Who rained on our parade?

Though we've had very mild weather all month, the skies did not cooperate with today's Halloween parade for kids. So Elmo went to show off her costume at Trader Joes. She was quite a celebrity.

Five minutes later...

Heading home

School shoes

We are reading about Pete the cat who goes to school where he is "rockin' in his school shoes.". We decided it was time to get some school shoes for starting school next year! The balloon is a bonus!

Outdoors in October

The weather has been splendid. Sunday we visited the Morton Arboretum in the western suburbs, and Rikki climbed into this house.

She's remaining very active, especially at bedtime when she enjoys sprinting out of bed. And in the bath where she thinks she can jump up and down. And she has all sorts of things to say. Today she told me she has a penis and then she asked me to "wash my backwards."

afternoon in the country...

In the Bay Area, to get away for the weekend, it's often a trip to wine country in Napa or a day hike at Pt. Reyes. 

Here in Chicago in October, it's a trip to the pumpkin farm ... complete with hay rides, pig races, prairie dog shows, and "pork chop on a stick."  

It was, surprisingly, really fun!

P.S. And on a somber note, I'm dedicating this blog post to the memory of Steve Jobs, without whom it is unlikely I would ever have been sending photos and blog posts from my mobile phone... ;   (    (Originally we were going to go apple picking, but the pumpkin farm sounded too good to miss....)