Guess who won 1st in the PTA Reflections art contest? :) The theme was “I Am Hopeful Because…” He had no inspiration or drawing up until the weekend before the deadline when we witnessed the solar eclipse and he somehow settled on a astronaut drawing with the idea that “I am hopeful because the possibilities are out of this world.” :)

Nice prize package. Thank you, PTA!

The Panda hat was a nice touch.

This very neat drawing of SD by a local artist was also included.

Safety patrol has been having some fun outings for team building.

Neighborhood threw a fall carnival/festival. We were impressed at how nice the booths were, complete with prizes. Food trucks also showed up but similar to the welcome party last time, lines were long and free food was claimed pretty quickly.

We scored some cool plushies and a huge inflatable bat. Then it got super crowded so we called it a day.

Behind the scenes of our fall photo session (for holiday cards) at Torrey Pines Gliderport.

Golden Hour and a paraglider. We fall in love with this place over and over again upon pretty much every sunset. :)

Daddy and E drove allllll the way to Micro Center in OC to find parts as they are building their own (gaming) PC.

A look inside…

Sneak peak at someone’s Halloween costume @ the school’s annual storybook parade.

Mr. Frosty’s one day after school with g.c. that was one of the art contest prizes.

A bit disturbing…

Trick or treating and a super tall Skellington. :-P

Pikachu & Pikachu.

Our previous neighborhood built up to some pretty spooky entrances in 4 years but our current one did not disappoint this first year.