Four Feet More

I finally got around to loading my photos onto the computer. I know, I'm a slacker - but better late than never. So without further ado, here you go:

This first one is of Eamon at his birthday party. Doesn't he look dapper in his little tie? I saw it at Old Navy and knew I had to buy it for him. The best part is that the little white designs in the black stripes... they're skulls and cross bones. As my friend Mel said, it's "preppy, with an edge." That's my son. Edgy. :)

Here's a shot of Eamon wearing one of his favorite gifts. For those of you non-Star Wars fans, it's a Clone Trooper (the army that later becomes the Storm Troopers when the evil emperor takes over). The hilarious thing about this costume, which unfortunately did not transfer onto film, is that it is almost completely transparent. So, when Eames put it on, with nothing but his black chonies underneath... well let's just say he made quite the fashion statement. Every guest at the party pulled out their cameras and quickly began snapping pictures. Sadly, Eamon played so hard in this costume that he ripped a hole in the leg within a half hour of putting it on. Did he take it off and return to his earlier “edgy” look? No. he continued to run around, with a pale little knee poking though the rip in the fabric.

The weekend after Eamon’s party, the four of us went to the pumpkin patch with my mom. Unfortunately, our regular pumpkin patch, where we take our annual family portrait, was closed this year. Some nonsense about letting the fields rest. ;) So we went to a new patch this year, which was still fun, but not nearly as picturesque. As a result, we didn’t get a great family portrait, but we did get a couple of nice shots of the kids.



After our family portrait session, we found the perfect pumpkins and assisted mom in her quest to acquire a cornstalk for her front porch - an annual tradition for her. As an aside, mom used to get a large haystack for her front porch as well, and it would sit there for months because she couldn’t get rid of the darn thing! For Christmas, she began wrapping it like a large present, and by January, the hay would be molding underneath. So glad she has abandoned that part of her Fall décor.

As we stood in the checkout line to buy our pumpkins, I did a quick tally in my head and realized that our four pumpkins were going to cost us nearly $100!!! I know that part of what you are paying for is the experience of going to the patch, but this seemed a little excessive. So, we quickly scrambled to set 3 of the pumpkins aside (we arranged them artfully by a corn stalk at the beginning of the checkout line – where several others were arranged. Were these also hastily set aside by families horrified at the exorbitant costs?). We still purchased Jeff’s pumpkin at the patch, but later bought mine, Eamon, and Vika’s at the local grocery store ($15 for 3. A much more reasonable price).

I hope you all are enjoying your Fall traditions. Next up for us is the annual “Fall Leaf Hunt.”