Assorted Simons

 

Snack time 10/17/22 

Lego Plane 10/17/22 

Balloon Rocket 11/12/22

4-leaf Clover 11/16/22

I don't know the dates of these two videos; maybe September?

Dominos

 Simon recently developed a wonderful obsession with making domino runs. It started fairly simple, then he increased complexity. Whenever a run failed, he could use my video in slow-motion to analyze what went wrong.

Here are some videos of them:

Off-road biking

 The kids didn't have school today, so Zac took them to a mountain bike trail at Crabtree Lake. I guess they loved it.

Alice continues to do a lot of art in her free time.

Jordan Lake fall hike

 I love fall hiking season, but for one reason or another I haven't been able to organize many hikes this year. But we did get out to Jordan Lake today, and the weather was warm and beautiful. The water level was low, so we could walk along the shoreline a lot. Simon found some lures (of course) and Zac picked up a bunch of trash.

Halloween Fall

 We were a bit disorganized with the pumpkin carving this year. Simon carved two (the first one rotted too soon). Harrison helped. I don't know if Alice ever even carved one. We failed to really take pictures of them. 

We had a neighborhood "Haunted Trail" in addition to our traditional trick-or-treat party at Andrea's.

Alice's first Titans Swim Meet: Halloween Bash

 Alice started year-round swimming in September and had her first swim meet this weekend. She did great! She was very nervous though. The swim meets here are different in that the teams are huge and the kids are mostly swimming for their best times, rather than any sort of team competition. The meets are also spread out over several days. It's a bit ridiculous, to be honest.

Alice in Middle School

 Alice's transition to middle school has gone really well. She's learning to play the flute and work on managing her after-school time for both flute practice and swim practice. She gets herself up at 6:15 am, gets herself ready for school, and waits for the bus (accompanied by Zac) around 7am.

Izzy's birthday party

 Alice and Simon were among the select few invited to Izzy's birthday party / dinner party this year. Simon had no qualms about being two years younger than everyone and the only boy. But I also didn't point it out to him and he probably didn't even notice. Natasha arranged a treasure hunt for the kids, the played outside on the trampoline, and we had a lovely dinner.

Flower Power

 I had to pick the kids up early from school to go get their flu shots, but we had a bit of time to kill before the appointment, so we stopped by the flower fields at the art museum for a bit. It was beautiful!

This one is from our back yard.

Carolina Beach Weekend

Simon organized all his favorite shells from the beach weekends into a display.