Fall in all its glory!

Well, it was back to the apple orchard one more time with Cathy and Cate!  They spent a night with us and we had to squeeze in as much fall festivities as we could in 24 hours!  Apple picking, pumpkin picking (well...selecting), rice crispy treats shaped like ghosts, apple bread, foliage walk in the cemetery...we did it all.  I also helped get the kids in the Halloween mood by setting up a bit of an art lesson at my dining table.  A white gourd for each friend, and their imaginations were their only limitation.  And then just like that!  Halloween was upon us.  What a blur October was!  Fiona decided she wanted to stay home and bake a chocolatey treat while her brother and friends headed out to trick-or-treat.  When all the kids came home they were gracious enough to share their candy with Fiona.  Still no snow, but I have a feeling that by the next time I write it will be a different story.  We did have some VERY windy wet weather a few weeks ago.  Many were without power, and the public schools had to dip into their "snow-day" reserve... BUT not us homeschoolers!!!!!!!  I even took on Yeva as a guest student for a day so her parents could go to work.
Fiona and Ethan have both qualified for Regionals in bouldering this season.  Luckily they will be held in Newburyport...so we can stay with my parents.  It has been such an exciting climbing season now that they compete!  Both kids are pretty darn good!

Let the decorating begin! (Yes, that's my laundry in the background...)

Ethan's

Mine

Fiona's

Art class

Contemplating their prints.

Definitely lost a few old trees.

Ugh.

Extra student!

Spanish memory.

Scott, the headless horseman.

Ethan got on Scott's shoulders to get the perfect apple.

Now that's perfection!

Rice crispy deliciousness.

My bouldering girl.

The man.

Dynamic duo.

Cell model.

She used her linoleum tools to carve Theo.

Ethan's the wizard...

What happens when you refuse to go trick-or-treating.

New found hike.

The scrappy gang (and Mr. Snuggle-face).