Fall break

While fall break hasn't been too exciting, here's what we've been up to.

 Do these two look a little bit guilty?

 Maybe a lot.

 Everyone got caught being goofy

 Doodle found an apple, or two, and showed off his skills. He eats them down to the core.

 He so proud of himself!

 Visited the wildlife museum with friends.

 The mythology section is always puzzling to the girls. They're not quite sure if this is a real horn of a unicorn or not.

On the move, he had to check out the alligator up close and got caught!

 I caught him climbing out thru the window. Thinking he doesn't need to ever see the Dukes of Hazard, ever.

 Hair glue, loving it with my tender headed Sweetness, did her hair on Friday and just now is it starting to look like it needs to be re done.

 Cousins at the gymnastics meet

 CJ worked hard, had her best meet yet, and earned more bling. Her friend on the left had an excellent day too!

FINALLY, his superman bowling ball came! He is a very happy boy.

We've also worked on turning our garden over from a summer one to a fall winter one. Pulling the tomatoes -still getting a few! Planting kale, spinach, carrots, cabbage and more!  The chickens have been enjoying the fresh plants as a treat.

And here we are, down to the last few days of fall break. His self portrait sums up all of our feelings about it ending:

Helping

He is full of helpfulness. This was at school while I was doing AR tests with first graders.

Whistling away...

She lost her first top tooth on a Sunday. Sadly the tooth fairy did not make it that night, we're pretty sure it was due to the crazy rain we had going on.

 Then, the following Sunday she lost her second top tooth.  Love these grins! Again, the tooth fairy did not make it that night. We now suspect that Sundays are either very busy or she takes the day for rest.

With her friend and classmate from Sunday School, they're a matching pair! He lost his second top tooth Monday, following Sweetness.  The tooth fairy made it to both homes that night!

However, Eric and I are thinking this parent has the genius idea, if only we all had these talents!

Run or Dye!

 Pre race, pictures and prep.  CJ elected to go to a three hour gymnastics practice instead of a quick 5K color run.

 He went as a ninja! Sweetness declared she wanted to "win" the race. In that case, we should have started in an earlier heat. And practiced running more.

 Pre race fun with our color packet. I got marked.

 So did Doodle. He was not a big fan of the pump up and dance music in the corral waiting for our heat.

Some time after the blue station and before the green station, he was out!

 An action shot of yellow. At the first station, blue, Kman stopped and started to help toss the powder. A heart stopping moment as Sweetness continued on her quest for "winning" and Kman not making it through the powder station. We got all back together very quickly.

We didn't "win" the race, but we all finished the race! We all had fun and the only one allowed a ride was Doodle.  Another fun family 5K in the books!