Saturday, November 08, 2008

Idlewild!

We have this neighbor with a huuuge heart. For the past two years he has given us tickets enough to take friends to Idlewild for Halloween. They have this trick-or-treat-through-the storybook-forest and ride-the-rides thing every year called "HallowBoo". So anyway, we went on the last Saturday possible (scheduling issues) and had some drizzly cold weather (scared other people away, though - NO crowds at all!).

First we wandered through the Storybook Forest...Linus' costume was a "Builder Man". No, NOT Bob the Builder, "Linus the Builder Man". Anyway, he didn't want his helmet on and that was pretty much the only thing that differentiated this get-up from his daily wear, so sorry it doesn't look very costume-y.




The beneficiaries of Mr.M's kindness: McAffees, Browns, Nielsens


A fantastically unnatural colored fountain. The water looked orange as it spewed, green in the pond and had pink foam. HOW did they DO that???

All aboard! We got to do two trips on the train in a row and if Carter had had his way, we would still be doing laps on that track.
As many of you know, it just wouldn't be a trip to an amusement park with Richy if we didn't have walkie-talkies. Admit it, they're fun. Especially for talking to one another whilst 5 feet away. Or less. Here they are calling Caleb:Who is in the seat in front of them.
Creepiest thing in the park:
Well, almost.



These guys seemed to think the creepiest thing in the park was in Grandma's House - my what big screams they have.

Time for a group hug. She's not done hugging, Linus.

Linus got really brave and went on the roller coaster three times and even braved "The Spider". Lesser men have been brought to their knees by the Spider, but Linus was a champ. Good times. See you next year, Idlewild.


Happiness is Buddies, a Grandma, and a Bucket of Candy

This Halloween Linus got some of his favorite things. It was like Christmas in October.

Some new buddies that moved into our neighborhood this summer came Trick-or-Treating with him (not the best picture of everyone, but I assure you they were happy).
Grandma aka "Builder-Man" Joy is here and was "Builder-Man" Linus' apprentice for the night.

Daddy (just plain 'ol Daddy this year) and Linus and Grandma canvassed the neighborhood while I held down the fort with some cider on the porch - ahhhh.
Plenty-o-loot for a 3 year old and we called it a day. Ta-dah!

How many boys does it take....

...to figure out how to work a TV? *

Long story short: Our TV died a few Saturdays ago so Richy found one the next day on craigslist for a pretty good price. Then, A) Turns out it weighed 175 pounds B) It looked MUCH smaller before we tried to squeeze it into our car and then house C) It BARELY fit on the TV stand and D) It's basically a monstrosity that only a man could appreciate.

Thanks for your help, Matt.





*Apparently 3 and one woman to blog about it.

Just Pirty




Sorry - I couldn't resist. It was just so beautiful.


I'll now try to post something "fun".