October 2010

Here are a couple of recent activities we did as a family. We purchased some pumpkins at a local pumpkin patch, where there was a pony ride and an animal farm. I took Marisa and Connor to a Combot Event with Grandpa Leary and Uncle Colin. The kids loved the fast moving robots, flying pieces of steel and some even had flamethrowers. The picture above is one of the smaller robots.

Halloween 2010

Two pirates, a monkey, Woody and Jessie left our house Halloween night and came back with tons of candy and some great stories. We went out with a big group of neighbors, the dads asked each house for a score update of the World Series and the moms took pictures and tried to corral all the kids.

Movie Night

The kids crawled in the big bed and watched a movie with all their animal friends last night. The movie of choice was a Mickey Mouse special.

Vineman 70.3 - Professional Videos

Here is the finish line video from the Vineman.

And the swim finish from the Vineman.

Tidepools

The last weekend before school we went to some tidepools near Santa Cruz. We timed our trip just right as the high tide was just leaving. The kids loved it, we saw oysters, clams, crabs, starfish and sea anenomes. As you can see from the last picture Connor and I got a little too close to the edge as a big wave came rolling in. Needless to say I protected my son, but needed a change of clothes afterwards!

First Day of School

We have a first grader! Marisa started school in Mrs. Forester's class last Monday. She was so proud as evidence by the first picture. She quickly met up with her friends and has been talking non stop about all the new cool things that first graders can do that kindergardeners can't. I included one picture of all the kids and Susan on one of the last days before school.

Roadrunners

First soccer game! Marisa was very excited. She picked out her own number, it's 48. I asked her why of all the numbers she wanted that one and she said it was the biggest. Out of all the uniforms it was the highest number. For the most part the girls all ran in a pack surrounding the ball, but occasionally the ball would pop out and every now and then Marisa would get a good kick into the ball. She told me next game she wantts to dribble it six times without anyone else. Why six - because that's how old she is!