The Accidental Boilermaker

 Another fun Halloween has come and gone. The kids didn’t have school as we just finished parent-teacher conferences. I thought we would be cold but the wind died down and it was quite pleasant to walk around the neighborhood. We had a record 149 trick or treaters. Thankfully I had plenty of candy. Jameson and I went costume shopping at goodwill one Friday after dropping Evelyn off at basketball. He found the pig first and then we found the red panda. We also found the deer but I didn’t want to assume that Evelyn would wear it. But she really wanted it so we had to go back and buy it the next day. We already had the tiger so went with an animal theme this year.  Our pumpkins turned out really cool. And everyone carved their own this year. I did help draw the outline for Jameson’s 6 7. Apparently it was a huge hit with trick or treaters coming to the door. One little girl even took a picture with it. Evelyn made the owl and I just carved a quick face. 

 Evelyn was invited to go camping this weekend with her friend Daphne at Chain o Lakes. Every October, Daphne’s family goes to the campground with friends but usually there isn’t another girl Daphne’s age. Everyone else slept in the camper while the girls slept in a tent but according to Evelyn they weren’t cold. For trick or treating they were astronauts from the make believe ISFI (international space friends institution).  Jameson and I went to trunk or treat at school on Friday. It was a rushed trip because we still wanted to go to church.  But we had to look at the literacy pumpkins. Jameson created Fone Bone from the Bone graphic novels.  Evelyn made honor roll for first quarter. They had a little breakfast Thursday morning. I couldn’t go but another mom shared the picture.  Jameson won the juggle contest for fall soccer.  Nate took him out to dinner on Saturday to celebrate while I was out to dinner with Maryca. 

 Katherine sent us a drawing prompts for October from an arts and craft store near her. Evelyn and I have had fun trying to keep up. We started on the 12th with orb weaver. Unlucky numbers  Darkness Fiery fury Hollow Evil grin Gargantuan 

 Cross country season is officially over. Last night was city finals and Blackhawk girls finished first. We took 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 10th place. Evelyn ran 14:56, so about 10 seconds off her PR.  She was 32nd overall out of 64 girls.  Her place counted for her team which she was happy about. The boys did good too and finished in second place overall. 

 Last Thursday, I went on a field trip with Jameson’s class to the history museum and courthouse. I also went on this field trip when Evelyn was in 4th grade with the same teacher.  I haven’t been on a field trip with Jameson since 1st grade, so I was pretty excited to be picked.  The other kids in his group were fun to hang out with. The history museum is an interesting place, but the absolute favorite is the old creepy jail in the basement.  I always enjoy seeing the inside of the courthouse. The stained glass rotunda is my favorite. It was also fall break.  Evelyn won her two basketball games on Saturday. Jameson won one and lost one soccer game on Sunday. Evelyn also won one and lost one basketball game on Sunday. Friday and Monday were mostly spent relaxing. 

 Last weekend was a busy one. I had the Fort4Fitness, Evelyn had a cross country invitational in Huntington and Jameson had two soccer games in Middlebury. All on Saturday! Friday I spent all afternoon at the F4F expo. The weather was lovely so that was nice. When it was busy, the time passed quickly. When it was slow, there were still enough people that I wasn’t totally bored.  Evelyn had a great run and PR’ed with at time of 14:40.  It was an early morning for them as she had to be at the meet by 8:40. But that was better for us since Jameson’s games were into the afternoon.  I had a decent half marathon. I ran 2:10:30 which is slower than I’d like but I’ve also been dealing with a nagging right knee problem. So I honestly was thankful I could run and run the race without much discomfort.  I was fast enough to get home, shower and eat lunch before we left for soccer. Jameson’s team won the first game 0-1 and tied the second 1-1. He scored both the goals. ...