Enchanted

We saw Enchanted today. It was so much fun. It left me feeling much better than all of the depressing but well done movies I've been seeing like Gone Baby Gone. I also enjoy THIS!

Note for you East Coasters

I was at Lydia's school on Friday and I heard a teacher saying, "No running in the halls." This may seem like a perfectly normal statement to all, but to me it always seems funny here on the west coast. You see, all of the "halls" are sidewalks. All of the classrooms here have a door that is outside. The schools are generally not buildings with halls, so if a student is going to another class or part of the school, they walk outside to wherever they might be going. They also eat lunch outside. On the rare occasions that it rains, they may have a covered outside area where they will eat, bring tables into an auditorium, or just eat in the classrooms depending on the school. It seems funny to me that they call the sidewalks "halls", but they do.

Halloween

Lydia wanted to be scary and Ryan stuck with the Superhero theme. They were cute and a lot of fun. Lydia is protective of her candy and counted it the minute she got home. Ryan has only eaten one piece, although we have given him many opportunities. His parents, on the other hand, have enjoyed it immensely.

We have reached the end of Lydia's soccer season. She was a big scorer on her team this year. Her biggest assett, though, was her crazed obsession with protecting the goal. As soon as any member of the other team got the ball, she ran as fast as she could back to the goal to stand in front of it. They don't have goalies on the little teams yet, but next year, I'm thinking she might be a natural.

Au revoir!

Birthdays

Before I can address Halloween, I must post some birthday pictures. Lydia's 6th was a double party with a friend who has a similar birthday at a Horse ranch. It was great fun.




Ryan's 4th was at everyone's favorite, Chuck E. Cheese. I never let Lydia have her party there, and I gave in with Ryan. It was easy and the kids had a blast, so I'm glad I relented.

Also posted is Lydia's 1st day of 1st Grade. It was a very exciting day. I think the boys have cooties.

I now feel a little caught up. Maybe by Christmas, I'll tell you about Halloween.