Monday, November 9, 2026

Climbing Trees

Last Sunday, Eli's buddy Kenny came to hang.  He's new to the school.  

I took the twins and Kenny to a ropes course that's above the Valley of Fear they went to last week . 

It takes a long time to get started.  Even if you have been here before, they make you go through training.  
It's a little complicated.  There are 2 hooks and one is always connected.  That sounds safe.  




Then they headed up into the trees.  


They wanted me to come up.  I was happy sitting on my bench.  
We headed out.  
There's one of the hay rides.  
One last shot of our Halloween decorations before we took them down.  
My day in comics.  

 

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Happy Halloween

Last Saturday, I became a Hall of Fame Warrior!  I've mentioned before that I wear a belt at the gym that tracks how hard I work out and then I get points.  I've been doing it for about 8 years.  
I get a new status every year if I stay consistent.  It's silly but it keeps me going.  

All the 6th graders in the soccer league.  
Noah had a game.  Coach Bill was replaced by Coach Ted Lasso.  

Coach Lindsey was Minnie Mouse!
Eli was excited it was Halloween!  He terrorized the neighbrohood!
The house was looking plenty scary.  

Eli was even scarier.  
The kids stayed busy.  
A scary ghost rode by.  
It was finally time to trick or treat!
The twins and I met a bunch of their friends at the neighborhood behind the school.  They looked great!
Then they were off to get some candy!
This house was crazy!


This was a busy neighborhood.  Lots of kids.  I had plenty of parents to talk to.  

We went from house to house.  Eli loved all the decorations.  
We did this for a while, then Eli, Vicky, her mom and I drove over to Newtown to check out the scene. 

It was cool like last year.  The houses were amazing.  





They were giving out gibbets.  

These people had dance parties in the street again.  

The houses are so pretty.  So old.  
This house had the haunted house in the basement again.  
We waited in line like 15 minutes.  
The kids rested on the sofa in line.  
Bertha!  Its the Grateful Dead skeleton.  
The basement was scary!
We went home and went through the candy. 
Noah jumped in and they traded candy.  Another successful Halloween!