Dress up.

We headed down to the girls' house Saturday evening for some evening fun.  Skyler even played dress up!

Slash from the band "Guns N Roses"!

Fatty Fun!

The pump track still delights even if one has a cold.

His little Fatty recently got an upgraded shifter and new 8 speed freewheel.

Shredder!

Mommy started clearing some of the garden yesterday with Skyler.  Our sweet corn was a fail this year so it was first to go.  Skyler LOVES helping feed the shredder, it's so fun to watch material "disappear"!

Bubbs with bubbles!

Too bad we're home sick again today...  :(

Way to go Cubs!

Never in the last 108 years has the marquee said "World Series Champions".  Until last night! :)

Some faith restored in humanity.

Skyler has been writing Hillary Clinton letters lately.  I've been successful intercepting them out of the mailbox since there isn't a real address or postage on the envelopes.  Friday, I missed one.  Fast forward to Monday and imagine my surprise when I go to the mailbox and find a letter addressed to Skyler!  Our letter carrier saw the envelope Friday and wrote Skyler back pretending to be Hillary Clinton!  Skyler was thrilled and so were we!!

She even drew the picture of Skyler and Hillary.  Skyler drew him and her on his original letter.  He had some trouble and a small fit getting the envelope open...

Whew...

What a day yesterday was!!

His teachers loved his costume.

School parade.

Dumping the bucket of candy into the wagon.

By the time we were finished, the wagon was FULL!

Our pumpkins we carved.  Snoopy the red baron, Bert, and kitty.

Happy Halloween!!

"Who's your friend that likes to play?"

"BING BONG, BING BONG!"  Can you believe Mommy made his costume??  No pattern either!

At the pumpkin patch.

Since our garden didn't produce any pumpkins this year, we headed to our local pumpkin patch to get some pumpkins for carving yesterday.

Frankenstein.

We found a tiny wheelbarrow just for him.

Rolling his pumpkin along just like Linus.

HEAVY!!

Go Cubs!

Too bad they lost last night...

Looking mighty tired after a long week of school.  He was pretty happy to watch some of the game with me while Mommy was at dinner last night.

Autumn sunset.

After a near record breaking high temperature yesterday, we were treated to this sunset last night.

Red at night, sailor's delight!  Except that it looks like rain today...

200 hours.

I mowed the lawn yesterday and the tractor turned over 200 hours.  Not bad for 11 years!  It was my first tractor, and we all know how that resulted in 5(+?)  more additions to the "herd".

I've put all the hours on myself.  :)

Doesn't everyone have chrome hubcaps on their mower?

So proud of him!

Jack-O-Lantern pizza.

No pics to show, but Skyler helped to make this delicious homemade pizza  last night for "Meatless Monday."

Complete with home grown tomatoes and "pizza" peppers.  Really, the variety is pizza on the peppers.  :)

Bob Ross Lives!!

Skyler has been wanting to paint with oils like Bob Ross for some time now.  He got his wish last night after dinner. His face really lit up when he saw the can of "Magic White" with Bob's picture on it.

Nice sky! 

This is where the trees will live.

A pond here...

Adding some happy little leaves to our trees.

Skyler's first time solo mountain biking!!

After some consideration and practice rides around the neighborhood, we took Skyler to the entry level trail system near Corner Canyon this morning.  He was incredible!!!  Mountain biker, expert level and only 5 years old!!

At the trailhead.  No one knew what to expect.

Off he goes!

His little "piston" legs pumping away.

The boy has some amazing low speed bike handling skills.

He started to shout "I love this!"

Almost to the top, he rode every section on the "A" trail.

At the top of "A" trail.  Getting ready to descend.

Deer!

Twinky meadow.

Here he comes!

Lap #2.  We had to hike out the the overlook.

Singletrack!

He is incredible!

Getting ready for the water crossing.

Sweaty helmet hair!  We rode 3.8 miles and were out on the trails for 90 minutes.  I'm SO proud of him!!!

Bike ride(s)!

After a nearly 3 week illness, I finally got back on the bike earlier this week.  Skyler and Mommy rode around the neighborhood last night, and we went on a 10 mile family ride this morning.  Ahh, the freedom of 2 wheels and Fall weather.

Last night riding the Fatty around the neighborhood on the sidewalk.

Playground break during this morning's ride.

Mommy and I took turns pulling Skyler.  Here he is acting like an ambulance.

Power boost!

This is why he was acting like an ambulance, someone was having a bad day.  The paramedic F-750 truck passed us on the road going at least 70 mph!  It sounded like a jet engine with the cooling fan locked up on the engine.

We voted!

Via mail.  Skyler "voted" too!

He's been rather excited during the whole election process.

Charlotte's web.

We have a real life Charlotte's Web happening on the barn.  You can't see her, but there's a rather large cat face spider hiding in the eve.

She may have not made it last night though, it was 28 degrees here this morning!

Eating his snack on the hill.

Since I don't allow food in my vehicle, Skyler has found eating on the hill outside his school is an after school treat.  Too bad the rest of the day turned to shit after this picture was taken...

Tasty apple slices from the school kitchen.