Trick or Treat...

Little Zebra

hitching a ride from house to house
With Andrew and Christopher Hatch

Calia quickly caught on to Halloween this year. We stopped at her 2 Yiayia's house first, then to her Great, Great Aunt Jo's house where a bunch of her cousins were. We then headed to Casa Logan to trick or treat in their neighborhood (lots of houses that are close together). It took about 2 houses before Calia developed her system. She'd get out of the wagon, ask for her Pumpkin, run after the other kids to the door, push her way up to the front, hold her pumpkin out, say "trick or treat", then "thank you", run back to her wagon, hand me the pumpkin, climb back into the wagon and command Kevin to pull her to the next house. We finished our night at Calia's Yiayia and Papa's house, and did their street with Calia's cousins Andrew and Christopher. What a night. Calia passed out the minute her head hit her pillow, and so did her mommy and daddy!

Pregnant Friends Tally...

Ok, so it seems within the past few months everyone is announcing they are pregnant with a new baby. It's getting overwhelming.

Here's the list and when they are due...

Aaron and Allison Bishop (Baby #2 and it's a girl) due December 2007
Jeff and Kathrina Scherr (Baby #1 and it's a boy) due February 2008
Ben and Laura Metivier (Baby #2) due April 2008
Us (Baby #2, we find out Nov 16!!) due April 10, 2008
Andrew and Deb Tenenbaum (Baby #2) due April 2008
Josh and Amy Farb (Baby #2) due May 2008
Vince and Kara Laubach (Baby #1) due May 2008
Joe and Ashlee Wilson (Baby #1) due May 2008

And we thought end of summer 2005 was a busy time for babies!!

Congrats Kevin.

Yesterday, Kevin signed a new contract at Salmon Falls Architecture making him an associate, en route to becoming a principle/partner. This comes with a pay raise, more vacation, more responsiblity, and a 7-ish year plan before the current 2 partners retire. Yeah Kevin!!! Calia and I couldn't be prouder of you.

Calia and Marty

On Friday night, Calia and I headed to downtown Westbrook for their "Trick or Treat on Main Street" with Heather and Ethan (her youngest). The city closes down a portion of Main Street and all of the businesses hand out candy to the kids. Calia had a blast in her costume with all of the other kids. After, Kevin met up with us for dinner along with the Logan family, Heather and her boys and Marty (one of Heather's older son Brendan's friends). Calia took an instant liking to Marty (age 12). All night, all she said was "marty, marty, marty" Thankfully, he's a good kid and played along with her, even sat next to her at dinner and shared his onion rings with her.

Pumpkin Night

Kevin carefully marked the pumpkin for carving, while Calia "helped"

Getting the seeds ready to bake
The finished product...
Spooky
Then, we ate pumpkin spice pudding

to which Calia kept squealing "punkin pie"

Hot Tubbin' with Daddy

Twin goofy smiles...

I mean serisously, could they look more alike?

More...

Not quite real, but It'll do

Super close up
Looking for the perfect pumpkin...
...found it!

More from the "punkin patch"

Such a good sport

Sliding with Daddy
Scary house
"happy dumpy"

Chipman's Pumpkin Land

We finally made our way up to Chipman's Pumpkin Land today. The weather was perfect, maybe a little too hot (in the 70's), but sunny and dry. Calia loved it. She navigated the corn maze like a pro, leaving mommy in her wake. She loved the spooky houses and even ran back over to the man stamping hands for another turn when we finished (too bad it was one time through per admission). Kevin and I just kept wondering "who is this big girl?"

Riding the carts alone...

Ready to race on the John Deere tricycle, too bad her feet didn't touch the pedals.
Bouncing in the exercise balls.
Navigating through the hay
The Corn Maze Queen.

Images from Breezy Hill

Sunrise on our deck

Above and below are the same tree..just different sides.
From the trails in our backyard

A lazy pajama day...

Holding hands...

Oak Park home of Frank Lloyd Wright...

After taking the train (aka the "el") through some unsavory neighborhoods, we came upon Oak Park, Chicago where Frank Lloyd Wright lived and designed multiple homes.

Unity Temple

Kevin and Frank


Frank's house...

More sights day and night...

Sights from the walking tour and the Chicago River boat tour