happy halloween

parties! bouncy houses! parades! trick-or-treating! candy! candy! candy!

at the cabin

We spent the weekend at the cabin with family and friends remembering Grandma Liz. It was so nice to see everyone, share stories and look at scores of photos, old and new.

The kids ran around as usual, in their own world of kid games (there was some kind of involved recipe using sand and water to make "moisturizer"). Owen seems truly awed by cousin Pierre!

crazy caterpillar

Does anyone know what kind of caterpillar this is? I don't think I've ever seen one like this before. It has a funny little face on the back of its, um, "head" or "upper body" or whatever you want to call it.

Despite numerous pokings and proddings and holdings by Eloise and Owen, it has been hanging around on our front porch for a few days. I'm hoping that it will build it's cocoon and we will be able to see its metamorphosis. So exciting!