Happy Halloween

Last week we had to divide and conquer.  The boys went to the church Trunk-or-Treat while the girls went to the Girl Scout Halloween Haunt.

 

From Left to Right...
Me = Bottle of Ketchup (again, I know)
Yoda = Captain America
Greg = Rainbow Loom (Have you heard of these things?  They are the new trendy thing.  Think Silly Bands, Beanie Babies, or Cabbage Patch Kid)
Mimi = Diamondback Rattlesnake (I will get a better photo of her costume tonight)
Parker = The guy from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs


Here's some reference if you need further explanation on our costumes...
 

 

 

 Click here for past Halloween

Mimi Reads

Mimi didn't take to reading super quick in Kindergarten like we expected.  Then 1st grade came along and took all her enthusiasm away for school.  2nd grade has been MUCH better. 

Here she is reading Frog and Toad to Greg on Saturday morning.  They read so long Greg fell sound asleep.  I guess she liked that book better then Parker did a few years ago (as seen in this post). 

Yoda's Logic

Yoda,"I not cold, I just freezing"
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After talking to my own dad on the phone, Yoda was a little confused,"No!  My dad is dad!"
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Grandad,"Do you want to ride in my truck?
Yoda,"No, it's too heavy."
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Yoda, after falling off his bike into the wet grass and getting a little damp.  A little later he was a little drier,"MOM!  Look!  I clean and shiny!  I shiny and new!"

Surprised....

Greg let his beard grow for a while, then he cut it off, then he let it grow back, which made Yoda very surprised "It's coming back!"
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Me:"How was your sleep?"
Mimi:"Good, I was looking at my dreams"
Me:"You were looking at your dreams?"
Mimi:"No, they were under my head"
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As we drove past CARMAX, Parker wanted to know more: "Is that like a store that saves cars?"

Last bits of summer

The kiddos participated in the Summer Reading Program at the local library.

 There were coloring pages....

and free cookies...

and free ice cream cones...

and pizza coupons.

And now I've misplaced the rest of the coupons, so we may not do anything else -- oops! 

Here's a few of our tomatoes from our garden.  Yumm!  

Cub Scout Dance Party

Sometimes when Valerie and Parker go to cub scouts, we have a dance party.

Mimi on Marriage

We went to Denver this weekend for Valerie's sister's wedding reception.  Congratulations Tina.

Mimi told us three preferences on finding a husband.

1. I will check to see if he is nice.
2. Make sure he doesn't do tricks. You know like pull the chair out when you are going to sit down.
3. And he should be funny.

"If he's not funny and is the other two.  That's ok."

Family Reunion

Greg's family got together for a fun family reunion last month!  It was a very fun and busy weekend.  I haven't been able to make a blog post worthy of how much fun it was, but summer is over, so I thought I better get something up here!  Here are some highlights...

 Zoo trip with a big picnic...

 Playing at the park in downtown Columbus...

 Science Museum...

 Baseball game...

 The most unique day was a trip out in the country.  We rode in a big party bus all together! 

 Then we went to a very awesome picnic spot, some of the kiddos went by horse and buggy! 

 We ate next to a very scenic covered bridge

 

We played in the river a little. 

 And went out to eat.  

The Gibbys know how to party!  Thanks for all the fun :)

Another Meatless Monday

At about 5 pm I realized I hadn't even thought about dinner!  I searched and found nothing.  I put some rice in the rice cooker and searched some more.  I was about to call for take out, when I remembered the garden.  I picked as many tomatoes as I could find and made our favorite summer tomato soup.

Here's the recipe if you'd like :)  It's from the website Taste of Home.  We added a little cheese and the rice, even Yoda ate it! 

Yum

Fun

After about 1/2 a day of working busily in the house Mimi asked Greg
"Have I kissed you yet today?"
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With that last few days of Summer, we did some fun things:

Mimi made us a "Family Fun Night"
She was TOTALLY in charge.  She made the games, rules, tokens, etc.

 At this station you use a paper football to knock over a "bad guy"

 Here's where you can 'buy' the 'tokens'

 Parker enjoying the fun

 All the games were so popular Mimi had to make more tokens

 The book that inspired the fun

We passed a token from one paper folder to the other and then ran around.  This little girl is all imagination! 

Parker takes a flying leap

Parker has a new skill.

An installment in the "what Mimi wore to church" tag.

Some Old Quotes

 

Me:"Look there's some hydrangeas"
Parker telling a joke:"Why was the plant so thirsty?
Me:"I don't know, why was the plant so thirsty?"
Parker:"Because it was de-hydrangead!"  (as in dehydrated) ha! 
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When Parker saw the Lincoln Monument last summer...
"This is a big place at Lincoln Monument!"

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When Mimi rode on the roller coaster called Crazy Mouse, it was really fast. 
"It was a triple B!  For BAD!"
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All the things that Mimi said to the person washing and cutting her hair...

Mimi: "This is a great way to wash hair", "Are those craft scissors?", "How much longer?" 
Hair dresser: "like 5 minutes"
Mimi: "1-2-3-4-5, that long?" , "Why do I have sit up high?"
Hair dresser: "Because you are shorter"
Mimi: "So that's why you have push up chairs to push up the whole body?
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Yoda:"Once upon a day, there was a bridge and it fell down.  The end."