Lia Sophia fundraiser

Alana holding the door prize we won at the boy scout fundraiser:

Food art

Matt depicted in breakfast food (by Alana) - the blueberries are his goatee:

Black Friday

Park by community swimming pool:

Thanksgiving

Larry prepping the fresh-killed goose he got from a friend:


Brothers cooking (making stuffing):


What a spread:


True love:

On the road again

Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go!  Alana spent the first hour of the trip studying the 1st Grade Brain Quest!

Gorgeous sunset at Clay Park

Shabbat service

Larry singing with the cantor:



Alana singing in the kids' choir

Pretty bit of snow in Clay Park

"Extreme apple picking"

This terrific photo was posted on Matt's girlfriend's FB page.

Cuddle girls

Halloween

Cal's costume came out great:


























After an hour and a half in the neighborhood, Cal had a huge haul of goodies:

Vomit pumpkin!

This is becoming an annual thing!

  

Alana helped!  Here she is trying to look maniacal:

At YMCA Halloween party

At school Halloween carnival

Caleb's scout awards

Caleb got a badge for attending summer camp, a fireman's badge, and a badge for swimming.

Alana's BD party

  What a terrific party!  10 little girls running around the house, terrorizing the cats and bunny!  We had fun, though, and they loved the bunny theme and the bunny cupcakes.

Alana's BD party at school

Giant chocolate chip cookie - I did the lettering and Alana did the decorating.

Alana in her classroom, about to eat her slice of cookie.

Alana at Upstate

Alana came to work with me today because there was no school:



We had lunch at the Chinese restaurant nearby - sesame chicken seems to be her favorite thing to eat these days; I had pretty decent chicken and green beans with garlic sauce:


On the bus on the way home:

Paintball

I bought discount passes online last spring, thinking Cal and Matt could go over the summer, but we never went.  So Cal and Jake played today, the weather was amazing.



Alana spent the whole time collecting unexploded paint balls:

Amy and Ian

After the concert (Amy in the middle, Ian far right) ~

Caleb and CiCi

Abbott's Fall Festival

The boys strike a gangsta pose.



Alana feeding the chickens

Mr Mouse pays a visit

We rescued this cutie pie from our cruel kitty.



Alana shows off Mr Mouse



The mouse escaped (no surprise) but Rosie was on the prowl.

Rosh Hashanah

Kids on the bima during the family service.  Alana is left f the torah, in yellow; Cal is in the back, almost behind her, looking left.

Waiting for The Lion King to start

The kids' first major musical theater performance.  Larry on his phone, as always.

Temple Centennial

Kids singing at the beginning of the rededication ceremony; Caleb in the middle; you can only see the very top of Alana's head on the right, below the neck of the guitar.

Westcott Street Festival

After the library book sale

Acts of Kindness weekend

We wanted to DO something to commemorate September 11!


The kids jumped right in and got to work.

Beaver Lake Fall Festival

At the petting zoo



Cider and donut



Bean bag toss

Gorgeous sunset in Clay Park

Back to school

Loving message

Alana wrote me a message with a water pistol at the JCC swimming pool.  So sweet.