Max and Esme

We're having a beautiful autumn day to celebrate Peter's birthday.  Blue sky, colored leaves, and a morning at the beach.  Perfect.

We forgot to sign the kids up for annual Halloween window-decorating in town this weekend, so decided to let them paint our front window instead.  They had a great time making a haunted house with bats (Max) and lots of ghosts (Esme). Peter and I got to help only at the very end when the kids agreed we could fill in the background sky.  We think the end result is reminiscent of Van Gogh's Starry Night, but way cooler 'cause it has ghosts and bats.

What Max and his friend Paul did on their playdate this week. http://maxwellandpaul.blogspot.com/

We're two weeks into the fall soccer season and Max has been phenomenal. He scored his team's first goal in game 1 (and the second goal too.) And he played hard without a break this Saturday earning the first Player of the Week award. Way to go Max!

A few random shots from my birthday celebration yesterday. Esme enjoyed the cake the most. She was also not the least bit shy about asking Per to read her two bedtime stories before she went upstairs.

We spent a mid-September weekend at the Jersey shore for our last beach trip of the season. Peter and Chris got a little fishing in while the kids and I played in the sand. It was a gorgeous end of summer.