As promised, we had a great Halloween weekend. On Friday night, the kids had a Halloween dance at their school. On Saturday, we went for a nice walk through the New Canaan Nature Center discovery trails. On Sunday, before the the trick-or-treating festivities, we played in some leaf piles. As they say, pictures are worth a thousand words, so we have a few thousand words below!
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We recently bought two new pets for the kids, sugar gliders, also known as sugar bears. These cute little furry animals are part of the marsupial family and come all the way from Australia. The attractive features they bring as pets are that they are clean, friendly, and need relatively little maintenance. We’ve had them for about a week now and are still going through the bonding phase, and we think they are getting a little more used to us now.
Here are a couple pictures and videos of “Oriette” and “Squeeky”, our new sugar gliders. (FYI, Annalise wanted to name hers Oreo because it was black and white, but since it is a girl, she wanted the name to be more feminine, hence, Oriette!)
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Here are a couple recent pictures showing some fun that we’ve been having. Enjoy!
The kids try out this tractor during our visit to the Norwalk Department of Public Works.
Another picture of the kids at the Norwalk DPW.
Roneil getting ready for the first game of the Yankees playoffs. He’s wearing his Yankees hat, shirt, jacket, snuggie, foam finger, shopping bag, and coffee mug.
Annalise is pretty upset that all the Yankees ice cream is gone!
The kids had their own sleepover party last night.
Isabella shows off a new hand-made shawl from a friend.
The kids enjoy treats from apple picking. We actually brought a portable scale to the orchard so that we can weigh the apple that Isabella ate. (By the way, the apple Isabella ate was 104g and 12g of carbs.)
From the odd and bizarre file. This half eaten apple was still on the tree!
The kids pick out their pumpkin to prepare for Halloween.
