Bijou's first dance!

Bijou went to her very first dance last night at her school. Her favorite friend Anna and her family took the girls to Harvey Scott's annual sock hop! There was pizza, games, poodle skirts and limbo! Bijou came home giggling and whispered that Anna had danced with a boy!! I laughed and asked if Bij had danced with a boy too? and she said annoyed, mom! noooo I danced with Anna's mom! I secretely celebrated YES!!

Soil Testing

Tim and the kids were great to come on another soil adventure with mom! I had to dig a pit this time to see the horizons in the soil! yeah. So we headed up through the Columbia Gorge near Multnomah Falls and found a good spot inland on the old hwy. Tim was a champ and helped me climb this hill and even shoveled some dirt.
While I measured and tested Tim listened to the game in the car and the battery died! The funny part was as odd as it felt/looked to passers by to see a chick digging a pit on a hill, it was worse when we had to flag one down to get a jump!

Halloween time!

We all had a great Halloween this year and the weather was perfect! The kids got to show off
their costumes at school and enjoyed a party at their daycare. Jack knows the e-wok theme song as well as some key phrases.. like gunda! (good) Princess Bijou Leia wore the buns perfectly and even met her twin our trick r treating. Timmy made a perfect Ali G complete in squeaky rain pants and harrassed me all night calling me his "jenny". We went to the neighborhood around Bijou's old school and were treated to really cool haunted houses and decoration masters. The kids were out in droves! The Paxtons completed our crew with Darth Vader and the Swamp thing!