A rousing game of connect four!
Decorating cookies with Grancy and Aunt Pat.
Remembering that light and new life will come again.
Tio takin' it easy after his NY "hot" bicycle incident! (note the bandaid over his left eye.)
Do you think Grandma Cheryl remembers?
Tio Nathan has no friggen clue...
(In response to Allison's comment I have posted a more accurate monster representation...please ignore the splattered food on the wall...)
At least little Davey was plenty happy about the whole excursion.
Do you think it was big enough? It was further cinched down than this, but was too big to fit through the bailer. It was a fun car ride home...a few interesting looks from other drivers!
Now we are enjoying it at home. Riley spends time daily on his little step stool arranging and rearranging the ornaments.
Not a great picture, but somewhat captures the party. Note Davey's overturned cup!
Riley took this one of Davey and the following one of me. All by himself, I might add!
These might be the last pictures for a little bit because we are experiencing some computer difficulties. Had to get a new hard drive recently and there have been some issues getting everything up and running. I currently cannot download pictures from my camera. Hopefully my tech savy husband will have it up and running soon!
and little Davey is confused.
Riley's ready to go, though...
demanding to be amused!
Concentration.
We really have spent all fall inside up until now because of the boys' sickness, which has been exceedingly difficult. This Sunday we got to enjoy the fresh air all afternoon. Life is resuming! 
We spent some time working in the garden. A few little stray carrots were left for a snack, and we had one head of local garlic to try planting for next summer. A little late, but something should come of it...
Then for some front yard cleanup. A perfectly healthy, normal wonderful weekend day!
Here is Ry with a large head of Romanesco! An Italian variety of broccoli, basically. The kids love it. It goes by the name "dinosaur trees" and "Alien trees".
We found an old table to put in the kitchen (after removing that funny cabinet from by the doorway), and it has changed my life!!
Everyone was just well enough for
Riley doing a dry run at our house before we left for trick-or-treating. His jack-o-lantern is on the left. I cut it out, but he drew the face on. If you click on the picture you can see it better.
David just barely hung on until we were out walking in the dark night. He quieted down and was mesmerized. Then he realized Riley was getting something good from all of these people, and franticness set in...
Riley was a hang glider!
David finally got a treat before bed. Our neighbor handed out pretzles. A much better treat for a somewhat sick baby, and he didn't know the difference!
The Haul.
Friday September 21 was International Peace Day. Riley's school always has their own celebration. Each older child is paired up with a younger child as "peace buddies" who participate together. Riley's peace buddy was Gabriel. Here they are following the peace dove in the procession up to the grassy area where the whole school formed a circle and had a full minute of silence(amazingly enough there was actually no talking!), listened to the head of school talk a little about peace, and joined together in singing a peace song.
Then they headed down to the soccer field to fly the peace kites they had made with their peace buddies. Needless to say, the kites were a big hit!
Davey enjoyed watching.
Nathan's dear old friend (and mine, too, just not as old) RJ came for a visit recently. It was wonderful to see him. The remote control boat he brought Riley was a big hit! They went down to the Connecticut River to test it out. Success!! 
Then... success? Not so much. Fixable, I hear, but in process. Here they are in the basement workshop trying to decide what to do about a gear with broken teeth.
