton tonight?

Mom, can you drive me to school?

Mom, there’s a phone message for Dad.

Mom, you just got a text.

Mom, can you please help me open this?

Mom, how do we know how much data usage we have left?

Mom, why can’t we have DirectTV so we can have AMC?

Mom, where’s my ‘Move’ t-shirt?

Mom, can we have music on?

Mom, we still need to get Rumor Has It!

Mom, are you coming to the Fun Run today?

Mom, what do you think the cats should eat for lunch?

Mom, I need a new sweatshirt that has no words or designs on it and is exactly the same color as the one I had before and, no, it can’t be anything even slightly different so, yes, you need to go to every store in our town today and find one that I will accept. 

(Not exactly verbatim but the general message.)

And that must be where my time goes!

Fall Field Trip

Great day for a nature walk with Caroline's class at the Watershed.

Not so great of a day for Gary trying to get to Norfolk, VA.  Last I heard from him, he missed his flight, took another, and was eating lunch in Detroit.

Wearing My Cam Shirt

Am I looking a little too festive for such a cloudy day?

Good Thing I Drive a Van

Or else there might not be a Tuba Dude.

Back Among the Connected

Wow, my last post here from the pc was 9/2 (prior to yesterday’s).  We had contracted the Google redirect virus and it was so bad, we couldn’t do anything on our computer.  And we could never get an Internet connection anyway, so life at this Gill house had been computer-less for a month.  Which is hard to pull off in 2012 and when almost every part of your day involves referencing something on the web.  Especially with the kids in school and all their things that require Internet access.

Luckily, we could still email and check in on the world a bit from our phones, but that doesn’t cover everything you need.  So I am pleased, happy, thrilled, make that ecstatic, to announce we now have a healthy computer (thank you, Gary, for all those late night hours) and not only that, but we have WIFI!!!!!!!!!! 

It’s been over two years that we left our great in-town  set-up to come out to two unsuccessful ventures of country Internet:  Criket (which was as annoying as the real life ones, so bad) and then the AT&T aircard (which was slightly better but still not good).  Now we have a Verizon hot spot and it seems to rock!  Yay!

His First Scout Meeting Ever

Other than as tagging along as a little brother.  He's pretty excited. 

Saturday Evening Excitement

Saturday night, I was chauffeur for this cutie couple going to Homecoming, Katherine and Jack.  

They met up at the library park (sounds romantically familiar!) for pictures and then went out to eat for a special meal of their choosing (at Fazoli’s ?!) with the group of friends you see here. 

 

Then they went for Cold Stone ice cream, then on to the dance.  I don’t think Jack realized how envious other boys might have been of him.  Aren’t these girls cute?!  And yes, he was the only boy in their group. 

 

I loved seeing all the dresses and hairdos and shoes.  Crazy shoes!  These girls are all Freshmen and they were smart to wear ones they could walk in.  You could kinda tell the year in school by how crazy tall the shoes and how crazy short the dress.  Let’s just say Seniors were looking pretty extreme. 

I learned the one dresses are called high-low dresses.  The fabrics were just gorgeous in real life.  So fun!  Caroline desperately wanted to tag along and Jack firmly said NO!!  Girl would have loved seeing all the fashion.

It was over at 11pm but Jack was home by 10:30. Not because they weren’t having a great time, but because he wanted to “beat the crowd.” When is my boy not going to be such a sensible thinker?

When did my boy get so handsome?  Well, actually, I know. From Day 1.