27 September 2009

orange in every picture

Clothed in orange and black in honor of Daddy Buck’s late grandmother whose birthday was on Halloween, Daddy Buck’s sister’s family, the boys and I participated in the Capital Area Alzheimer’s Walk on Saturday morning. IMG_3628

Following a scare in which Buck-a-roo was separated from us in the crowd of 5000+ for a few brief, yet horribly terrifying 3 minutes or so, Buck-a-roo completed the walk hand-in-hand with me while Frank-o rode almostentirelypeacefully strolled by his grandmother.

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Soon thereafter, our sister-in-law, nieces, and nephew crossed the finish line to join their dad as he finished the 5K run.

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We were full of smiles (and sweat) and proud of our taking the time out of our Saturday morning to raise awareness and money for a debilitating disease, full-knowing that Grandmother was with us in spirit.

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Halloween is becoming a highly anticipated holiday around our house. Typically it is not in my nature to promote the gruesome ghouls, goblins, and Grim Reapers that can be associated with Halloween-time; instead I lean toward the grinning ghosts and jovial Jack-o-lanterns. But, when my boys saw, grabbed, whined and wailed in the aisles of Walmart, and fell in love with these…..

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…..devil and skeleton masks from the dollar area of the Halloween aisle last week, I caved and purchased them. They find it incredibly funny to wear them and “scare” Daddy Buck and I.

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And, in keeping with the Halloween spirit, Frank-o doesn’t even need to don a mask to produce a scary face…..

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And, he doesn’t even need to swallow one of those fake blood-producing capsules to achieve the “vampire-mouth” look…..

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An Oreo (or two) does the trick!

And, in honor of the opening of deer season this week; here’s his “deer in the head lights” pose…..

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Have a great week!!!

3 comments:

  1. Awww...great post! Love all of the orange and the reason behind it. :)

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  2. I truely love that last pic!! SO cute~ I need to get working on the girls' costumes if I want to get them finished!! I will not spend a ton of money on costumes!! The boys still being rescue heroes??

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  3. great photos... frank-o looks miserable at the walk!

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