Trick or Treat?

PS: These last few entries were my first attempt to use the Picasa to download multiple pictures to the blog, and it was a HUGE time saver but for some reason several pictures are not showing up, so I will go back the to slow old fashioned way. It just takes longer to post so fewer posts - I may never catch up -= like how I feel with scrapbooking! =-)

Savanna is wearing the same costume from last year (it still fit!). Noah wanted to be a pirate, and I waited too late to buy anything, so I made this the night before. I made the scarf, vest, and sash from some $1/yd fabric on clearance, and I managed to find a hat for him. He's wearing one of Dan's dress shirts with the sleeves stuffed up so it looks like a pirate shirt. Dallas looks just like my dad, and when I was a little girl I used to think my dad was Superman because when he would wake up in the morning, he always had that little curl like Christopher Reeve had as Superman, but after he would shower and get ready, it was gone! I can't remember what age I was when I realized Superman wasn't real. So I found this Superman Returns costume and thought it was perfect for Dallas.

Just before the journey:


Totally off subject, but not so much. Just for fun, here are some comparison photos (I finally got a scanner, so I am adding these photos a year later, a digression I probably would have made back then)...

Dad, Michael Ray Fowler, probably about 9 months? There's his Superman curl...

Dallas at 9 months:

Dad, maybe 10 or 11 months:

Dallas, at 11 months, his first Halloween:

Dallas at 11 months:

Dallas, One year old:

Dad, one year old:

Dallas, again, one year old (he's quite a bit chubbier than Dad, but he's a skinny dude now!):

More fun - Can you pick Mike? He's in the same grade that Dallas is in these photos (I didn't put those numbers on there):

And here's Dad, looks like junior high maybe - so maybe Dallas will look like this in a few years (like me, huh?):

BTW - he's #2 in that group photo...

And here's my dad in his late teens or early 20's, in the Navy (Vietnam War) - on the back of the photo it says "Well, here I am in my dress whites!

And on the back of this one, it says, "The real me!"

Here he is on the ship, probably close to the end of his tour. He never wore a 'stache with us. Probably like me, Mom didn't care for the whisker kisses! Dad met Mom right after he left the service.


This is me, about Dallas's age - weird, huh? Who looks like who?


This is Dad how I remember him...

Always barbecuing on the weekends. No one has matched his technique (not even Smokey 'Mo - and we LOVE Smokey 'Mo's)

Santa Daddy, Christmas 1995, always passing the presents to us:

At Dallas's 1st birthday party. He passed on to Heaven less than a year later (2 days before my birthday).

And here I am, forever his daughter, as I used to write on all his birthday and Father's Day cards. He's almost giving away his secret identity here. Doesn't every little girl think her dad's Superman?


Back to Halloween...

Haunted house (Noah trying to look cool):

Scared?

Trick or Treat!

Savanna following her bubbas:

Noah escorting Savanna to their next destination:

On the couch after gathering the loot:

Arrr matey!

It's a plane; it's a train; no wait!

It's Superman!

I think there is candy in her mouth:

and on her fingers:

Cute shot of the ladybug wings:

Bubby faces:

Boogie letting Bailey pet him:

Savanna and Mama:

Savanna and Daddy (it's bedtime!):

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch

The original plan was for Dan to take the boys to Six Flags, this was the last weekend they would be open, but Dallas was not feeling well (he was making deposits to the porcelain bank, if you know what I mean). They were pretty upset, so we tried to think of something we could do that Dallas could enjoy. We brought along a bucket just in case (thank goodness!), and made the drive down to San Antonio. It was awesome! We will have to do it again someday so Dallas can get the full experience. If you want to check it out click here. If you do a google search for "natural bridge wildlife coupon" you are sure to find a coupon for at least $1 off all the tickets, and you can spend those savings on extra food ($1 a bag), so everyone can have a bag. We all had a bag, even Savanna, and we still ran out of food! You feel really bad for the rams at the end because you know they don't get as much because people run out. And Monica told us to be sure to save some for them, which we did, but there are a lot of rams at the very end. Enjoy the pics!

You have to close your window when the ostriches walk up unless you want to get pecked! A couple of cars in front of us was a convertible - I wonder what they did!


An emu, I think.





Rhinos - I wonder why they don't let them roam? =)

My favorite:




Just like some people have more pushy personalities, it is so also with zebras!

Open wide!

Aww... Mama nursing:



She's driving before Dallas and Noah! Savanna at the wheel:










The rams are quite pushy also. We got trapped once and had to lure them away from the front of the car with some food. I wonder if this is a con!




Baby rams:


Giraffe - I love the effect of the sun behind him.


Wallaby, I think. I've heard of them but never seen one - I thought they would be bigger like kangaroos. They look like mini kangaroos:

Another family took this for us and we returned the favor for them. If you notice Dallas is missing. He is in the car because at the end of the tour, he was feeling worse, poor baby. We'll have to go back in the spring maybe. And, yes, Savanna's shirt is too big. She is wearing one of the boys' old shirts - it has Spongebob on it!