The leaves are mostly gone now. Normally I would be sad for winter to come, but I like Oregon winters. They are still cold, but the air is clean and crisp and the mornings are foggy. But while the leaves were here it was beautiful! Halloween weekend we walked around Ashland's Lithia Park where they have the monster dash. It was so warm we took off our jackets. Ben loved watching the costumes. Next year we will make it a priority. Then on Monday was pumpkin carving, and Tuesday Halloween. We went with some friends from Jacksonville, but Ben didn't really know their kids so he got left behind a little. And we felt a little left out for not knowing everyone. So next year we will probably stay around our neighborhood especially since it is growing with a lot of new houses with families. But we still got plenty of candy.
las hojas ya casi se cayeron todas. Normalemente Amy estaria triste que se acaba el invierno, pero los inviernos en Oregon no estan tan mal. Estan frios pero el aire esta fresco y limpio y las mananas tienen niebla y cuando las hojas estan cambiando de color se veian muy bien. El fin de semana de halloween fuimos a un parque en Ashland donde tubieron una carrera de mounstros. Estaba tan rico el clima que nos quitamos la chamarras. A Ben le encanto ver los disfrazes. El lunes fue cuando hicimos las calabazas el martes fue Halloween fuimos con unos amigos de Jacksonville pero Ben como era el mas pequeño para los otros niños lo dejaron atrás y nosotros nos sentimos un poquito fuera de lugar por que eramos los nuevos en la reunión. Así que el próximo año probablemente nos quedaremos y pasaremos el Halloween Cerca de nuestra casa especialmente ya que en nuestra ciudad esta creciendo con nuevas casas y familias. Pero Ben si agarró muchos dulces
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| a store owner gave Ben a balloon. He loved it. |
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| running like a dinosaur |
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| blurry, but I like how happy he is |
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| ward party. Ben kept saying "oh no" when the spooky music played |
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| I brought cupcakes for the party, but Ben had to try one in the car |
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| count chocula for Halloween breakfasts. |
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| getting the leaves off his swing |
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| "helping" carve pumpkins |
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| Butter knife for Ben |
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| Jamir-jurrasic park dinosuar and me cat |
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| giving Manolo a kiss |
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| I made Ben a trick of treat bag by hand because my sewing machine died |
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| I love the door that we chose. And decorating it now. |
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| I was cleaning out the garage and he sat in here for a good ten minutes. He even buckled himself in. So I took him for a cold (short) bike ride. |
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| if he could wear these without falling off, he would. He also he loves his Buzz Lightyear baklava we found somewhere |
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| leaves all gone... |
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| I love watching the little birds on our tree |
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| Ben was very excited about this at Walmart |