Of course, not until Friday! But today was trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. It was a completely gorgeous day, sunny and about 65 degrees. Friday is forecast to be a high of 44 degrees, so this was far better.

Kayla went for the easy costume this year. She decided to be a Greek demigod from the Percy Jackson book series. Hence the Camp Half-Blood t-shirt, jeans, sword, and shield.

Ashley wanted to be a character that Grampa should recognize right away (and maybe Uncle Bill too!).

The Hylean Shield and Sword, the green hat? It’s Link from Legend of Zelda!

We borrowed the boots from a colleague of mine at work. SIZE 7 LADIES!!!!! She had to wear some thick socks, but they worked!

After they all got tired trick-or-treating, a whole horde of teens and pre-teens descended on our house. The teens all played poker in the basement, using their unwanted candy as their bankroll for betting. All left happy with the results.

To enjoy this possibly last beautiful day, I finally raked the huge leaf pile in the front yard. I filled 4 leaf bags packed full! While raking, I glanced at my neighbor’s house.

Bad dog!

Bad, bad dog!

Sort of makes me wonder…

This past Wednesday were the band and choir concerts for the girls. It was a tough night given the way the school scheduled it. Ashley had to be at school at 5:30PM for a 6-7PM concert for 5th & 6th grade music. Kayla had to be at school at 7PM for a 7:30-8:30PM concert for 7th & 8th grade music. As Kayla had homework to do and is generally more methodical with her evening, that meant Kevin and I could not attend both concerts. So he went to choir and brought Ashley home. I stayed with Kayla while she finished homework and ate, then went to band with her. I get that the school, being a large music population, wanted one night to have things set-up. It was just rough on families that have kids at the two levels and who don’t eat dinner at 9PM or 4:30PM.

Regardless, we got videos! We start with the choir concert. Ashley is in there somewhere.

If I Knew You

Daniel

Monster Mash

Next up is Kayla with the band.

Brandon Bay

All the Pretty Horses (she and 2 other girls have a short clarinet trio!)

Cedar Point March (her least favorite)

We just found out yesterday that both Ashley’s belt test for karate and her piano recital are on the same day at the same time! She will have to choose, and in this instance the belt test takes priority. She has the potential to “color up”, and these belt tests only happen twice per year. It’s sad she has to miss the recital! Maybe we will just have her visit somewhere and play just for fun.