.: Fall

Though autumn in Hawaii is much different from the midwest, it does bring a little bit of change. I will stress the little bit because we had another heat wave and lots of humidity. However, the first day of fall there was a bit of a breeze back in the air and I rejoiced. It isn't the same without out he crisp leaves and that bit of chill in the air...that we miss. Fall brought lots of change in our house, though. Hans turned a year older, but wiser. Sam and Zeke had a lot going on with our Classical Conversations home school community with field trips to a garden, a pumpkin patch, and horse rescue, we studied vertebrates and invertebrates, dissected a crayfish, and worked hard to finish up the first half of our semester. Our wonderful friends, the Kiernans came. All six of them. We had a full house, but a lot of fun. For a week we toured around with them and enjoyed more of the island.

October brought change inside the house as the much anticipated Halloween decor and costumes came out. Hans loves this holiday and the fun of scaring people. Our boys enjoy it just as much. Hans and I worked to finish up Sam's Halloween costume, the Lego guy, Emmet. It turned out awesome! In addition to Emmet, we had a cowboy, and a little black cat. G turned 8 months in October. This baby time is going too fast.

For November, thus far, the boys finished up the second half of their first semester of Classical Conversations. Lots of photo editing and finishing up photos from a few sessions. We have had a lot of outside play with the nice weather, a lot of dramatic play, and excitement looming for the holidays and our many visitors to come. Here is a recap in photos of some of our going ons.