T H I R T E E N

Thirteen

This boy - this magical, imaginative, passionate being is now 13.

Happy Birthday to Kuba.  

This year Kuba had a birthday filled with games - infinity ball, bingo, charades. Thirteen might be a milestone, but bringing along favorite games is just a plain old awesome idea.  

Kuba, you are without a shadow of a doubt the most wonderfully creative human we know.

May your year be shiny, like you.    

We hope it's delightfully and spectacularly open to you and your brilliant soul.  

Halloween 2020

This year it was just Kuba who dressed up in costume and went trick-or-treating.

He was a ballot box for the Trump-Biden election.

He wore a ballot box that had a spot for either candidate that folks could put candy in.

Nobody voted for Trump.  It was a clear win and a treasure trove of candy.

Anders on the other had, had a movie night/sleepover in the barn with his friends. 
They hunkered down for 2 movies.  It was cold, but they were prepared with tons of sleeping bags and blankets. It was like camping out, but in the barn. They were not short on candy either.

 

Pumpkins

We tried hard to carve all of our pumpkins this year.
We bought extra large ones just to do so.

But the large ones never made it to completion.

The boys cut off the top and cleaned them out.

Then we left them inside to finish but never got that far.

They completely molded and turned to pumpkin mush before halloween.

Luckily - Anna and I finished ours so we still got to experience the beauty of a jack-0-lantern.

This night we also had pizza made in our pizza oven.

 

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

This summer in the garden, we were graced with so many different kinds of flowers.  Our yard was full.  Zinnia's, sunflowers, and a bunch I can't even name - but they sure were pretty.  I've been filling vases for 5 months. The amount of joy I find in just cutting and filling a vase with color is pretty darn huge.  Even Anders got into it a little bit this summer, and made this ring of tiny vases to fill the table.  Absolutely one of the things I will miss the most about summer, just walking outside with a pair of garden snippers and a vase.  

 

Pandemic Meet

Kuba had his first cross country meet last weekend, despite the pandemic. The only teams running were the 2 Burlington middle schools so there wasn't a huge crowd.  Also, the coaches separated the kids into two heats.  They all ran with navy blue face masks on that said Edmunds Cross Country and the spacing helped keep them apart.    Kuba did pretty well.   He came in at the top of the second heat with a time of 16 minutes for 1.8 miles. It took a little convincing to get him to join this year, but I am so happy he did.  

 

Yippee Ki Yay Yippie Ki Yi

Despite the pandemic, Kuba remains steadfast in his love of theater.

He just finished a new performance called The Frontier Express.  All of the actors wore cowboy boots, cowboy hats, and bandanas as face masks.  It was a little bit hard to hear, but, nevertheless, it was live and on stage.   He played Buck - the good cowboy who saves the day!

Yippee Ki Yay! 

 

Apple Picking