October: Weekend Report

 Hello October!

We had a few beautifully chilly fall days and then it got warm and humid again. Mosquitos and ticks are back with a vengeance. 

Friday night became an outdoor movie night - our neighbors set up a projector and screen in their back yard. The older daughter and I baked stuff - ginger snap cookies and banana-blueberry bread to take to the movie night. Kids had a blast! Husband and I spent that time in our own back yard in front of the wood burning stove, chatting. 

We bought a few pumpkins and fall plants. We haven't quite gotten around to setting up any Halloween ghosts or bats around the yard - maybe next weekend. (First, we have to find that stuff... it's somewhere in the closet...)

Kids had their regular soccer games. Hebrew school started on Sunday (this was the first time ever kids whined and complained about it; the older 2 do not like their new teacher). Our oldest put in some time practicing his orchestra music. 

There was quite a bit of yard work... some of it got done. House cleaning did not get done (some day? maybe?) - but I did manage some minor pick-up and dusting. 

I planted a bunch of tulips. 

Husband and oldest child went on a run.

We watched "Catch me if you can" - it was our daughter's pick (kids take turns choosing weekend movies). It was good! 

Sunday, the girls spent hours playing with the neighborhood kids - they were cleaning up some old barbies and setting up a school, I think. Our son and one of the neighbor kids were planning and designing a fortification they want to build into the side of the hill. There were shovels and a pickaxe involved - but I am not sure how far they got into it. Our son tends to get very excited about new projects, but typically does not finish stuff. We'll see how things go...