The Cutest Little Blog: October 2016

Monday, October 24, 2016

Fall activities 2016

October has brought cooler weather and a wealth of fall activities! We love it! (All except the storm damage!)

Pumpkin painting--on our porch on a sick day with permanent paint--not my brightest idea! Ha! Leo brought out his Lego Nexo Knight book so I could make his look like a character from it. I did my best!
Pumpkin patch--unfortunately most of the pumpkins were rotten from all the rain and it was so hot and sunny that it was hard to get a good picture!
Fall outing (Dad and Olivia with yGuides, which is kind of like Girl Scouts but for dads and their kids)
Pumpkin carving party: Leo's friend's family invited us and we had a great time! There were SO MANY people there, but they were so well organized on their driveway and lawn that it all ran smoothly. The girl in these photos is from Leo's class. She's a sweet friend who plays with Leo a lot!
Just playing outside: The weather has been awesome!!
Storm damage: A leaky roof and no power for a few hours was just the beginning. Last Tuesday Nicholas pulled up the carpet in his closet to find this. We're still working on getting an insurance adjuster out here...

Leo has been doing martial arts since late August. He asked to do it because of the Batman books we had been reading, but even as those have fallen from our reading list in favor of Lego books, he has still really enjoyed going and learning! The set up is this: you pay a monthly fee and go to as many of the classes for your age group as you want each week...there are six for "Tiger Cubs" and we try to go to two to four a week. Here's what he has been learning:

The four rules of focus
Listening positions
Front stance
Low block
Knife hand
His phone number

Leo's first test from white belt to white belt with a yellow stripe was two Fridays ago. He did great and had fun!! I am glad he found something he likes!

A wick video: https://youtu.be/9en0jFfrK1g