Carson:

Hans was in charge of the fried turkey:


Charlie is a new addition to the family:

with Carol and Jerry,

Greg,

Justin and Jennifer.

Carson was sick this morning and couldn’t go to school. I watched him in the morning. We put together puzzles and played Bird Bingo and Dog Bingo. He picks out which cards each of us should have. We both need to have a “Carter” – a golden retriever – on our cards. He was peeking inside the bag to select a dog that was on his card but not mine (lol):

When he knows you’re going to take his picture, this is the look he gives you:

After EVERY turn we had to individually count how many dots each of us had to determine who was ahead. Despite the fact that there are just 25 spaces on each card, Carson had 38 dots! And he was always winning. LOL.

I watched Carson and Avery after school on Wednesday. Avery showed me his most recent Lego constructions

and the nests he’d made. One upstairs,

the other downstairs.

Meanwhile,

On my calendar, I abbreviate Sophia Avery Carson to SAC. Tonight Thais and Lenin went out. When I arrived, Dog Bingo was already laid out on the floor.

Avery, “Carson, get on my back while I do a pushup.”

While Carson and I went to the playground,

Avery scored a goal!

This was the last soccer game of the season.

We had chili and cornbread at Leah and Jeff’s before the kids went trick-or-treating.

When you ask Carson to pose for a picture, this is the look you get:


Mama llama:

This afternoon I tried to go to Sophia’s championship volleyball game but there was a brush fire which closed the freeway about a mile from my house. All the traffic was diverted onto local streets – it was awful. 20 minutes to go one mile. I gave up, went home and tried a new pretzel recipe – a definite success!
Sophia’s team won. Thais sent me this picture:

Thais took Carson to gymnastics, Lenin took Sophia to a volleyball event, and I got to watch Avery play a great soccer game. Avery took the ball to the goal 4 (of the 5 total drives) and scored once.

He told me he has a “really good juke.”