I see why you grin when you see the robot guy - I just saw the picture and I smiled. Everything looks wonderful!

Reading your blog makes me smile ;-)

Looking at the Christmas tree with ornaments made by our kids 20+ years ago, along with ornaments they have given us in recent years.

And our mom still loves Halloween and "tricking" the kids. About 5 years ago when she was in Oak Creek at our sister Ann's house, while her grandkids were out trick or treating, she sat on their front porch and made each kid come all the way up on the porch for their treat and gave them one single m&m. Not one package - one single m&m. When Ann realized what she was doing, although she thought it was funny, she called the kids back and gave them a package of m&ms. Needless to say, her house was the talk of the neighborhood. Happy Halloween!!

We went to a birthday party for a 2 year old yesterday and he got a couple of books and when he opened the first one he looked at the cover (which had a black truck) for just a second and then put it aside but when he opened the second book it had a colorful cover and he looked at it for quite awhile and then sat down and opened the book to look at the other pictures. I can just imagine him seeing this cover and trying to figure out what he was holding and why he had on a hat and then sitting down and asking his mom to read it.

My favorite doll was Francie. She was alot like Barbie but everybody had those so I felt special to have something different. When I was in 5th grade, I had to have my appendix out and wanted her with me but had left her at a friend's house. My sister made several trips to her house before she found them at home and could get her for me. Francie was pretty special to me. My husband is a big fan of It's a Wonderful Life ~ I'll keep my eyes open for a George Bailey doll.

And sometimes we would just sit on the waxed paper and really fly down the slide.

The pig at the lake didn't fly and wasn't as cute as the ones in your shop but the apple in the hole where the tail was cut out made it worth looking at. I know how upset you were when you lost the comments so I hope those people all read this blog and comment again. But still hope I'm the winner ;-)