Halloween

Mad scientist and SWAT team member

7th Halloween (?) in a row eating dinner together! We now make Chinese Burritos (buo bings) every year. My mom's recipe!

Post-evening sorting

The neighborhood is really experiencing a rebirth. We trick-or-treated with 5 families, all within a couple minutes walking distance of our home, all with kids similar in age. Score! Finally North Richland is experiencing a renaissance. haha.

Christian's idea of fun and relaxation on a no school day today was making a safe....

It was impressive. You turn the top stick and within an enclosed area is a working mechanism (he explained it "is kind of like what they have on Wheel of Fortune", but he covered it to make it look nice - see above photo) that moves that little lock in and out. He made a little casing to protect the lock part. He said, surprisingly, the hardest part was estimating where to cut the small hole, right above the Style logo. He said he had to do it a few times and ended up having to patch it because his hole was off a little. 

Meanwhile, Olin worked long hours on his Royal Caribbean presentation. The diorama was cute - I finally got to see it today during conferences. He drew a ship, complete with the North Star. He even brought his lucky coin we bought in Victoria (during the cruise) as more artifacts for the presentation. I had no idea, since he really didn't ask me for help on anything. He has a whole script that I will need to post once he brings it home. His teacher said he was very interested in the capacity of each ship and the numbers component of it. He said he was also impressed at Olin's ability to go "off-script" at times, and that he built the off-script parts in to his script. haha. Olin loves doing presentations in front of the class.