we left early this morning to drive to my sister's home in connecticut. (we first picked up k in danbury where she had stayed at her friend's house.) in this photo c is contemplating watching fantasia, but we couldn't find it.
requisite photo op before the feast.
we drove up to connecticut after music class and ballet class today to spend halloween with my sister and brother-in-law. the trees driving up were so beautiful. we couldn't stop ohhhing and ahhhing. (i took a few pictures of the leaves when we arrived, but it was getting dark already and i'm not so crazy about the lighting that came out for many of them, but this one was alright.)
my sister had made us a delicious dinner before embarking on the candy collecting! we had pumpkin soup and salad and then m and c got into their costumes. m was heidi and c was laura ingalls (korrina made the costume for her). m alternated between wearing my sister's wooden shoes and running barefoot. we were lucky that the rain held off until 8:30 pm. we were able to visit a lot of houses and the loot was quite extensive.
the girls and i came up to connecticut for swimming lessons. we come up every year. k and m have completed their red cross classes, but will be doing an endurance class for two weeks. (well, m will. k will swim in the class for a week before FINALLY returning to her beloved city). c is in level IV this year. g stayed home to take care of xena. today we celebrated my dad's birthday. he's 83 now. everyone is slowing down around him, but not my dad. well, he's slowed down a little bit since he had his surgeries for several aneurysms last year. but his "slowing down" is probably equal to a middle aged man's slowing down. he's very healthy (considering he began smoking at 13 years old and only quit in his 60's) and very much a leo.
