I watched Sophia and Avery this afternoon. Their neighbor Kellen came over to see if they wanted to jump in a pile of leaves. After the leaves had been raked up.
Leaf angels:
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Picture-taking day
Thais (and Lenin) tried to take pictures for my Christmas card. Here are two of the best – out of about 50!
Later, in the evening, Thais and Sophia went to a King’s game and Lenin had a coaching clinic, so I came and stayed with the boys. After playing Beyblades for a while, Carson and I played Bird Bingo. He knows quite a few of the 64 birds, his favorites seem to be the Hoopoe and Blue-footed Booby.
Craft fair
Four Seasons Westshore had a craft fair this evening. The first one I’ve ever done. For the past few weeks, I’ve been gathering, drying, cracking and shelling walnuts – I had 28 pounds ready to sell. I also made candied walnuts in 8 ounce bags – I had 15 packages. I had absolutely no idea how much to bring, make, or charge.
Thais and Sophia helped me design the table display. Sophia picked out all the fabrics for the “Justin’s Walnuts” applique. Everything was made from scraps. I asked Sophia if she wanted to help, she said yes, “I’ll be the cashier” and negotiated her wages for the evening ($5.00). I was quite happy!
Other vendors:
I sold all the candied walnuts and just 8 pounds of shelled walnuts. Mostly it was fun to work with Sophia, an excellent money manager.
Bark-laying day
Thank you Justin for spreading out all the bark! 
This side will get more plants:
Grandchildren
Thais and Lenin went out to dinner .. yay!
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 (?):
Happy 7th Birthday Avery
Soccer Saturday
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