Home and fine.

Surgery today went fine.  Took longer than expected... turns out I had BOTH a labrum tear and a rotator cuff tear, so they repaired both.  Good to be home.  Sings these days sure are something!!! Thanks for all the well-wishes.

A great day for pumpkin carving

We had a LOT on the to-do list this weekend, what with my pending one-armed month (surgery this Weds).  One of those things was pumpkin carving.  Trouble was, it was a gorgeous fall day.  So Sylvie and I decided to take the carving outdoors. Great call.

The original design specs

The end product - yum.

More in the October 2012 gallery.

My Pats Pal

I think she's actually figuring out the game.  When McCourty busted out a kickoff return for a TD today, Sylvie jumped off the couch and yelled the whole way down the field, ending in "TOUCHDOWN!!!"  A proud moment.  Then later on, in OT, she insisted I pause the game because she "really, REALLY" had to go potty.

Of course she also asked me what the Patriots did to be put in time out, so there are some details she hasn't picked up yet.

Very serious about staying in the lines...

The kid has a lot of PJs

This would be her mom's influence...

If you're going to be in the neighborhood...

Punkin' Huntin' 2012

Matt Hamilton is in town for the weekend (he has a work conference in Boston on Monday).  Today he joined us on our annual pilgrimage to Out Post Farm in search of just the right pumpkins...

Faeries!!!

The Liggetts always come up with such interesting things to do when we visit.  This weekend we headed to Chester, CT for the annual "Faerie Village" exhibit at the Griswold Art Museum in nearby Old Lyme.  Artists each create a "faerie house," scattered about the grounds of the museum.  Each has a theme, explained in a written guide and read for us by Alex.  The houses are amazingly detailed.  The girls, of course, LOVED it.  Syl and Syd both wore their fairy wings (Sydney's ended up on Allison, Sylvie's ended up carried by Melissa).  Alex thought the houses were pretty interesting too.  And the day was pretty much perfect, weather-wise.

I got TONS of cute photos - all in the new October 2012 gallery.  Some faves...

I also caught Melissa in a pensive moment and got this series of really pretty shots.