Taunting Chucky Squirrel.

The squirrel spent most of Saturday up in the cottonwood.  Skyler was convinced he was going to shoot him down using a Nerf gun.  (It never happened nor did he ever even come close to hitting the squirrel.) 

Using a stick to try to remove the squirrel.

Gingerbread village time.

Skyler and Mommy continued the day after Thanksgiving tradition and worked on building gingerbread houses.

Lots of concentration.

 

Ah yes, good ol' Thanksgiving letdown.

Epic fail.  The $100 heritage turkey was shit.  That is all.

The yard bird before roasting.

Midway.

Table all set.

Roasted yardbird.

At least it looked good.

Skyler had excellent manners and even cleaned his entire plate.

Skyler and Sarah playing piano.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Delicious!

Ninja leveled up!

Skyler moved up to a level 1 ninja last night at ninja class.  He was so proud!

At the end of class, everyone gathered for his award.

Accepting his reward.

Climbing the rope with his certificate and new shirt.

Rocking the "warped wall"!

Looking mighty grown up.

I had to take a photo of Skyler so we could use it to renew his U.S. Passport.  He sure looks like an adult now rather than a little kid. 😓

At least he still has his crazy hair!

 

My Fall leaf cleanup helper.

He got to run the leaf vacuum yesterday afternoon after I mowed for maybe the last time this season.

He's just barely tall enough to run it.

Safety first!  Hearing protection required.

Sorry kitty!

The dog was out back yesterday and I heard her barking.  Turns out, a neighbor cat had wandered into our yard and Maizey managed to tree the cat!

The cat was unharmed.  It left after 3 hours up in the tree.  I ran into this cat last week and I don't think it can hear.

Wurst!

It was German night the other day.

Boar's Head white brats and sauerkraut with homemade hot German potato salad.  Delicious!

Chicken nuggets...

On a pizza!

Skyler said it was delicious.  I'll have to take his word for it. 

 

Helping out at school.

We headed to school Saturday morning to prepare a spot for the new school greenhouse.

The kids REALLY liked to use the tamper!

 

Christmas light installer Skyler.

I didn't have to climb the ladder this year!

First trip up the ladder.

WAY at the top!  He showed no fear whatsoever.

First dose!

Finally!!  We go back on December 3rd for his second dose and he'll be fully immune by December 24th! A Christmas miracle.

He was a trooper! What a momentous day.

HOORAY!!!

Today is the day!!

I can't believe it's finally happening!

Veterans Day.

 

First year.

After 16 years of growing, our cottonwood tree finally turned yellow in the Fall.  Usually it just turns brown and drops leaves.

This was from a couple weeks ago.  No leaves left on the tree now.

 

Art class at school.

The teacher posts their work to a website.

Pretty good!

Clean.

I began the task of shampooing the carpet in the house last week.  I have one room left to do today.

Not bad for 18 year old carpet.

 

Second night of trick-or-treating?!

Yep!  Only in Utah when a holiday falls on a Sunday.

We ran into next door on our way to see Grandpa.

Catalogging his haul.

Trick-or-treat!

I hadn't been out trick or treating with Skyler for a few years.  It was a nice treat to see all the kids having such a good time.

A rather well decorated house on our street.

Lots of kids out.

Fighter pilot Skyler.

The majority of the neighborhood was handing out treats.

"Having a party, a Halloween party."

Mommy's boss had one Hell of a party Friday evening.  Complete with live music and catering.  It was nice to pretend to be normal even if it was just a few hours.

There was decor everywhere.

Complete with her own personal grave yard.

Rented tents and tables.

One of two bands.

Everyone enjoying themselves.

The catering tent.  Delicious Carne Asada tacos were served.  Note the 160 pound dog!

Pirate ship!  It had animatronic skeletons on board.

As it grew darker, the lights really started to pop.

 

Another county marker.

We checked of Box Elder County on our way to a Halloween party Friday afternoon.

It was a little hard to locate.

Frankenweenie and fighter pilot getting the rubbing.

Historic Box Elder courthouse.

Halloween parade at school!

One of his classmates had this killer NASA costume.

Fighter pilot Skyler.

Pretty good!