Halloween, Thanksgiving, Rockets, Ice Skating & a Date

Thursday night we went to the Harvest Festival at the kids school. For Halloween the girls dressed up as a Vampire & a Cat. Friday night we went trick-or-treating up and down our street and discovered the houses 'up' the street offer much better treats than the houses 'down' the street.













By the time we were done Trick-or-Treating, it was already Thanksgiving. No, we didn't have a Thanksgiving feast (unless you count Candy as a Thanksgiving feast) but Tanya managed to remove all the Halloween decorations and replace them with the Thanksgiving decorations.

In case you didn't already know, Tanya's not one to procrastinate.



Saturday morning Alexia, along with her Girl Scout troop, got to be a Rocket Scientist during an "Introduction to Rocketry" class up in Bellingham. They learned a little about physics without hearing the word physics and got to participate in some fun experiments. She even got to wear safety goggles.





The finale involved creating their own rocket using 35mm film canisters, water and Alka Seltzer. The gas from the Alka Seltzer + Water mix, contained in a sealed film canister sent the canisters flying into the air. No pictures of this - I was protecting my camera from Alka Seltzer Rocket debris.

I highly recommend this class if you are interested in Rocketry.
Or if you have a headache, indigestion, heartburn or an upset stomach.

After the Rocketry class we met the Torgeson's at the Bellingham Sportsplex for Taylor's birthday party and ice skating.

Tanya helped chaperone the kids back to the Torgeson's house and then Tanya and I hooked up for a date.

Kids - Stop Reading Here!!!! Go play Club Penguin.
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Now that the kids aren't listening, the real reason I didn't want them to read this isn't because it's hot and steamy... but mostly because it's so embarrassingly lame.

Our date went something like this:

Tanya (T): (On cell phone to Eric): "I'll be home any minute and then we can go. Did you take the dog out to pee?"
Eric (E): "Yep. ... ... Where are we going?"
T: "On our date... but we have to hurry because the library closes in 30 minutes."
T arrives home, we grab 30 of the 52 Library books and rush out to the car and drive toward the Library.
T: "I'm bummed because I have to return this book but I'm not quite done with it. Maybe I can finish it before we get there."
E: Takes this clue to not talk for the rest of the journey.
E&T arrive at the Library. T's still reading.
T: "Hey! I forgot... we're on a date!"
E: "Oh yeah! We'd better get a picture for the blog!:

E: "Did you finish your book?"
T: "No. I still have (flips through book) 60 more pages to go."
E&T rush in to return Library Books (no fines!) and check out another stack load and return to the car after being reminded by the Librarian that the "Library is now closed".
E&T rush off to enjoy dinner at a local Chinese Restaurant.
E&T dine enjoy an uneventful dinner.
E&T get in the car to drive home.
T: "Oh! We should have stopped at the Dollar Store to get some more Thanksgiving decorations."
E: Contemplates quietly, but keeps driving.
E&T arrive at home.
T talks on the phone.
E starts downloading above pics to the computer and typing this blog.
T starts reading.
E rubs T's back.
E gets T's medicine out of the car.
E gets T two pieces of taffy.
T: "I finished my book!"
T picks up her next book.
T: "Will you read my book to me? That would be a perfect date!"

Well, now I know.
Thanks Tanya!