Chromeo Concert

 We went to the Chromeo concert at the Marquee on October 18th. A band called Meyer Hawthorne opened. It was standing room only. Because of a mix-up on the start time, we arrived at the venue about an hour before the doors opened and thus got to stand very close. Halfway through the concert, Aftin was able to squeeze up into the very front row. It was an awesome concert--we had a great time.

Aftin's High School Reunion

Aftin had her 10 year high school reunion on October 15th. Not many of her friends from school ended up coming, which was a bit sad, but it was nice to visit with the few that were there. Hopefully the next one will be a better turn out.

Post-Disneyland Beach Trip

The day after going to Disneyland (yes, back in October) we went to the beach in the morning and then headed back home to Phoenix. The kids LOVED the beach. Spencer loved the sand--he spent most of the time crawling and laying around in the sand. Aliyah loved playing in the waves. We were only there for an hour and a half and we had to literally drag Spencer away. Every had such a good time and the kids were so good and happy. We look forward to our next family beach trip.

Disneyland

Dance and Soccer

This fall we signed Aliyah up for a few extra curricular activities. She did a 6-week community center ballet class and a soccer league. The soccer is for preschoolers, so they actually don't play games. They work for about 2/3 of the practice on skills and then scrimage at the end.  She's pretty coordinated, extremely energetic, and surprisingly very good at following teacher/coach directions, so she has done well at both.I can't quite tell if she really likes ballet or soccer. Sometimes she loves it, other times she never wants to do it again.