Happy Halloween

The kids really look forward to all holidays. They like the traditions. For Halloween they especially like the candy.

Halloween on a Sunday is not ideal, but they enjoyed it very much.

Clair is a superhero. She titled herself collision Clair. This is inspired by the book Mia Mayham. She really enjoyed the persona as well as the costume.

Max decided to be something scary this year instead of a superhero. He was a Grim Reaper. He didn’t wear the mask with the eyes much. I guess they get in the way of running around and grabbing candy.

Ellie was a fictitious character that has something to do with Minecraft. I’m not really sure. She is good with make up and she’s very creative with putting costumes together. She’s cute and she had a good time. She walked around with some friends.

Although it was a busy day and a busy weekend, they still managed to carve the pumpkins. I need to get pictures of Ellie‘s and Max’s Still from David. 

David and I walked around with Max and Clair. Henry and Jon joined us. Max was happy for that tradition to continue. Clair was determined to go to the whole neighborhood. But because her candy basket was so full I managed to persuade her against it. They came home with way too much candy. Now to figure out how to sneak it out of the house…

After counting the candy Clair proclaimed that she had over 250 pieces. Wow

Ellie and Max were also very happy with their takes.

Tomorrow they have school. They got to bed at a decent time and I’m happy for that.

Fall sports come to an end

Another sport season is coming to an end. Ellie was in 15 u rec softball, Clair was in eight you rec softball. Max played 12 U rec soccer.

David coached soccer and I helped him a little bit. I was the head coach for Ellie‘s team. I was an assistant for Clair‘s team. It’s been a busy fall.

What’s important is that I think each of the kids had fun. 

I think Ellie was enjoying her teammates more as she gets older. She continues to be our primary picture. I miss seeing her at first base. Her hitting is coming along nicely. It’s a shame her body is a mess with hurt knees, hurt ankles, and now her wrists. I’m not quite sure what to do with her. She is quite athletic, and she seems to hurt herself a lot. 

Max had a whole new team of boys, except for two. His team did quite well this year. He played goalie some at the beginning. But that feed it off. I think he did all right school. He also scored a few calls throughout the season. He’s been working on his passing and he’s been working on just being aware of his teammates and working hard.Max had a whole new team of boys, except for two. His team did quite well this year. He played goalie some at the beginning. But that feed it off. I think he did all right as Gooley. He also scored a few goals throughout the season. He’s been working on his passing and he’s been working on just being aware of his teammates and working hard. He does work hard at soccer. It’s fun watching him play.

Clair went back to softball after two years away. She started her head above the other girls in terms of her preparedness for catching throwing and hitting. (at least that is my biased assessment as her mother.) she had much better focus this year now that she is eight instead of six. She really has a knack for the game. She keeps track of the outs in the score in her head. It seems she’s always right. I can’t keep track of these games in my head. I’m Impressed by that. She still enjoys soccer also. We will keep switching back-and-forth between soccer and softball for a while. She’s quite athletic and I don’t want to focus her on just one sport yet. Who knows what her sport will be and I think it’s great for kids to want to pay more than one sport.

Max has one practice and a tournament this weekend. Clair has one final game. Ellie was done today.