Getting Caught Up

Camera charger and card reader found! We're back in business! It's been a busy couple of weeks with the move but we are more or less settled in. Of course the garage is still piled high with as-of-yet unpacked boxes, but the essentials are unpacked. Henry started Tae Kwan Do last week and so far (after just one class) loves it. He is also loving the backyard here at the new house - he spends some time out there every day; playing golf, decorating with chalk, playing Brett's old trumpet! He is continuing to love kindergarten and has made lots of friends. Both Brett and I have gone and had lunch with him which is quite the experience. It's kind of amazing that the kids are able to eat anything - it's pure chaos in there. He's getting excited for Halloween and we ordered him the Blue Power Rangers costume. He's very much into Power Rangers right now...along with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Luckily one of the rules of Tae Kwan Do is no practicing your moves outside of class - so far he's stuck to that (other than when we allowed him to with his punching bag). But he is loving all things ninja related right now.

I let Henry pick out Nora's Halloween costume. Here's a preview of our little bumblebee. After I nixed the farmer outfit (told Henry it wasn't in her size) it was between the bee and a sunflower. He chose the bee - so cute!

We went to Lee Farms on Saturday, taking advantage of the beautiful weather. We all had a great time...except for poor Nora who was bitten by a mean donkey. Luckily it turned out to not be too serious, but she has one heck of a bruise:

When Brett first pulled her sleeve up so we could see the damage all I could see was some broken skin and I got really worried he'd bitten through into her arm, but it turns out it was more like a scrape and didn't actually puncture her arm. After lots of ice and some doughnuts she recovered and even went on to ride a pony, so I guess she didn't make any kind of negative association with equines.

I thought the pumpkin patch would be a good opportunity for a photo shoot...however, the kids apparently felt otherwise and the above pictures were as good as it got. Oh well!

On Saturday we also participated in the national Star Wars Read Aloud day by going to a celebration at our library. It was a great event with Star Wars themed crafts, games and trivia. And, Henry got to meet this guy:

So he was thrilled!

 Finally, ending with two of my favorite pictures from the last week. Above, Nora is helping decorate the table with chalk...except she's trying to eat it instead and giving herself a purple goatee in the process. And, below, Henry inside a tractor wheel at Lee Farms.