Homecoming, Deer, and Books

Highlights from the last weekend (and more):

• Husband took all the kids to the Homecoming football game at the high school. This was the first time our kids went to a football game. Ever. First time our 2 highschoolers went to see their team play. Everyone had fun. Our son ran into his friends and they hung out and did their own thing.
• Our older 2 kids went to the Homecoming dance on Saturday. There were pre-dance parties with friends (separate for E and H, and neither at our house), and after-dance sleepover for E at a friend's house.
• C's friend came over while the big siblings were away, otherwise the house would have felt way too quiet.
• H is back to rock climbing - she is on the intermediate-level team and is training once a week on Saturday mornings.
• Celebrating Sukkot on Sunday - we all went to our synagogue and had lunch in the sukkah (a temporary structure made of wood planks so that the sky and the scenery around are visible, decorated with harvest-themed objects) with other Hebrew School families. 
• Reading and napping in the hammock!
• We planted some more daffodil bulbs.
• On the way home from H's piano lesson on Monday (15 minutes away), we counted 18 deer (mostly in our neighborhood). It's deer-maggedon. Seriously, those things are a hazard. Not only they eat everything in sight, they jump into the road, and generally act like complete imbeciles.

Looking forward:

• I might go to a concert next weekend (Carmina Burana)
• Halloween Movies: I think I'd like to watch the Addams Family Values again.
• Books, books, books. I put quite a few books I am really looking forward to on my library waiting list: The Hunter by Tana French, Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey (part of a series that I gave up on but now want to re-visit), and The Mercy of Gods (same authors, new series - yeah, I know I was just complaining about all the reasons I don't like multi-book series, but the premise looks too interesting to pass by..)
• Part of my renewed interest in James S.A. Corey (aka Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) is an interview I listened to a couple of days ago - I really liked them! It was one of those things, where I kept nodding and chuckling to everything they said, and thinking I'd love to hear more!

Dear Reader: how was your weekend? What are some of the things you are looking forward to as October is wrapping up?