Various things have been going on, including Kindergarten for L. September/October was a busy month, what with L’s b-day and Halloween. Here are some pics from the  happenings.

First, we went to an RSL game on the 1st:

L’s b-day party was the 5th:

Some post-party portraits:

Samosa was disappointed that he couldn’t go:

Moustaches were given as party favors:

…it’s possible this is why Samosa was so sad…

The school book fair happened, and the kids pored over their new acquisitions:

…and then of course, there was Halloween:

and a class trip to the pumpkin patch (both G and L’s classes went on the same day):

…and of course, the best part — trick-or-treating:

Then, today, the kids decided to take some pictures of their own with their kid digital cameras. Some of their shots were pretty cute:

Now you’re all caught up.

The kids are back in school. This year is Lilah’s first for Kindergarten. They are both so excited for the new school year!

Let’s pretend the last 2 years of not updating this site never happened, shall we? It would be silly to try to repost all the stuff in on massive catchup post. Instead, I’ll throw a little link here to our Flickr pics and you can catch up. If you need me to friend you to see them (which you will to get the stuff of us and the kids), you should know how to get in touch with one of us.

We got some portrait proofs back from Chris Blackburn, one of the dads in G’s class. Here’s what they look like:

G’s in a dance performance tomorrow that we’re going to try to catch on film…

Someone else had a first day of school this week, too…

Go here for the full set on Flickr (note, you have to friend me, or whatever, to see the pics.)

Go here for the full set on Flickr (note, you have to friend me, or whatever, to see the pics.)

Go here for the full set on Flickr (note, you have to friend me, or whatever, to see the pics.)

Go here for the full set on Flickr (note, you have to friend me, or whatever, to see the pics.)

It’s 2011 and we’ve been remiss in updating this blog (and the flickr stream) with new pics.  So, here’s the last 3 months in brief…

September

The end of September we had several significant events and a visit from Grandma and Grandpa in California.

But first…

The Open Classroom had an all-school field trip to Antelope Island.  It was big.  There was sand.  There were a lot of people.  We scared some tourists.

And tried (unsuccessfully) to fly a kite…

Not long after was Lilah’s 3rd birthday. Grandma and Grandpa came out from California to celebrate.

October

Then came Halloween.  We were a pirate family.

Nothing at all exciting happened between Halloween and Christmas.  Nope.

December

…and now we’re all caught up

We’re busy catching up after our week-long trek to California, in particular Pescadero and Butano State Park.  In the midst of all this catching up with work and other things, we’re also getting ready for Gavin to start kindergarten next week! Nevertheless, we took lots of pics on our trip and thought we should post them here before we’re completely overwhelmed.

Pictures are uploading to Flickr as I type this The rest of the pictures are on Flickr, so be sure to check my Flickr photostream to see all the pics we took on the trip.  Here’s the link straight to the pics from our trip.  And if you’re family or friends and can’t see pics of the kids, make sure you log in with your Yahoo account and add me as a contact.