Happy Halloween!

More fun than a barrel of monkeys! Many greetings to all of our ghost and ghouls worldwide.

This yummy graveyard cake was made from Cook's Country's Lost Recipes cookbook (another branch of America's Test Kitchen) Chocolate Blackout Cake. It's apparently based upon a legendary recipe from now defunct Ebinger’s Baking Company in Brooklyn. It sure was delicious. Love the Peeps!



As always, the guests make the party. Zorro and I are with some scary hockey player and a diminutive cowpoke.








Later on we
ran into Vampire Alex and our Egyptian yoga instructor. What an excellent array of characters we know!

Picture Album

I've been holding out, and have a few pictures to put up. Without much fanfare, here they are... Obviously not in chronological order even.

This past October, Rebecca and Hannah came to visit us in Maryland. While here, we spent some time at Homestead Farm.


















Even though Katie & Lily weren't in Maryland at the time, they were with us in spirit.


Even earlier, in November...









Dan and I went to see Cirque de Soleil, the Kooza show, when it came to the DC area. Not only did we get to see Kooza (awesome, by the way) but we also got to see the new National Harbor and spend some time with our friends Karen & Alex.



In December, Dan & I drove up to NYC with our friend Cory. Cousin David, who is of course the best actor in the whole world was gracious enough to help us get tickets to come see him in Spamalot, where he has been playing Patsy with much enthusiasm and dirt on his face. The photo I have right now is a bit wobbly, but it was just after the show, we had visited David backstage, and it was snowing! I have a better photo to post, so look for an update shortly.


Finally, some Christmas photos!!!











We had a cozy livingroom with stockings hung by the chimney with care; one for Dan, one for Me, and one for each of the five little kitties. I just have to put up this photo of the cutest little girl in front of her own Christmas tree.

Happy 2nd Birthday Lily!

Niecelettes

Flags of the world!
The Nation of Lily and the Republic of Hannah are both represented here.

LILY
This weekend at the comic shop, we found a new book to read... Good as Lily! Not only does it have our littlest niece in the title, but it also is covered with little piggie pictures. Piggies are Lily's favorite animals! It's gotten great reviews. I'll read it this week, and get back with my own review.

HANNAH

A second book we bought this weekend was Polly and the Pirates, another graphic novel by Ted Naifeh. This one reminds us of Hannah for several reasons; One - Pirates. duh. Two - This is the same author who penned the Courtney Crumrin Tales which we have already introduced to Hannah. Three - It's about a seemingly sweet and innocent 13 year old who comes into her own shortly after learning that her mother was actually Meg the Pirate Queen. Hannah, we never told you before, but your mother used to be Becca the Pirate Queen. Suddenly, Peg is capable of death defying feats that rivals Jackie Chan moves. This picture of Hannah by the way is from Halloween. She is not always a Japanese pop star. At least she doesn't always dress like one.