Well- this has been a fun week for me with all kinds of adventures! I go to an Episcopal school, or Catholic lite as mom likes to say. The lower school (grades K-3) go to chapel every Tuesday. This Tuesday, my class got to be "worker bees" at the mass. Some of us got to read from the bible, some of us passed the collection basket and I got to carry the candle in the opening and closing processionals. I think it was kind the most fun and important job because I got to wear a special robe. I had to leave class early to go get fitted so that made it extra fun. Anything that gets you out of class early is fun- right?
As if that wasn't enough fun for the week, Thursday was Halloween! I decided to be Princess Leia from Return of the Jedi when she landed on planet Endor. Mom made my costume and was kind of proud of it. People actually knew who I was! It's a good thing too because my costume involved a trip to an army surplus store which is a whole different world that mom doesn't really want to go back to anytime soon.
We headed out for trick or treating around 6:30 and it was a very different scene from our last two years up in Denver. Up north, it's a big party- there are mobs and mobs of kids, parents are drinking adult beverages and we always ran out of candy to hand out. This year, a lot of porch lights were unlit, the people who did answer the door tended to be north of 70 years old and the only candy we gave out was directly into our mouths. Never the less, I scored a substantial amount of goodies and there were a few really fun houses so I was a happy camper.
Dad even got in on the magic. He borrowed a "real" light saber from someone at work (only at Raytheon!) and went as Lord Palpatine- the bad guy. We totally rocked it!
The weekend brought even more good times. Mom had a girl's night out planned for Saturday so dad and Uncle Brian planned a campout with the kids for that night too. Which means mom got yet another free weekend. She had a great time catching up with all her mom friends and commiserating. It was good, cheap therapy!
Meanwhile, I was having even more fun. We "camped out" in the RV at Catalina State Park again. We brought a lot of energy and volume to the retirement village. I think we were the youngest by about 70 years but they all needed a little waking up!
After a not so restful night of sleep (dad kept stealing my covers and Evan fell out of bed) we had a hardy breakfast and then headed down to the horse stables.
There was a really nice man there saddling up his horse and he let me ride it around for a little while. The horse's name is Delta Dawn and I think I want one for Christmas now.....
I look pretty comfortable, huh?
We got home around 11 on Sunday to find mom working away in the kitchen. You'd think she was getting us ready for an episode of "Doomsday Preppers" the way she was going. She got dinner prepped and ready for Monday night, made some healthy banana zucchini muffins for snacks and then finally made some Pan de Muerto in celebration of Dia de los Muertos. It was little nerve wracking as mom doesn't do yeast bread very often but it was sure tasty. We've made it through almost a whole loaf already. The other loaf goes into work tomorrow- bummer!
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