A little of this and a little of that

Just a few random shots of Linden .. one he is at the park in Dawson and the other he is with the friendly scarecrows that Nana and Linden put at the end of our driveway to welcome all our guests. Linden and I say good morning to them everyday and we tell them that we're home everytime we drive up the driveway! They are practically part of the family!

So the big day is coming .. when kids get to dress up and get way too many candies for free .. well I won't be the parent that trucks my kid around to every neighbourhood so he can get a PILLOWCASE full of candy ..!No way! We're lucky in this little town .... our Chamber of Commerce organizes a "Pumpkin Walk" .. what happens is all the local schools carve pumpkins .....which equals about 500 ..... then they truck them down to a local campsite where they light them all up at dark .. the kids get to walk through the creepy campsite and see all the different carved Jack-o-laterns! Tim Hortons comes down ...donates and serves hot chocolate ... they have a few campfires going where you can warm up if it's chilly (which it alway is) and then to top the night off ... they have a HUGE fireworks display .. .. oh and they also give out candy! It's a very nice evening out and it's not knocking on everyone's door begging for candy ! I love it! I plan to take Linden although I'm not too sure how he will like it this year as he's going through a scared of everything stage?!? I really wanted him to dress up but he's not into that either ..but tonight he did tell me that he wanted to be a ghost!? Perfect .. throw a sheet over his head .. ... cut some holes for eyes and done ... cheap!

My husband is gone away for work and won't be back for 7 more days! Usually I'm kinda excited about not having to worry about dinners, not as much laundry and picking up after .. and getting to spend some more time doing things I like to do ... such as go on the computer ... . but this time it's kinda sad .. I haven't really seen him much lately .. with me coaching and him working soooo much overtime, then getting fire wood and of course we can't forget the endless hours of hunting (again he only does this because we NEED the meat ... we might starve this winter .. our freezer is empty ...) we're never together .. oh well I know I will survive but I do miss him lots!

What else is new ... had a great time in the "loops" the girls did pretty good .. it was a long way on a bus though .... in a car you're looking at about 7 hours but in a bus full of girls with little bladders you're looking at about 10 hours ............We don't have a tourney this weekend so I 'm having all 14 of the girls over for my annual sleep-over .. should be fun .. we watch chick flicks, paint nails .. do manicure .. eat tons and tons .. play a few games .. it's supposed to be a team building thing?!!?

Linden has been skating a bit ....I think he might be a bit spoiled .. this Gidu (Ry's Dad) bought him brand new skates... very expensive but apparently he has to learn on proper skates with good ankle support .... I'm already learning stuff about the hockey equipment and Linden is only 2!!!! I'm soooo pumped to be a hockey Mom ... that is if Linden plays ?!!?!?Does he have a choice??