Halloween Visitor

So I have been feeling like loser mom this Halloween. I do not have any Halloween decorations! I have been meaning to get some every year and then forget. This year I am going to try to hit the day-after sales. Really.

Anyway, just when I thought that we would have to wait another year for scary things to look at at our house, we got a special Halloween Visitor. Emily loves her. She named her Sleeping Beauty when she saw her sleeping. I think she is kind of cool, as long as she stays where she is.

Drumroll please...



This is her rebuilding her web after the gardeners tore it down:



Her in all her glory:



The first web she built (she is on #5 about now):



Who needs Halloween Decorations when you have the real thing???

10/23 Update:
Emily named her Sleeping Beauty
She has caught several flies and wrapped them in webbing, and we just saw her eating just now!

Favorite Napping Place

Annual Apple Picking Trip

A couple of weeks ago we made our annual apple picking trip to Yucaipa.



This year they had a big storm that blew off most of their apple blossoms, so there weren't that many apples left to pick. Emily was a little sad, but we had a great time anyway. After the great apple hunt, we went to another farm that had a petting zoo and hay stacks.



Emily got to see and pet the cutest baby bunny!



After that, we got lunch and had a fun picnic on the grass.



We love this fall tradition!