Halloween 2014

We had a fun day today.

I went to Noah's school for his fall centers party.

We did a lot of walking tonight.  We met up with Jack's family and some other kids and they all had a fun time.

Nikki stayed at home and passed out candy to the trick-or-treaters.

Here are some pictures.

Third Grade Play

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Noah was a bit cranky this morning before we left for school.  He was better on the walk.

Rachel cleaned this morning.  We also moved the treadmill out of my office into the niche by the stairwell.

We drove to pick up the boys.  Noah had a baseball game tonight and Evan had a third grade play.  We wanted to take it easy rather than walking.

Around 4:30, Noah and I left for his game.  The kids started well but were not able to keep it up during the game.  Noah went 2-3 with two singles and a strikeout.  I knew several of the coaches/dads on the other team so it was good to see them.

Meanwhile, Rachel took Evan to his play/musical.  I asked Evan how he did.  I asked if he actually sang or just mouthed along.  He said a little of both.  Rachel took some video which is posted below.

Also below is a video of the boys trying jelly beans that Uncle Mike and Aunt Jen sent.  They were disgusting flavors.  I guess there were two varieties of each jelly bean in the box for Halloween.  One was nice tasting, one was awful tasting.  So Rachel recorded the boys trying the jelly beans.

Rachel and Noah are reading now.

Until next time...

No Golf, No Tutoring

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We had a pretty standard morning today.  Lizzy got to see Trooper, Jack's dog on the walk.

I went into Aaron's office for a bit this morning.

It was cooler today.  I don't think it got into the 80s.  If it did, it was in the low 80s.  It made the walk to pick the boys up much nicer.

Golf ended last week and Rachel's tutoring on Wednesday was moved to Monday so everyone was at home this afternoon.

For dinner I made burgers.

Rachel is reading with Noah.

Until next time...

Last Football Practice

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It was just a normal morning.  Not too much went on.

Around lunch time, Rachel went back to the dentist to fix a minor problem with her bite that they discovered last week.  I went to Smoothie King because I hadn't been in two weeks.  I was having withdrawal.

When we picked the boys up from school we went into the school and got some books at the Book Fair.  We told the boys they could spend $18.  The $18 included the tax so I told them they had about $16.62 to spend.  Evan wound up finding several books on "sale" and got 4 books that totaled $16.50.  Noah got several books as well.

Evan had his last football practice today.  He seemed to enjoy it.  The boys would keep playing until it was well past dark if we let them.

The boys are now asleep.

Until next time...

Dark in the Mornings

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It is quite dark in the mornings now as we walk to school.  By the time we get to the trail it has really gotten lighter though.  Next week, after the time change, it will be light as we walk to school.

This morning, Rachel stayed with Lizzy while I walked the boys into school.  As I was walking back up the hill, I heard rustling and a huge deer jumped out of the brush about 20 feet in front of me.  That deer was followed by a second deer who stumbled and started to roll down the hill towards me.  A third deer came flying out and jumped over the deer rolling.  I just tried to get out of the way as fast as I could.  Lizzy saw the deer and started pulling Rachel to go after them.

Both Rachel and I stayed home during the day.

It was pretty nice out with a nice wind when we walked to pick the boys up from school.

Rachel tutored this evening.  She got home a bit later so I made dinner for the boys.  Rachel and I ate when she got back.

Noah and Rachel are reading now.  Then the boys will go to bed.

Below is video of Evan pulling a flag from the very fast boy on the other team on Saturday.  For some reason Evan didn't like that boy and the game was very tense.  You can see Evan throw the flag to the ground as if he's dropping a microphone.  You can see his teammates very excited for him.

Until next time....

Report Cards, Football and a Birthday Party

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Yesterday the boys got their report cards.  In third grade the kids finally get letter grades.  In Kindergarten through second grade they get graded with numbers 1-4 with 4 being the best.  Evan got 5 A+ and 4 A's.  Noah got all threes and fours.

This morning Evan had his last regular season football game.  We stopped at Donut Taco Palace before the game.  Evan played well at defense in the game.  He made some big stops.  Unfortunately the team lost.

We came home and Evan and I just stayed at home in the afternoon.  Rachel took Noah to a birthday party.

For dinner, we went to Johnny Carino's.  We had another Groupon to use.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...