Happy Halloween from the MacNeill's

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Fairy Sid meets the Ladybugs

Last week went by so quickly after all the Thanksgiving festivities. We decided to try and lay low this week so I could get some work done around the house and maybe do a bit of purging. We finished up Sid's last lapbook on Thanksgiving last Saturday and have been starting to accumulate material for the Halloween lapbook but have found ourselves submerged in crafts more than work sheets. Sid took a real shine to Paper Mache pumpkins. They are dry now and we just need to get them painted.

Oh so messy and oh so fun!

We got Groovy and Maggie groomed yesterday with the exception of completing the furnishings and we were going to finish that up this afternoon but got swept up in the moment instead. Fairy Sid dawned her wings and wand and we went out on a backyard adventure with our cameras in tow. It was 17 out today with two days of rain ahead of us so we didn't waste another moment in the house.

Here are some of the pictures Sid took with the Kodak Easy Share:

The ladybugs were out in droves today. We got a bottle and went to work collecting as many as possible. This kept us busy for a good hour and a half and we were able to watch them and compare the colours and number of spots.

Here are a few of Mom's favorite pictures from the day:

I can fly!

Ladybug Rancher Sid

Dad took Sid to a little friends birthday party on the weekend and retold me the funniest little kid story. Picture this, a dozen three and four year old kids are sitting around eating their supper when one little kids shouts out "SH*T!" The host of the party quickly pipes up and firmly says "Hey, we don't use that kind of language around here please!" The little guy sitting right near Sid and Ken looks over at his dad and shouts out. "I know what that means! It means you forgot something. Right Daddy?" Out of the mouth of babes!!!! Ken and I are still chuckling about it.

Another funny story this week was when Grandmama came by yesterday for a quick visit and asked Sid what she wanted for her birthday. Without even thinking about it, Sid replied in a very affirmative voice "Well a unicycle of course." Where does she get these things???