November 9

Yesterday brought Eli's last game of the season

and a comp tournament for Bennett in Morgan Hill.

 

Is it crazy that I'm sorta sad

to see soccer Saturdays come to an end?

 

Eli turning on the heat

Stop, turn, kick

Post-game snacks

Medal time

Posin' it up

With Coach German (pronounced "hair-mon")

Leo, Eli's buddy from kindergarten

Can I tell you how excited this child has been to get a trophy?

The Yellow Eagles!

Fan club
(Daddy is busy coaching B's first tourney game of the day)

Mr. B getting his hustle on
in his second game of the day

Weaving his way through traffic

Challenging yet another opponent

Boom!

A quick breather

Doing what he does best:

Defending that goal.

Although he did get to play offense second-half

and even scored the only goal of the game.

Goal kick

and again

and again.  This kid kicks a lot of goal kicks.

Full Day, Full Week

 

Grandma Paula showed up Monday night for a surprise visit,

and we didn't waste any time getting to some fun.

 

Off to Los Gatos we went Tuesday morning,

my mom's favorite place in the Bay area,

for a drive down Tait Avenue in all its Halloween glory,

a walk through charming downtown,

and an all essential pit stop at Icing on the Cake.

 

We rushed back home to watch Eli's class sing in a school assembly,

relaxed after school with some Halloween books,

made Cabbage Patch Soup,

and then CARVED PUMPKINS.

 

 

Lunching at Andale

Hi, Grandma

Carvin' it up

Millie attempting to gut a tiny pumpkin

Bennett and his "common core" as he declared this pumpkin top

Liz getting all fancy with her drill

Eli, the designer, directing his unpaid carver

Ta da!  The smallest jack-o'-lantern in the world

A closer look

 

 

The next day brought costumes at dance class

(we've switched from community to studio for tap/ballet and LOVED the change),

baking Halloween sugar cookies,

and Cub Scouts pack meeting where Bennett earned his Wolf badge.

 

 

Millie--and I--heart Miss Amanda and M's dancemates

 

Benito and his amazing Wolf Den leaders.  We will miss them!

Thursday = Halloween,

so we hit up music class (church) in the morning,

the boys' school parades in the afternoon,

and trick-or-treating in our friends' fun neighborhood that evening.

 



I love this shot my mom got of all the moms and kids under the parachute

Millie loves playing Primary president and Primary chorister