Fall Decorations...Well, it's official. Fall is here and it feels like it. And everyone around here likes to decorate their porches. So, I got in the spirit and did just a few decorations.

News...I found out yesterday that me and another mom in Jacob's class will be the home room mother's for Jacob's class. Yea! It makes me feel like such a grown-up (like I am already at 35 yrs old...don't know why I still don't feel like one...ha!). Oh well...

We are experiencing our first "Noreaster" today according to the news. It is currently 58 degrees and pretty windy. Definitely sweatshirt weather today.

Video Queen...Miss Julia has really gotten into her brother's V-Smile game. Half the time she just holds the joystick and thinks she is playing. The rest of the time (usually by herself) she is trying to actually play. What a cutie!

Jacob's Field Trip...Jacob and John had a great time on the field trip yesterday to the Green Meadows Farm in Queens. It was 12 acres of petting zoo, puppet show, pumpkin patch, etc. Jacob brought home a pumpkin and explained that I needed to make a pumpkin pie with it. I promised I would bake a pie sometime in the next week. (I will not be using the pumpkin, only canned pumpkin for me...ha!) Jacob told me I had to bake the pumpkin pie today because it was fall. I explained that it would be fall for a couple of months so sometime in the next week would be fine. He also got to pet a baby chick, milk a cow, ride a pony, go on a hayride, etc. Lots of fun! John had all kinds of stories about the kids. Hilarious!

The Much-Talked About Snowi...Today was Jacob's first school field trip. John went with him and they got to ride a school bus to Green Meadows Farm in Queens. John said they had a lot of fun petting the animals, etc. There were so many parents as chaperones that John only had 2 kids, Jacob and Snowi. And for those of you who don't know, Snowi is the girl Jacob has a "crush" on that until recently sat beside him in class. He has talked about her since the first week of school. Well, John got a picture of them together. He said she is a very sweet girl and very smart, but also a little bossy. Ha!

Out of the mouth's of babe...Jacob announced night before last at the dinner table that Douglas, a boy in his class, told the whole class that his dad got a DUI for drinking and driving and was arrested. Talk about a quiet moment. John and I just looked at each other. John asked Jacob what his teacher said. Jacob said she just said, "I'm sorry." Poor woman. The things children know and tell the world is astounding.

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, No..It is Super Julia!...Protecting the streets of Long Beach day OR night.