Hot Dog Ice Cream?

Apparently Publix needs to revisit the recipe for their Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream, as Seth is under the impression that the chunks of cookie dough are actually "little hot dogs". He was quite disgruntled when I gave him ice cream today without them!

Fall Camping

We did some "camping" last night. Our version of camping is sleeping outside in the tent and coming inside to drink coffee and pee. It was awful chilly last night, when we came in at 7:00 this morning it was only 56 outside. BUUURRRR! Here are a few pics of our adventure:

All set up waiting for dark:


Seth getting his stuffies comfy in the tent:


Adam & Seth toasting marshmallows:

The Fall Garden

Our Fall garden is coming along quite nicely. The cabbages, kale and tomatillos are in bloom, but the spinach and radishes have yet to make an appearance. We also put in a snazzy new apple tree that Seth picked out. Supposedly it produces 3 different kinds of apples! There is general skepticism about this actually happening, but we shall see. Here are a few pics:

The new "magical apple tree"



The kale



The tomatillos, cabbages, where the spinach should be and the bottom of the grapes:

Our Wedding Weekend

We had a lovely time this weekend attending our friends Rich & Jessica's wedding. It was quite lovely, here are a few pics of the day

The new Mr. & Mrs. GarandThe First Dance

Don & Alex at the Cocktail Hour


Adam & Mellissa taking a break from dancing


The Garandtini's


Just The Boys

The Cake Topper (too cute)

World Cultures Day

Seth had World Cultures Day at school today, he is second from the left in the video. As you can see, he is fine with the speaking part, but not so much for dancing!

Chest Lessons

Seth was very excited to give Aunt Alex "Chest" lessons. Alex says he was a worthy opponent, as they had a draw.

A Very Scary Awful Ant

Seth came running into the living room to tell us there was a "very scary awful ant" in his bedroom. Adam went to investigate, and I then heard furniture moving and toilet flushing, so I went to inspect this monster ant. Turns out a very scary awful ant is really just an ordinary sized cockroach. Ewww.

The Boy Scout Motto

Adam must be preparing himself for any eventuality, as this is his current bathroom reading.

Now That's the Way to Eat Ice Cream

Fall is in the Air

Well in Florida, not really. But summer has ravaged the garden, the birds and squirrels have feasted on my poor sunflowers and ripped off most of their heads, and the summer sun has fried the tomatoes and watermelon plants, so it was time to sow under the summer garden and replant for the fall. I spent the morning doing so, and now we are ready for Fall veggies! We put in tomatoes, cabbage, spinach, kale, squash, cucumbers and relocated the sole cauliflower that survived the summer sun. Our berries and grapes survived the heat, so they continue to prosper, hopefully they will survive the brutal Orlando Winter (teehee) and flower in the spring.