Halloween, come and gone

So halloween was interesting this year, i almost had to go alone because mike worked late. Luckily he got out just in the nick of time for us to go door to door.

Jada had a blast this year running door to door. Although i think her and her cousin weren't ringing doorbells or knocking right because quite a few houses that i saw giving out candy didnt even open the door when the girls got there but thats ok, she got a cauldron full anyway.

She was a witch this year, she decided last year as we were walking the clearance aisles thank goodness so her costume was under 5 dollars. She says she wants to be a musketeer for next year so if I cant find anything on the clearance aisles this year i may commission granny to make something. Of course Barbie may have a new movie out by then and they'll want to be something else.

Jada got best costume at her grandparents house and a cute little skeleton trophy. We carved the pumpkins, of course jada wanted a cat again, baked pumpkin seeds which i polished off, and plan on making pumpkin bread with the rest of the pumpkin pieces we carved off and pureed.

Its funny everyone thought when Jada was dressed like a witch she looked just like me, I wasn't quite sure how to take that but they said it was seeing her in the dark hair wig....hmmm....Oh and it was spirit week at Jada's school one of the days was crazy hair day there is a picture below. Here are some of our halloween pictures:

practicing technique

just playing around with new techniques on my camera/computer and here is the result, it still needs fine tuning of course but here is my raw version:

it was this:

So as everyone knows we finally got a Dalmatian. Her name is Cici and she came from a rescue shelter in Colorado. So far she is pretty relaxed dog around people but the process with the cat is gonna be a long one. She has a strong prey instinct and small fuzzy things pop her into a mind frame of hunter. i took her to the mountains the other day and the second she hear a rabbit scurry by she about pulled me down. It would have looked alot like the time mocha dragged me face first in the snow to chase a rabbit. I have figured out since then she is much different on a harness leash. After almost getting drug over rocks and mesquite i wrapped the leash around her chest and bunnies, road runners, quail no matter what she hardly pulled just looked really interested. Much different frame of mind. Other than that i think our four walks a day tuckered her out cos she laid on us all day sunday even slept through our screaming during the saints game. Speaking of....I knew it! I hope we go all year undefeated *knock on wood* or at least make it to superbowl this year. Last year cardinals, if they could do it surely we are next, right?

just a couple video's and picture from jada playing in the rain. Currently jada is learning her cursive and reading dick and jane books from school...some things she sounds out but they first teach word recognition. She put together her first sentence using magnets on the fridge too today.

I will put that video up later...