Realtor beware: It's illegal to sell a haunted house in New York without telling the buyer.

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Hello Everyone - Connor is very excited about the holiday season beginning -the nip in the air, the pumpkins, the leaves changing colors, the pumpkins, the smells of cookies baking, the pumpkins - noticing a trend??

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So, these are mine . . .
are you gonna get a pumpkin?

I decided to share with Mommy and Daddy
. . . as long as they keep pushing me around

in the Wheelbarrow.

So, I take a left at the next light,

then two miles straight to Toys R Us, right?

We're both Happy - no Dopes here. :)

Yeah, this is the one my
Mommy grew!!

Our tradition of carving jack-o-lanterns from pumpkins stems from an Irish tradition of carving turnips!

This year's crop of carved pumpkins

Uncle Steven's

Scary Skull

Daddy's

Wicked Witch

The carving of jack-o'-lanterns originated from the tradition of carving the faces of lost souls into hollowed out pumpkins and turnips. A candle was placed inside the carvings making the faces glow. The Halloween lanterns were placed on doorsteps to ward off evil spirits.

Daddy and Lexi's
Perilous Pirate Ship

Auntie Lisa's

Happy Jack O'Lantern

Uncle Steven's Terror Tree

Lexi's Bootiful Ghost



AND A JOKE SO BAD IT'S SCARY:
Two nuns are traveling through Europe in their car.They get to Transylvania and are stopped at a traffic light.Suddenly, a diminutive Dracula jumps onto the hood of the car and scratches at the windshield!"Quick, quick!!" shouts the first nun "What shall I do?""Turn the windshield wipers on, that will get rid of the abomination." shouts the second.The first nun switches them on, knocking Dracula about, but he clings on and hisses even more loudly!"What shall I do now?" shouts the first nun."Switch on the windshield washer. I filled it up with Holy Water at the Vatican!" says the second.Dracula screams as the water burns his skin, but he clings on and hisses again at the nuns."Now what?" screams the first nun. "Show him your cross!" says the second.So the nun rolls down the window and shouts:"GET OFF MY DARN HOOD, YOU LITTLE CREEP!!"

Leaves are really red, yellow, orange, and brown all year long; we just can't see it! The intense green pigment of chlorophyll actually blocks the pigments of the other colors. You could say that the other colors are "invisible". In the autumn, red, yellow, orange, and brown become visible and bright when the green chlorophyll weakens before the leaf falls off the tree.
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Connor went to the pumpkin patch and corn maze (maize) this week! Had lots of fun and ran wild . . .
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He's really getting big! .
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Better run through the jungle . . .

Mommy! The pumkin ate me!

Hello Mr. Goat - wanna come home with me?

So, you know the way out of here?

So, we take a left at the next light, and go 2 miles until we see the brown cow . . . Fossils of corn pollen that are over 80,000 years old have been found in lake sediment beneath Mexico City. It was first grown by the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Indians more than 5,600 years ago. The Indians used the sugar-filled leaves of the corn plant as "chewing gum", immature corn as a fresh vegetable, and the dry, mature kernels of corn were ground into flour. Corn, squash and beans were known as the "Three Sisters" by the Native Americans - sisters who should be planted together. These three plants were important sources of food.

Momma! This one!

Oh no! That one is too big!

How are we getting all of these in the car???

MAN!! The mud got deep in a hurry this year!

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Look at me go!

Ever since Connor started walking,

Mommy has had to come up with innovative methods

to keep tabs on him.
HAPPY FALL TO EVERYONE!

Tractor Training

A Joke for Papa:

A life-long city man, tired of the rat race, decided he was going to give up the city life, move to the country, and become a chicken farmer. He bought a nice, used chicken farm and moved in. As it turned out, his next door neighbor was also a chicken farmer. The neighbor came for a visit one day and said, "Chicken farming isn’t easy. Tell you what. To help you get started, I’ll give you 100 chickens." The new chicken farmer was thrilled. Two weeks later the neighbor dropped by to see how things were going. The new farmer said, "Not too well. All 100 chickens died." The neighbor said, "Oh, I can’t believe that. I’ve never had any trouble with my chickens. I’ll give you 100 more." Another two weeks went by and the neighbor stopped by again. The new farmer said, "You’re not going to believe this, but the second 100 chickens died too." Astounded, the neighbor asked, "What went wrong?" The new farmer said, "Well, I’m not sure whether I’m planting them too deep or too close together."