Hockey 1-2-3!

Kyle's first-ever hockey class, "Hockey 1-2-3" started last Saturday. We were all very excited and he did very well considering it was only his third time on skates, and second time on hockey skates. Nothing like throwing him right onto the ice! He hung in there and skated very well and I was very proud.



Kaiky's a great skater, too, but doesn't want to take any classes.

Canine reading buddies

Recently, Kaiky and Kyle participated in a program at Deerfield Library called "K-9 Reading Buddies". It was our first time, and we didn't know quite what to expect. It turns out that the kids read privately with a tutor to a Certified Therapy Dog.

Kaiky was so excited to get downstairs, choose a good book and read to her "buddy", that when the time came, she FREAKED. Literally ran away crying. Ay yi yi.

To make a long story short, Kaiky finally did read to Sunny, a 150-lb. long-haired dog of a breed I can't remember. He was a really cool dog and everyone was very patient with Kaiky. She took so long to come around and start reading that she only was able to read to Sunny for a few minutes until her time was up. Then, of course, she cried because she "didn't get to read to him!"

The whole time this hullaballoo was going on, Kyle read to Jaxon, and enjoyed it very much.


We did sign up for the next "Reading Buddy" session and hopefully Kaiky won't freak.

Trick or Treat!

Halloween was great this year. Bob sewed - yes BOB - the kids' costumes. Kaiky was a dalmatian and Kyle was a Jawa (from Star Wars). I had the task - no pressure - of painting Kaiky's dalmatian face. I knew it had to be perfect or we were done before we even started.



We kept Trick-or-Treating to a minimum this year, we did not go to any downtown areas, festivals, etc. which was very nice for us parents. We stayed in our own neighborhood on the very day of Halloween. No more of the kooky scheduled Trick-or-Treating on the nearest Sunday to Halloween. Phew!
I was a little worried about whether or not the kids would have fun without Cori, Eddie and Leah this year and who they would ToT with. I figured if this means getting free candy, they should be fine going it alone.


However, there was no chance of them being lonely. We traveled in a pack of at least 30 kids at all times. Kaiky wasn't shy about dancing, either! Watch her video below: