Trick or Treat 2011

Little Carvers

For the love of Halloween

My updated witch

Can you find V and J?

Monster Teeth!

Blurry Decisions

Can you tell who these skeletons are?

October seems to be passing in some kind of blur. It has gone by so fast but some weeks have been so incredibly long. I'll chalk it up to the stress of making some big decisions.

First, we have decided to move to Arizona. The complex emotions that this move brings about for us has been internally exhausting. There will be so many exciting and new beginnings with a move to Arizona but there is also a huge fear for the unknown and loss of the familiar. We won't be going anywhere until summertime. So we will experience a Minnesota winter and Arizona summer all in one year.

Second, we have decided that "Wally" the helper dog is not going to work out at this time. He is an amazing dog and Claudia did a fantastic job working with him these last four days. Unfortunately the organization behind "Wally" is not steady enough for us to depend on. We have not closed this chapter yet and will continue to search for the right match for Claudia. At least after experiencing four days of work with "Wally" I'm more convinced that Claudia is mature enough and capable enough to have a service dog. There were some big tears yesterday from Claudia as this news unveiled. It was easier to accept disappointment before we had the image of Wally's big dark brown eyes to think about.

So onward and upward.. Halloween.. is coming.... Which of course will mean that I have some photos coming to the blog soon.

Naps

One of those questions that I get a lot when we are out and about: Do they ever nap at the same time? And yes, they do. It is precious.

It was quite peaceful this afternoon while these two snoozed on the couch. They listened to stories until their eyelids grew heavy.

It is more typically the car ride that does it..

on a recent trip to the apple orchard.

So there you have it some documentation that they do indeed nap at the same time.

Lew

With a face full of discovery, little Lew and Eloise enjoy a fall morning. Thanks for coming to visit, always great to see you all.