Recitals

The first Sunday of November was a bust day for Cairo.  It marked the last weekend of an eight week Musical Theater class she was taking.  The class ends each term with a recital where the kids get to show off the number they have been working on.  This 1:00 recital was directly followed up by Cairo's 3:00 piano recital.

As you can see from the videos, Cairo was pretty bashful in front of the crowds.  The same numbers she confidently danced, sang, and played in front of us for weeks, she stumbled her way through with the larger audience.  Don't let that fool you, she LOVES the singing, dancing, and music and practices for us constantly :o)  For her first time around, I was pretty impressed that she didn't just stand completely still and just stare at everyone.

Halloween

This year for Halloween Cairo was Mrs. Claus... who later became Princess Claus after running into the real Santa Claus while trick-or-treating on the plaza.  He said she was a little young for him and was probably really Princess Claus.  Getting to see Santa on Halloween was one of the highlights of the day for Cairo.  She talked about him in the days to follow.

Jonah wanted to be a dinosaur.  There was a lack of costumes and I waited a little too long to actually get one.  So, I bought a pattern for a dinosaur cape off Etsy and Jill helped me turn some fabric into a cape.  I wish I actually knew how to sew.  There are so many neat things I could make!  However, not only am I missing the skill, I am missing the patience, the focus, a sewing machine, and the follow-through required to make it work.  Jonah was very happy with his cape.  If you asked him what he was for Halloween he would tell you he was a SUPER DIN-E-SAUR!

Halloween fell mid-week.  Cairo's class put on a great Halloween party and she got to parade her costume around for the whole school in the gym.  After school festivities included trick-or-treating on the plaza, dinner with the whole family at Nick and Kyoko's, and trick-or-treaing in Nick and Kyoko's neighborhood.  Despite the rain earlier in the day, it was a perfect evening for trick-or-treating.   In the days to follow Erik and I had a great time eating the kids candy.  They almost immediately forgot about it. Yay for me and my sweet tooth! :o)

This house was a lot of fun to go to.  It happens to be Cairo and Jonah's new doctor's house.