happy candy day!

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As a surprise to no one... Colin dressed up as Thomas for Halloween. He hit our neighbors and went to to Christine's parents neighborhood to add to his stash. Bedtime is flying by and Colin is still running on corn syrup...

pumpkin patch

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We headed up into the hills a bit to pick out some pumpkins for fall decor (and bread). They had ponys and tractor rides and pumpkin guns, a catapult and a trebuchet. They were showing off the gun and the catapult , but we didn't get to see the trebuchet in action. Colin's favorite part can be seen in this pic...he called it a "sticky apple candy".

fresh beer

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I actually brought my camera to this beer fest, but I only took two pics. We hit the fifth annual Fresh Hop Festival today. Last year this was a great low key event, but this year was a damn zoo. There were some great beers, but the lines were way too long and way too close together. Double Mountain from Hood River was the strongest showing I tired. Laurelwood, Rogue, and Roots were all good too. The weather was great as you can see from the sun in the background, and we had friends around to make the waits more bearable. There is one more festival and one big tasting left in the year round beer-stravaganza that is Portland.

more than meets the eye

For further proof that Colin has inherited my intese and random dreams, here is a summary of a conversation we had today...

Colin: I punched a robot last night.
me: you punched a robot?
Colin: Yes, him came into my room last night in my dream.
me: did you tell it to go away and not to scare you?
Colin: no I PUNCHED him and he went away!
me: was it the spider robot you saw in that commercial last night?
Colin: (with hand gestures) no, it was a BIG robot, and I PUNCHED him!
me: was it a robot that turned into a car?
Colin: no, him was a big truck and then him turned into a robot and I PUNCHED him!

That's right, our baby beat up Optimus Prime in his dream last night.

so it begins

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Originally uploaded by gregandchristine

This is the first leaf pile of the season, and the leaves have not even really started changing colors on our tree. We are going to try and stay on top of it this year so we don't end up with the great wet mountains we had last year... anyone with a penchant for raking is welcome to come and indulge themselves in out yard...