Max and Esme

I'm thankful that Mom and Dad could visit us for Thanksgiving this year.  We went for a hike at the local Marshlands Conservancy where we spotted signs of deer, picked up oysters and green crabs on the shore, and scared up a flock of wild turkeys in the woods. Mom and Dad celebrate 44 years of marriage today.  We love you.

Peter and I attended an open house at Esme's preschool last week.  The teachers talked us through a usual day in the life of our 4-5 year olds, and discussed the skills the kids were learning and the topics they were covering in class.  Most recently they've been learning about Space (I have to remember that Pluto isn't a planet any longer!) and their artwork and music have been focused on that topic. The kids treated us to a series of songs about outer space - including both the traditional  - By the Light of the Silvery Moon, and the specially re-worded - The Planets follow around the Sun, Hurrah, Hurrah.  Here's a couple of photos of our rocket ship princess.

Today was Max's final day of soccer.  The kids had their favorite weather to play in - wet and  muddy! Max finished the season with his second Player of theWeek award and we were all there to cheer him on. We didn't get any action shots in the rain, but here's our winner after running hard for 90 minutes.

What it looked like before we ate it!

The striped bass that Max is holding in the previous posting was actually a little small to take, so was released to live another day.  But the fate of today's lobster is some drawn butter and lemon...