Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat

Here comes Abigail down the street,

Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat,

She's all dressed up for Halloween!

 

Super Girl and Wonder Woman

 

Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat,

Here comes Samantha down the street,

Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat,

She's all dressed up for Halloween!

 

Zombie Cheerleader

Samantha, Grandma, Abigail, and GP

 

 

 Two Prize Winners!

 

 

 

Sunday Dinner

We all met at my house for family pictures at 10am. Tim and his family came from Easton, Pa., Emilie's family from South Bound Brook, NJ and Caroline (Diego has his soccer game every Sunday) from Middlesex,NJ. We mostly congregated around the boathouse, sitting on stairs, sitting on railings, sitting on benches. Of course there was the usual family drama...whining, uncooperative, and unsmiling....and that was just the adults. You should have seen the children! (Just kidding adults - laugh or cry? right?) But basically they all did it for me! They know how much I love all of them and  the pictures. It will be great if one turns out good enough for our Christmas card. Did I mention that despite not feeling well, despite it was her only day off, despite no sleep because of a teething baby, Emilie calmly took numerous pictures of all of us. She had coordinated the event a week or two ago with Robyn and then Caro, Db, and I.

But the title is Sunday dinner. Caroline invited Doug and I to their house for Sunday dinner after everyone departed from the family photo and pizza session. I had just enough time in between to sneak in a nap and then around 4:30pm we arrived at Caroline and Diego's. Then the real fun started.
Caro wanted pictures of Diego and her with their house (I am thinking to commemorate their first year in the house). I only snapped 111 pictures of them in about 45 minutes. Getting them to relax and have fun was at times, challenging. But if you take enough pictures eventually you get enough good ones to choose from.

Dinner was delicious and the company even better! Love them both!

The eyes have it!

Kamryn and Kellen making eyeballs at their house!

 

Ps: cleanup crew needed!

Do what makes you happy!

And I did!  Had the most wonderful "wild mushroom" pizza at California Kitchen Pizza at the Bridgewater Commons mall with Angela and Becca. Then the three of us attended an invitation only Milk Chocolate Lovers Truffle Flight Tasting Experience. We sampled six Godiva truffles, sipping water in between each bite to cleanse our palettes. I not only purchased a box of Godiva truffles, I also joined the Godiva Chocolate rewards club. Next on our list was the Lego store. We walked around the whole store, played briefly with the make your own mini figure and then talked to the sales girls about how Angela and I were on a mission to collect the elf, the gingerbread man and the scarecrow. These two ladies were unbelievable! They started to feel each series 11 package and then identify which packages had what character inside. It was fun just watching them! We bought some and then ran to the food court to open them. THOSE TWO SALES GIRLS WERE AMAZING! They correctly picked out the lego mini guys that we needed!

I discovered something tonight. I could not believe how much fun I had. It is the little things in life that are the big things. Good friends, good food, chocolate and toys, the necessities of life!

Life through....

Rose Colored Glasses!

Had my eyes checked by Doctor Weisfeld in Bound Brook today. Had not seen him in 6 years. (had been going to Costco to get glasses). My eyes have not changed much. I have cataracts forming very slowly in both eyes and there has been a slight change in vision in my left eye. I won't need new glasses for at least another year. And so I continue with my 62 year tune-up and overhall!

Book Winers

Last year, after I had been diagnosed with breast cancer, I told my neighbor Penny about it. Weeks later, right before Christmas Penny came over and brought me a beautiful gift basket of pink goodies. Instead of exchanging Christmas gifts her book club, The Book Winers, embrace people in need.
Penny also told me that her book club walks every year in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. She invited me to walk with her group the following October.

Today I embraced that invitation!

 

My sister Chris and my daughter Caroline

Caroline, Penny and Me!

 

Sun, sand, ocean. Over 30 thousand walkers. Love, family, friends.

 MIRACLES all around me!

 

I follow Angela

Anywhere she goes! She is my cruise director,  I am her co-pilot. This time we were off on a two plus hour trip to the 2013 Rhinebeck Sheep & Wool Festival in upstate New York. Natalie accompanied us and provided comic relief.

 

First, we did some people watching!

That IS a gentleman in a kilt.

The back of a stylish unicorn hat.

Now, remember that only Angela plays with wool. I have often thought of saving and spinning the poodle fur that I get cut off of Chase (and previous poodles) but it has never really happened. Imagine how many poodles and how many lifetimes I would need for one, multicolored sweater.

 

LOOK AT ALL OF THE PEOPLE! and this is just some of them.

Angela and Natalie feeling the texture and the weight of the wool.

Did I mention that this festival is not on the weight watcher approved list?
Natalie and Angela shared their artichoke French and Fried delights with me...yum. Artichoke is a vegetable! What's not to approve?



All.......Most

CRAWLING!

 

 

I really am ready!



Falling

Leaves, leaves, falling down!

Falling to the ground.

Red, yellow, orange, brown.

Falling to the ground!!

 

 

 

Every grandchild has had their picture taken under this tree by Union Avenue and The Foreign Express with the fall leaves. Tradition!

Abigail Rose Tomaro

7months old