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Here's a fast look at our 5 days in DC with the kids & grands...
Scary Luke!
We even saw some great fall color!
All that color meant leaves falling, so we raked 'em. And played in the piles.
Happy Luke.
What big eyes she has! The only time Erin really cried was when Alec was working on some trim in Luke's room and gave Erin a small piece of wood to play with. Erin promptly hit herself in the head with the wood and howled!
I read so many books to Luke I had to re-adjust my glasses.
Grandma time!
Family time...
This was on the plastic bag that held our Sunday paper today. People will be allowed to begin lining up at the door at 9 AM on Monday -- prizes for the first 2,500 in the door, etc, etc, etc. The Orlando Sentinel had a hilarious article by columnist Mike Thomas on the IKEA experience... check it out! The Big Blue Box is just south of the Mall at Millenia, which in itself is a ginormous place. I'm guessing that the traffic will be truly awful for the next few weeks, and then get really bad once the Christmas season gets rolling. That's in comparison to the normal Orlando traffic of "We've been waiting to turn left for 3 lights; how many CD's did you bring along?" Mike's column is:http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/columnists/orl-miket1107nov11,0,39259.columnWe had our annual walk-a-thon at TCS this past Friday. The kids raised over $38,500 for the school! The weather was as nice as we've seen it on a walk-a-thon day, with temps in the 60's. Cool! Another really nice thing about the day is that the kids went home after lunch, so we teachers had a fine afternoon for planning and prep. Really cool!
Tonight's low is forecast to be 56 degrees. The last time the temperature was in the 50's was 200 days ago, on April 17. It's been a long, long, looong time and we're ready for some cooler temps in Central Florida!The high was 77 and the sky was New Mexico blue today - a perfect day for an outside adventure. We went with our friends from church, George and Linda Bruneau about 45 minutes northwest, through Howey-in-the-Hills (love that town name!) to Tavares and the Lady of the Lake Renaissance Faire. We saw jousters, falconers, a bagpiper, players, musicians, and the queen and her court. We thoroughly enjoyed our day in an anachronistic corner of Florida. Falconers worked with Harris Hawks. The hawks work as a team to catch prey.Human chess game...the field clears when one piece attempts to take another, and they fight it out. Like medieval WWF.
The jousters had a script, which was funny. They were skilled with the lance and their lip.
It was easy to get into trouble - wish we could have one of these in the classroom!
The lords and ladies were present and personable throughout the day. Most of them did keep in character. One of our favorites was a man with a fancy pillow for a hat!
