Dawn had her 5th birthday. Now she's ready for another one! But first--she got her 'baby horse'!

Meanwhile, she hops off the bus here (when she can't talk me into picking her up at school), drinks her hot chocolate, watches Curious George and takes a nap with our little lap dog--who seems to think she's his litter mate! :D

Connor went reluctantly off to school. (How many 12 year old boys go happily off to school?) He got to march in several parades this fall, but got stuck with the bass drum every time! Lots of walking with the big drum!

When I'm not goofing around online, on facebook, and playing the games, I'm working on quilts again. Dawn keeps telling me that the one I'm working on right now is going to be hers.... It was going to be a lap quilt, but I guess it'll be her Christmas quilt! :) I've also got a mini quilt going, have started another red, white, and blue one for Connor, and have to cut out one for my niece's new little girl--who they will be flying to China to fetch home sometime around the first of the year. At this rate, I'm going to HAVE to drag out the sewing machine to speed up production!
I still haven't unloaded most of the stuff I packed for our trip to SD in July... :D Gonna have to address that little problem, since there is a quantity of canned goods in boxes that will freeze one of these days if I don't do something! And I have to find the rest of the winter clothes.... Life was so simple when we had tons of stuff we didn't need but it was all under one roof!
And now, I'm a mere 5 hours from having to get out of bed in the morning--so I guess I'd better get INTO the bed!