Fall for Sure

Heavy dew indicates that the humidity is being rapidly pulled from the air and the crisp morning temperatures and stiff breezes have ushered in fall temps and stolen the late summer.  School started, earlier than anticipated based on the photo evidence and the kids are again adjusting to the knew schedule.  With heavy eyelids from the long weeks we should use our weekend time for recharging our batteries, but the weather is so nice it is just to hard to live indoors.  Merrick had a party Friday night and Sophia and I were able to head out for a quick daddy/daughter dinner.  Nothing fancy, her choice, so we ended up at Noodles.  Saturday morning we hit a couple of the remaining thrift sales and scored a new hockey helmet for a buck and Sophia found a nice jewelry box that only needed a little dusting to make it a treasure.  She did find a single black pearl earring in the box and then proceeded to search the web for its value and beg me to go to the Pawn Shop.  Amy and the girls made their way up later in the day and we all headed over to a local Renaissance Faire and traveled back in time.  We laughed at the multilayer ed humor of a fire breathing act and wandered around looking at the various stands. The Sun had ejected two massive flares and with a good forecast for northern lights we loaded up the truckster and headed north in hopes of catching the spectacle over an open lake.  Sadly we spied no light show, but the stars were worth the drive and the kids were able to play tag.  A quick doughnut run on Sunday started off our day and then we snuck in some cool weather apple picking to great the Fall with style.  The kids spent the rest of the day playing various games of imagination around the house and even added another kid to the mix, before turning our attentions back to homework and the week to come.