Happy Halloween!

From the Swedish chef, a bat, and “baggy” skeleton. 

This year, Ollie is off with his buddies, Ansel wants to conquer trick-or-treating at a scary house, and Ian wants all of the candy. 

Girl to come March 2020

Let’s add to this family chaos! Woot woot!

We are all looking forward to having a sister. Truth is, I can’t believe it!

Fall break, short but sweet

We kept it simple for fall break this year. 

We did a quick staycation at a local hotel, which served us well this time around. It began with a luxury robe and slipper combo. These are the boys’ best “this is the life” faces. Ansel kept this stuff on while sleeping. Ha!

We enjoyed the pool...

...and relaxed poolside. 

Then we took to the streets...

...and the hills. Look at these colors. Ian exclaimed that he loved this tree because he loves red!

The view of the city from the “U” was fun. 

The water if city creek was chilly but it was a perfect fall day

Fall break was a success! Now if every school and work week could be this short.

Scavenger Hunt

Ansel’s scavenger hunt. 

My favorite part, paper no. 1: “Yay! You found clue 1.”

T-shirt design

Last year, Oliver’s school had a competition to design the graphic for next year’s t-shirts. All fourth graders were included in the competition and five favorites were chosen. Oliver’s design was included and I remember him coming home letting me know. He said something like, “My design was chosen and now we’ll wait to see who wins. It’d be cool if mine won, but you never know.” Later in the week, those five favorites were voted on by the PTA board and Oliver’s design won! He was so excited! They’ve now been made into t-shirts for this year. 

My favorite: “Be Strong • Try Hard.” It’s fun to see his name on the back as the designer. 

My friend who prepares the shirts for the school said so many people are digging the design that they’ve asked to buy one for themselves!