Halloween 2019

This Halloween season started with many different ideas about costumes.  Elsa was interested in being an astronaut. But then for my office holiday party, Elsa ended up a firefighter and Liam a police officer.

On the way home from the office, they decided to update the costumes to be an army guy and a flamingo piranha.

The weekend before Halloween was spent carving pumpkins.  Elsa had a plan for a cool snowman/scarecrow pumpkin.  Liam just liked carving.

 Then, on Monday, they carved some more at AKC.  Gooey hands were fun!

 On Halloween morning, we headed early to breakfast at school and the great parade!

 It was great to see them all dressed up with their classrooms.

In the evening we met up with friends to trick or treat.

What a collection of candy (plus a plush tiger and snake) for the Switch Witch to trade out for a present in the morning.

Shattered Tooth!

One week ago, in the early afternoon, I got a call from Elsa's after care program.  They called to tell me Elsa fell into a chair and shattered one of her front teeth!  I was so upset.

We visited the dentist that afternoon, and luckily, the nerve did not appear to be damaged. So, today we went back to the dentist for a 75 minute appointment, where the dentist rebuilt her tooth.

Now Elsa has her big smile back!

Sixth Annual Princeton in Sierras Trip

Six years ago we went to the first Princeton Club weekend in the Sierras at Stanford Sierra Camp on Fallen Leaf lake in Tahoe. We've been back every year since. The weather is usually wonderful - warm days and crisp evenings. This year there was snow on the mountains peaks. We kayaked, paddle boarded and Elsa insisted on jumping in the lake and so Karna had to too. Even Liam joined them. We enjoyed seeing and eating with friends we see there every year. Saturday night we celebrated Karna's birthday. She turned 2D in hexadecimal.

Elsa made Karna a birthday card. 

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