lucas holiday and some fantastic mediums
getting into costume before the sun is up. notice the blue light coming in through the polygal wall in the background
I went to the school to visit the halloween parties. star wars costumes seem to be the favorite by a large majority. I think that they will eventually call this holiday george lucas day or star wars eve.
I had a parent teacher conference with teacher of #1 son this past week. she relayed how they have a moment each day for kids to share "the daily news". #1 son gives his classmates a daily account on his triumphs at ps3 lego star wars complete with hints and button sequences.
one of the mothers provided some sing along action.
at my daughter's class they had a witch.
but she was more interested in mr. van dyke's calvin and hobbes books.
tug of war
we stood at the end of the driveway and tried to offer treats to passing motorists. we managed to give a box of junior mints to a lady that stopped to ask directions.
a neighbor had arranged for the few kids on our street to get together for pizza and playing before trying to trick or treat. they have an amazing yard with downtown views on one side and sunset on the other. they have added a zip line and a trampoline to the yard toy collection.
we are not big candy eaters... well, we do like our chocolate. anyhow, we still have candy left from last year. we only visited about 20 homes for trick or treat. the kids were tired and happy.
for years kat has been taking classical guitars for test drives. she always concluded that they were too expensive or poorly made. we had to stop in to best buy to get a firewire (mac mini got a 1tb external hard drive for music storage). they had just opened a musical instrument dept. kat did her usual and found one for not much $ but said she would not buy it if it was from china. the sales girl thought it came from portugal and we laughed, then we found it was made here in the usa! nice quality too! so we got it.
daughter likes it too. but she misses the dots on the fret board.
our good friends at the bay6 studio gallery had a great show featuring works done with encaustic
we really liked the new works by sharon kyle kuhn
we took the kids with us. #1 son got comfortable in sharon's studio space.
another fantastic performance from the mediums
our favorite cellist/artist/yoga instructor, the amazing caroline wright.