Builder

It was a beautiful November beach day today!

Catherine spent the morning building herself a little fort. She persevered through accidents and design changes and eventually she was contented with it. I love it and I love her!

In the Orchard

I think we picked our weight in apples today!

For any locals who are interested, here are the details: Smolak Farms in North Andover- $5/adult- pick as many apples as you can carry. Bring your own bags! There were still tons of apples on the trees this morning.

Ascending

This was the last of a long line of trees climbed by Esme while we spent some time at the Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary today during Catherine’s art class.

We’ve been enjoying our adventuring together every Thursday morning and I am constantly reminded how fortunate we are to live in an area with so many opportunities and wonderful places to explore!

Rainbow Dash

Our little fan girl has started designing her own clothes! I couldn’t be more proud.

After a day of brainstorming and asking for advice and google searching pics of Rainbow Dash and drawing, on both paper and on sandpaper, this awesome t-shirt was created. We, as a family, tend to steer clear of ‘branded’ merchandise, though a few things slip in here and there. Somehow, however, making and wearing her own pony shirt feels a whole lot different.

Catherine was thrilled and tickled pink by the outcome and I love to see her experimenting with new things and combining her interests into new projects. She definitely went to bed a happy girl tonight!

Prize Winner of North Fields

Esme, her new cheese headed friends and her massive chocolate prize.

These new neighbors were overjoyed when we walked up, their first visitors of the night, on their first Halloween in Salem. We had a nice chat, Esme posed for a photo, and Peter was the lucky one who got to carry the thing home! It was a fun little surprise during a lovely night of trick or treating!