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It's Fall!...No wait, Summer...no Fall!....it's still Summer (sigh)

 We have had constant weather changes over the whole month of a front coming through and bringing more bearable fall like temperatures, desire for hot cider in the evenings, and pleasant strolls outside and then swinging upwards into the 90's again making us long for a dunk in the pool and and iced tea and watermelon. It has wreaked havoc on all of us allergy wise.
 A couple of weekends ago, we had one of those fall-like spells and Maddy had been asking for three or four weeks already to get a pumpkin...so what does it matter that it was still 46 day until Halloween. We carved a jack'o'lantern and put it out on the front step. We bought another pumpkin and made pumpkin soup from part of it and froze the rest of it. I put up 18 cups of pumpkin so I have enough to make pumpkin pies til the cows come home. We also roasted pumpkin seed which is always a fantastic treat.



Trying on Tam's shoes has become a new source of entertainment.

Maddy loves waiting outside for Daddy to come home. She also loves tormenting the cat. When I look at this picture, all I can think of is an adaption of one of Papa's saying: Maddy likes Seal better than Seal likes Maddy.

She decided to have a big scoop of  plain margarine for a snack one afternoon. Don't ask, and I'll just say it for you--GROSS!!

 And then we fluctuated back to sizzle and fry. A good opportunity to give the dogs a bath and get some pool time.

Last night, Tam and I went to Chihuly Nights at the Dallas Arboretum. They had a display of all these glass sculptures that are lighted at night. It was actually pretty cool. They also had their pumpkin display out for fall. It was really relaxing. It was the first time I've been to the Arboretum when it wasn't just packed with streaming hordes of crazies taking pictures, shoving, and sweating. Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad the other times, but it sure was nice to enjoy the arboretum without having to be within 6 inches of another person all the time.








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Anonymous said…
YESSS! I love that ya'll went ahead and carved a pumpkin this early! haha. I have been drooling over all the Halloween decorations at the store and am on pins and needles to start putting up stuff. I'm thinking of making some tombstones for the front yard... should be fun!
brittany
September 27, 2012 at 11:37 AM
bee said…
Awesome pics!!! Maddy is "little Tammy" with the trying on of shoes. Remember how Tam would try on all of Mema's shoes and loved the red ones. One of these days I want to visit the arboretum. Looks like such a cool place.
September 28, 2012 at 7:37 PM
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