Lately

Oh my - it has been a good long time since there has been anything new up here. Hallowe'en is as good as reason as any to update though, isn't it? Mostly because there are photos. Following the Caldwell Family tradition of looking down on store-bought costumes, Talia and I slaved away on this year's look - can you guess what she is?


Here's a hint:


Yep! She's dressed up as Uncle Andy! it's hard to tell in the photo but they're both wearing the same t-shirt and green cargo pants. This also carries on our theme of Men We Know from last year when you may recall she dressed up as Uncle Jared.

Again this year, Andrew and Scott were on pumpkin duty. Sadly we didn't actually end up with a pumpkin. Perhaps because I waited until yesterday to buy one, perhaps because as several people mentioned at our door tonight, because 2008 was Year of the Great Pumpkin Shortage. Obviously I am going with the latter.

However, ever-resourceful, Scott and Andy were not to be deterred and went down to the root cellar (read: laundry room) to grab some of our fall harvest and the drill. Soon 2 spaghetti squash had been transformed into Bert and Ernie. If you squint.

While we're here, I'll also throw up some recent-ish pics from our time at Hopkins over Thanksgiving. Katie and Jared were here and we were all together for the weekend which was a nice treat. A little family-immersion for young Talia who doesn't see nearly enough of those 2 but loves 'em lots whenever they're together. Sadly, I have no photos of that though, so this is just Mum, T. and me on the beach.



Next is Talia playing with friend Ellie Crawford. We have done lots of fun stuff with Terry, Chels and Ellie, including a weekend in Tofino and a few dinners together. We like our girls liking each other so much and we're liking friends who want to end the evening in time for bedtime.

Okay, we end with our current favourite, taken by Anna. Last Saturday we went down to Brian and Anna's for morning coffee. Anna pulled out the camera and Talia posed. As you can see, it's kind of an action pose maybe? And she stayed like this until Anna took the picture. I'm laughing just thinking about it. It was very funny and very Talia. She remains a funny, funny girl. Happy Hallowe'en everybody!