Pajama Day at School

Outfits and stuffed friends selected for a day at school.

Annual Downtown Halloween Window Painting

This year Ezri painted a Jigglypuff Pokemon in a witch hat riding on a red-dyed sheep.
Ivan painted Wither Skeletons (from Minecraft) in a sand-something. You’d have to ask him.

Troll Hunting

Stripey Pumpkin

Troll named Rocky Baldur

Troll named Furry Ema

Even Ivan is looking at the camera in this one. SCORE!

Troll named Guardian Joe

On the Troll Trail with Grandma Liz

We found the Troll Secret Hideout

Inside the shelter. Liz described the shelter as herringbone patterned.

On the Trolls’ campfire

Playing the trolls’ drum

The trolls have a giant mancala game.

On the trail again

Taffy Apples

Fall Leaf Raking

Morning Practice

Overnight Cabin Camping in Indiana

Going over a suspension bridge was scary for some campers. But we made it together.

Tetherball versus the leader!

Gaga Ball competition was fierce.

Group photo on the way to candlemaking.

Hand-dipped candles created!

Ezri made a water unicorn candle. Veena made an ice unicorn candle.

Breakfast in the Main Lodge

Video chatting with Veena’s mom who is in China.

All locked up!

Letters from home in the cabin.

Canoeing

In the sand by the lake

Stage coach skit and game during the t-storms

Our glow-in-the-dark camp t-shirts

Campfire cooking

The whole group with moms and scouts

Getting ready to ride horses. Ezri rode Coolidge. I rode Buddy.

Scouts helping each other through the obstacle course.

Silliness

Annual Henry Puffer Lung Run

It rained but still she ran!

Orchestra

Ezri has decided to take violin lessons this fall and join school orchestra.

Here is Eric teaching her about how to hold her bow and violin.

Zoo Day

It was my first time in the zoo’s petting zoo area where you can get close to wallabies, brush goats, and hang in an aviary with hundreds of parakeets. The kids had been there once before. The alpaca was pretty adorable.

This was Ezri’s favorite goat. He was quite friendly and liked being brushed and followed her around a bit.

Face painting herself as a lovely lion with whiskers, yellow, and hearts.

The kids loved climbing on the statues in the sensory gardens at Hamill Play Zoo. They also really liked building homes with tarps, logs, and rocks (not pictured).