BBaller

After a few weeks of getting dragged to Noah's practiced Eva tried basketball herself this week... 

After some initial shyness she was awesome.

I just realized I haven't taken any pictures of Noah playing basketball.... I'll work on this for next time... 

Hike!

Last week we took advantage of the November sun to take a nice hike at the Blue Hills reservation

Noah and Eva climbed many rocks

And posed for some cute pictures

And silly pictures... 

and cute... 

and silly... 

And Noah even took our picture... 

And back to silly... 

The end. :)

Ballet visiting day

This week I got to attend Eva's ballet class for visiting day.

Ta dah!!

He's got the beat

When Noah announced he could beatbox I had no idea he could actually do this...

Noah's plans

My favorite part is the audience. :)

Angels

When we were in London we were staying near an area called Angel, which has a big angel wings sculpture near the shopping center.

There was also an open turf area for people to hang out in, including a picture of the angel wings. Eva insisted on touching these wings every time we walked through, and on our last days we went all out. 

And I just found the photos, so here you are.

Best Friends Photo

Eva and her best friend Natalie, walking home from school on a drizzly day... 

More leaves

After the fun we had next door, the next day Noah and Eva got to work on our leaves

Eva eventually abandoned the effort to draw a monster on the patio

But Noah persevered and did a great job with the leaves

And then got to reap the reward

Leaves

Our next door neighbors had a big pile of leaves and it was the best ever

London Memories

We recently got this paper back from school (I think it had been hanging in the classroom for a while)

It's the tube!  The view down the tunnel of the oncoming train, the tracks down through the center, the posters on the wall and the people waiting.  Maybe not the view that most people immediately think of when they think of London, but definitely a view we saw a lot!

Marathon

Back in October, Chad ran a marathon.  It was a very cold day but his cheering section was up to the challenge.

Eva was especially dedicated in holding her sign up as high as possible

Which is not so easy for a very small person on a windy day

Chad did great, finishing his second marathon in under 4 hrs

And we are all very proud!