The Eye of the Tiger

She was a lion last year (neighbors are still shaking in their boots from her terrible roar). This year she will terrorize the community as a TERRIBLE TIGER!!

practicing her ROAR on her brother

We headed out to the local Halloween Trail last night. So much fun, it reinforced why I love where we live. There were lots of familiar faces from the Parks & Recreation  department, many who came over to admire Lila & Elijah's costumes.

Elijah was a black & white puppy (it's a hand-me-down, I won't tell him if you won't). At first he seemed thrilled with his costume:

Once the hat was donned, things started to turn ugly:

After 45 minutes of games and great costume-watching, his mood had lifted and we were graced with that beautiful smile again:



There was an adult-sized Lion there to represent the Lions club, or something like that. Lila was FASCINATED. She decided that the two great hunters of the jungle should meet:

Totally unrelated, but I'd like to recognize my amazing hubby. Our backyard patio was a disaster. Kind of bean-shaped, it had another bean-shaped hole in the middle that once had a tree, but was now just a big pile of dirt. The roots from the felled tree had lifted up massive portions of the patio, making it unsafe for little feet. It was also just a huge patio, leaving very little actual yard in the back.

So, hubby dearest redesigned the patio, demolished the old one, and installed a new one using the old bricks. Behold:

Isnt' it gorgeous? Wonderful design, and flat as can be, allowing for our wee ones to play without fear of tripping. See all the dirt area? That will be lovely green grass!!! Cannot wait. How amazing is my husband?!