Tag Archives: halloween

Day after Halloween Car Conversations

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Shoes

cody:  Carter, wouldn’t it be soooo cooool if we were in an accident and after the airbags inflated and saved us, they popped open and they were filled with candy?!? I don’t know about you all, but immediately after a … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Trick or Treating Husband Style

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Shoes

This is the loot Cody came home with after a long night of trick or treating with his brother and Husband.  Do you see three things that are not like the others? I had spend the entire day in bed … Continue reading →

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Fall Break and Flamingos

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Shoes

It is fall break. Let me restate that.  It is my fall break. I teach in a different school district than the one Cody and Carter go to.  All of our holidays and breaks throughout the school year just happen … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – The Switch Witch Strikes Again

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Shoes

I am once again late in posting for you my latest newspaper article that ran in The News Tribune on October 28th.  It is a mixture of Halloween memories of my own childhood and that of my children.  Part of … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Into the Wild

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Shoes

With a less dramatic and more happy-go-lucky feel than the movie Into the Wild, we find it is once again that time of year – the time of year to set free our Jack o’lanterns back into the wild. It … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Where All Good Jack-o’-Lanterns Go To Rot

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Shoes

One of the many not much talked about benefits of living on a patch of land in the woods is the ability to set free the Jack-o’-Lanterns at the end of the Halloween hubabulub – a catch and release program … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Warlocks, Tigers, and Witches

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Shoes

There were classroom parties, costume parades, and trick or treating. The weather report spoke of constant rain. We dodged the rain clouds, stayed dry, and collected way more candy than we needed. We were sad that Husband was not able … Continue reading →

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Right Now

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Shoes

The kitchen was a total mess, the dining room table even more so.  Carter was sorting his trick or treating loot into two piles, one to keep and one for the Switch Witch*.  He was also in the process of … Continue reading →

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Racecar Raven

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Shoes

A poem, by Cody (age 6) Racecar Raven on the roof He appears with a poof His feathers, dark as night guide him on his flight During the springtime we had a large black bird visit our backyard feeders.  The … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Pumpkin Patches Through the Years

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Shoes

The last three years we have gone to the same pumpkin patch and have forced asked the kids to stand by the How Tall This Fall? sign so we could take their picture.  Cody is on the left and Carter … Continue reading →

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