Happy Halloween...

For this Halloween, Colin decided to dress as a "pirate" and Sidney as an "Ambulance man"... Well, that's before he switched to a "Police man." Luckily, we still had Colin's police costume from last year.
While drinking our traditional pumpkin soup for dinner, we handed out some bouncy balls and pencils to the early knockers (Laura's idea). Then, it was our turn to ravage through the neighborhood like wild predators in quest of our next prey. Eventually, the boys collected enough candies and chocolates to open their own candy store. Unfortunately for them, the junk food Nazi struck down. Laura only allowed them to keep 15 pieces each. The boys happily obliged and after a few minutes of careful deliberation, they reached the magic number. Without a fuss, they witnessed the candies' fateful ending. Yes, our boys are clearly brainwashed. Luckily for us, they are not able to compare their 15 meager pieces of candies with the mountains other kids get to keep. Otherwise, we'd probably have a little revolution on our hands.

Halloween

Laura's vegetable garden

Laura had a pretty successful vegetable garden. She planted and harvested tomatoes, lettuce, mache, green onions, carrots, cucumbers, zucchinis, string beans, red and yellow beats, peppers, parsley, and thyme... Here are some early July photos:

Laura's vegetable garden

Fall soccer

This Fall, Colin played in his second soccer season with his "Thunderbolts" U8-9 team. With eight games and just about as many practices, the nine boys improved tremendously. The team had a French rookie assistant coach who did not contribute a lot but, he greatly enjoyed the experience. In an effort to have all boys play an equal amount of time, the coaches rotated the boys from goalie to defender to striker every games. Colin scored a total of five goals in those eight games.

Harrison Classic

Sidney ran his second Harrison Classic one mile run. Colin decided to skip the race this year. He was probably feeling a little tired from a long soccer season.
The whole weekend had been such a deluge with snow on Friday and a storm on Saturday. Then, 30 minutes before Sidney's race on Sunday, the clouds parted, the sun showed up and we enjoyed a great afternoon on Harrison Blvd with temperatures in the 70s.

Harrison Classic

Sidney ran a great race and did not stop until the finish line. He was focused on his competitors and consistent in his stride. We think he reached the finish in about the top 5 for his age group (5 to 6 year old boys).
Finish Time: 9:00:18 for 1 mile.

Just call me Pythagore!!!

Sidney doing some math work at school during his Kindergarten year.

Sidney at School