Smoky Week and Soccer

Halloween is fast approaching and Mason was drawn in by this werewolf at the store

Kim repurposed this old ugly filing cabinet

And now it houses her piano music

Nixon had a good old fashioned arm wrestle with his friend this week (he has two older brother and gives Nixon all kinds of bad ideas ;)

Kim got some apple butter and salsa canned

This is what schooling from home looks like around here

Henry and Nixon dancing together on the hoverboard

The kids' friends found a toad and shared it with them

The little boys get to play in the dirt just because they are little boys

Which turns into this...

Kim also got some pears canned (she is amazing)

Last Saturday is when the smoke rolled in. We have been cooped up in the house all week because the air quality has been so bad. Friday night we had some rain and Saturday the air was clear and we got to go outside again.

Mason had another practice and game yesterday. He certainly has the form down with his big kicks

He was a little more comfortable this week than last

Nixon got to have his first game with his team and did really well. In fact, he was the first one to score (on only the second possession)

You can see how much fun he has when he is playing

He can also get pretty serious

And he also does handstands in the middle of the game

Here he is catching his breath

And getting some help with his shoe laces from his coach

He just took the ball from this kid in the red

He has also been doing well passing instead of trying to do it all himself

Later in the afternoon Lyza and I got to practice some volleyball skills

Henry wanted to help with the lawn

Take care