2017 :: week 44

October 29

Lauren and I went "trick or treating so others can eat" Sunday afternoon with the second grade and kindergarten girl scout troops at OPC. The weather was perfect and we were able to gather quite a bit of food in about an hour.

October 30

Elliott drew this elephant. He was very pleased with himself when he showed it to me. He has started drawing on the magna doodle daily. He often draws things that are totally unrecognizable to me and tells me it is daddy (his most frequent muse). But this looks like a very abstract elephant to me too! I find watching my children's capacities grow to be a very satisfying part of parenting.

October 31

Trick or treat! Halloween season came to a very cold end Tuesday. We went trick or treating with a fun group--the Wilsons, Steiners and Mansings. We went down our street, up Cody and then up and down 99th Place. The kids requested to go home after about an hour. Last year we were out longer, but it was unseasonably warm. This year it was so cold Lauren kept stopping to rub her hands together and would explain to whomever asked, "I need friction!"

November 1

Will celebrated a George Springer home run during game seven of the World Series. It was a disappointing post-season in the John household. We weren't excited about either team in the world series, but Will aligned himself with the Astros (thanks in part to most of his baseball loving classmates aligning with Houston) and enjoyed watching parts of the games.

November 2

We have started taking family walks in the evening when Anthony gets home from work. It is fun to get a little exercise and discuss the events of the day. I would like to keep this practice up, but with daylight savings coming to end on Saturday, it is hard to say if we will be able to. We have to leave almost immediately after Anthony gets home from work in able to get home before it gets too dark.

November 3

Elliott loves big machines. There is a lot of redevelopment happening in Downtown OP and every time we pass through Elliott points out the big trucks, diggers and cranes.

November 4

I looked over at Lauren during dinner Saturday evening and noticed that her front tooth was at a 90 degree angle. I asked her if it was loose and she said, "yeah, a little." I asked her if I could touch it and was shocked to feel it was barely attached. She was too scared for me to pull it out right away, but after baths she agrees to let me try. It came out easily! Lauren losing her first tooth was an unexpected way to end the week.