Halloween

Today was our first Halloween in our new neighborhood and it was awesome.  There were so many kids and parents wandering around the streets celebrating.  The kids had a blast and ended up with buckets of candy!

Elan's first swim meet

Saturday was cold an rainy.  Soccer was still on but we spent some time in the car keeping warm.

On Saturday evening, Elan had his first swim race.  It was just for his team (Otters) and to help the kids get familiar with the meet structure and official event times for upcoming races.  Elan had a lot of fun, especially on the deck hanging out with the other kids between races.  After we took Elan out to dinner to celebrate.

Family Fall Pictures

We finally were able to coordinate family pictures outside with a professional photographer.  He did a great job and we think they came out very good.

King Richard's Faire

This weekend started out with soccer and then we went down to the cape to relax.  On Sunday we went to King Richard's Faire.  It is a fall festival where lots of folks dress up in medieval dress and go to various mini-plays that focus around the time period.  The kids' favorite part was the magic show, where Elan go to go up on stage, and the joust with knights on horses and a dual.

 

Kansas Trip

This weekend we flew to Denver to go to Kansas for Great Grandpa Malsom's 95th birthday party. After spending a day with cousins in Denver we all piled in the car and drove 6 hours to the birthday party.  The kids had a great time and it was a wonderful weekend with family.

Chess building

This weekend was cold and raining so after a wet soccer practice, Elan and Mila spent most of the time inside.  Mat and I drove to NH on Saturday morning to run a marathon and Elan and Mila got to spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa D.  Elan starts chess club on Tuesday so they both worked hard this weekend to build their Lego chess set.