a fun weekend

It was a brilliant weekend- stunning warm sunny weather and fun plans. Friday night we went to the opening weekend of the new Sydney baseball team (think Carolina league games or high-end college baseball games)- see pictures in the entry below. Plus we had two birthday parties plus plenty of fun time in the pool.

6 going on 12

All of a sudden Nate seems much less a little boy and more and more a big kid. He is now into skateboarding, the proper "flat" hat and long hair (which he flicks- I think he is going to hurt his neck from doing it so much:))

Check out the kids doing tricks in the garage:

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baseball game Sydney blue sox

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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween. We've been looking forward to Halloween for weeks. We decided to dress as a family of ninjas - it was quite a comfy outfit. I sewed everyone hoods and bought plastic swords (it was a miracle that they didn't break before halloween). Our old au pair and good friend Ang was visiting from Scottland so as an adopted member of the family she was a ninja too (we called her sparkly ninja, Michael was flip flop ninja, Reese was fussy ninja, I was mommy ninja, and Nate was ninja master).

We went to our friend's house - to trick or treat in an area known to celebrate the holiday. It is pretty hit or miss here although it is getting more popular every year. This year we had 40+ kids come to our door and that was just in the 30 minutes before we left....and it was a good thing we left as I hadn't bought a lot of candy. I was scouring the kitchen for treats. We didn't get to do much trick or treating :( - a lot of houses ran out of candy then it started to rain. We got inside just in the nick of time before it started to pour. The kids did't need that much candy anyway. The most fun part was dressing up.