Thais and Lenin went out to dinner .. yay!
Veteran’s Day barbecue
At the 4 Seasons lodge. 
I sat with nearby neighbors Judy, Leslie and Kathie:
Singing the national anthem:
It’s REALLY smoky here because of the fire that wiped out Paradise. The air quality is “hazardous”. The sun at about 2 pm:
Thursday @ Merrilyn’s
Merrilyn made a Pineapple cheese ball coated with walnuts and a Warm artichoke dip. I brought some sweet walnut treats.
For fun, we cracked and shelled a big bag of walnuts.
Walnut gathering
Sept 30:
Nov 5:
Progress over the weekend
Thais laid out the plants.
Justin planted on Saturday.
On Sunday, Thais came over with the kids to finish up.
Meanwhile …
At Grandma’s house, Old Macdonald has an RV. All the animals live inside.
Almost done and it looks great already. Thank you soooo much Justin and Thais.
Delivery day
#1: plants.
#2: topsoil.
In the afternoon, Thais came over to place everything in the right spot.
Excitement builds … !
Soccer practice
Playing an iPad game with one foot (?):
Halloween
Thais and Lenin had everyone over for a chili dinner before going out to trick-or-treat. Before everyone got there, Avery showed me how Treasure X works. Step one: hold the block of “clay” under running water and count to 30.
Then dig using the tools to find all the parts to make a small figure.
Carson made it perfectly clear to his older sister that she was not invited to play bounce-the-back-and-forth with him and Grandma.
Salandin (a Pokemon snake-dragon character) demonstrates the power of his swinging tail:
At Spooktacular a few days earlier. Thais is Ladybird, and she got her sweater from Thrift Town.
Carson’s preschool walks around the block to trick-or-treat in the lobby of the State Department of Education:
Project Ride Smart
This was the 11th day of Project Ride Smart at Westlake Charter School. As it turned out, it was my last day of work. Last week I was fighting a cold but managed to press on. By today, it was clear someone needed to take my place. Darn. WCS is a great school to work at – very modern, supportive staff, engaged and excited students.
Students being interviewed about their experience:
Lots of parent volunteers for the street rides:
Note the student at the far right:
I was so proud of this group. They are perfectly executing a left turn from a stop sign as individual drivers of their vehicles:
North Natomas – Westlake Charter School
I’ve been teaching Project Ride Smart with Deanna at Westlake Charter School since Oct 15, so this is our second week. I love looking at the all the stuff on the walls. I loved this display. This is a picture of the diversity in this classrooom, school, and North Natomas in general.
