King & Queen

Timmy was making a crown, so Zara needed to make one as well.

So much hair...

People don't believe, but it's true, Zara does have ears.

Reading in the Bath

Oh, right, water!

Canadian Thanksgiving, Observed

And then you do what with the turkey?

Basil

Now that the weather has started to cool off, the basil looked like it might die soon. So we cut the rest of it back and made red sauce to freeze. Here you see Zara helping in the kitchen. This is different from the helping that she's done in the past in that it's actually less work for us, not more.

Peter Pan Escapee

Feel free to provide your own captions.

Jack-o-apple?

Zara does this funny thing with her apples. Yes, that's meant to be a face. Oh, yeah, and that apple comes from our favorite no-spray market farmer, from whom we get most of our eggs, green beans, potatoes, cucumbers, etc. I'm making some sort of "buy local" comment here. Pardon me if it's vague.

Balls

Every Fall, UVa fraternities and sororities raise money for charities by throwing a "Carnival". I'm not sure exactly how they raise any money, since all children under the age of 14 get 20 free tickets. The "rides" are all moon bounce-like, similar to what you see Zara enjoying immensely. PS Coda's been fixed. No pics.

Huh?

Jo likes this picture because it captures Zara "in the wild" -- not how our pictures of her often look. Usually, she sees the camera and posses right up. I think in this case she was so engaged in playing at the sink that she just didn't care what the rest of us were doing.

Pizza

With the weather turning, we can start making pizza at home again. I'm working on a new crust recipe based on the no-knead bread recipe. Yummy so far. Of course, not all the toppings make it to the pizza....