Yemaya Calesia is 10 months...time flys when your having fun!

She is just so beautiful, and so happy. Loves to learn and is discovering how to walk fast and turn around. She loves to wave, shake her head "no-no-no" and loves watching birds. She also loves spiders, and watching the wind blow the leaves on the trees. So amazing she is.

She has 3 teeth and she is getting 2 more. She loves apples!!!

And she loves her sister Tavie (and the others too) :)

She loves her blanket. Nani gave her a new blanket. Each circle is the color of her brothers and sisters blankets. Magus has brown. Ro has blue. Genavieve has pink. Tavie has off white, and Mommy and Daddy have green. She is just too cute for words. She is a keeper :)

A fun night...that has to end.

Every year we trick-or-treat with our friend, Estella. Her Auntie Kirsten puts on the coolest Halloween display at her house! She was a Monarch Butterfly, but in the midst of the fun, her wings fell off. Estella and Magus, and the rest of the tribe have so much fun together!

Tavie getting ready to pass out after a fun filled night!

Genavieve pretending, but can't hold in her laughter. (too much candy)

My Red Rose Dragon passed out!

And she is going down! My Tavie ready for dream land!

Halloween Fun...2009

Yemaya as the Rose Dragon...

Neferius as Megatron !

Genavieve as Wonder Woman !

Tavie as Supergirl !!

Magus as Sabretooth... grrrrr

The Tribe...Halloween 2009

The Heavy Pumpkin...Magus and Tavie

Here is a really big pumpkin that Tavie wanted so bad...but it was too heavy to pick up. (we have a "if you can't carry it, you can't take it home" rule)
So she tried to con Magus into picking it up for her, and she got him involved.

They both were working on something to get this pumpkin off the ground...

Magus decided to tell her it was really heavy,
and maybe both of them could do it...

So they tried and tried...

But this is what she ended up with. I have to say watching them and hearing the conversation between the two of them was so beautiful. They were really trying to figure something out...even suggesting putting it in the stroller with mommy. They were so cute and I love the brother sister teamwork!

The Great Pumpkin Patch

The tribe were completely fascinated by these sunflowers. They were so tall and so big and bright. Genavieve found one on the ground and was begging to take it home...until she got to see some chickens and pumpkins. :)

The famous sunflower.

Ro and his perfect pumpkin...

Maya's first pumpkin experience....she loved it....until she fell on the ground.

Magus to the rescue to help his lil sister. Now she is happy again.

Magus' perfect pumpkin....

On our pumpkin adventure...the rule is, you can only take it home if you can carry it. We searched high and low, but they were all too heavy. So we had to find a secret spot where they had some lil pumpkins perfect for the tribe.

Magus' Field Study with his kindergarten class

Feeding the geese...they seemed really full!

Our tour guide, "lady in the red sweater"
and Magus and his classmate feeding the big 'ole turkey!

The "Big 'ole Turkey"

Feeding the chickens...

Learning about how bunnies get their winter coats.

The cows whom Magus was really grossed out by and didnt want to feed them because they stunk so bad and they had tongues longer than his arm!

Magus field buddy, D, not afraid at all...

Preparing for our trip inside the barn to learn about bees.

Magus paying very close attention to the discussion on "pollination."

Amazed by the busy beeeeezzzzz

Magus in the field trying to find a pumpkin. It was very slim pickins....but Magus was more excited about the honey stick that he has in his hand. He LOVED it!

Magus and D with the prize pumpkins they picked!

Magus' kindergarten class showing off the prize pumpkins....

Magus and I went on a field study with his kindergarten class to a really interesting farm. In his class they are learning about insects with the focus on bees. They have learned so much about the body of a bee, lifestyle and there gifts to the world. Magus really loves insects and has found a new respect for all the hard work bees do.
We had lots of fun going to the farm and seeing the chickens, turkeys, geese, horses, cows, bunnies, bees and pumpkins. However, Magus' favorite part was eating the honey sticks...go figure :)

Our Friendly Neighborhood Spider....

Over the past month or so, our lil town has become invaded by SPIDERS! They are EVERYWHERE !!! We have our own in our patio and lots in the backyard. But here is friend "Shadow" that has been taking residence. He has managed to get rid of all the bugs in the patio...ones that we all really like. Shadow has killed at least 40 rollie pollies. So as of this moment, we are planning to move Shadow out and he has to find a new home. We love rollie pollies too much! But we still think he is really cool looking.