science project day at the park, exploding capsules, dry ice bubbles, chromatography and lots more

 

more pumpkin patch fun with friends (slide photos taken by my friend Teri)

celebrating Diwali at the Hindu temple with music, dancing, rangoli (chalk painting) and good food followed by fireworks

creating Halloween costumes: Minecraft black and orange cats

carving pumpkins with family

at the park

collecting leaves and punching leaf confetti with fancy hole punchers

holding snakes and other reptiles with friends at a Halloween party

picking apples in our yard with a long armed picker

sorting jelly beans (thanks Gma and Gpa!)

night swinging

game playing (new favorite this time: Above And Below)

hike for me (with bonus elderberry picking & subsequent cordial and syrup making)

bookshelf assembly with Dad and decorating for Lilah

silly dinnertime fun watching reflections in the window

supermoon through our skylight lit up the hallway

phone for the kids to share means lots of cat & owl photos and videos, and lots of texting

the texts are wonderful and fun, especially so if I am not in the room with them and get to decipher who is writing to me at any given time. So far, I’ve been right about which kid I’m texting with.

park time (I read some poems to the kids and then Gavin picked up the book for more)

civilization (Gavin is playing as China and Lilah as …)

an epic story being acted out, and then they realize they are being documented and give me a pose

together