Papa Flies In!

 With Papa flying in on probably his least favorite holiday, I didn't know if the kids' excitement for the holiday would take away from his visit. Not in the least!

Niko decided he was more excited for Papa coming than for Halloween, and was dancing around the house singing, "Papa is coming home, coming home, coming home! Yay, Yay, Yay, Coming Home!"

We had a wonderful visit and are hoping to schedule the next one soon!

Papa got us Harry Potter Clue years ago. Now we are reading the series as a family AND old enough for the game! We even got Papa and Grandma Jay into the series on our road trip this summer. The gift came full circle!

Papa was very impressed by the boys' stamina and speed on their regular runs

He got to hangout on the playground and see the boys before school

Lots of good reading!

This book is by a local from Papa's town who travels to complete the research to back-up her stories.

We love you, Papa!

This is Halloween!

 With Nevada Day being October 31st, we were able to enjoy the day off and kick off our Halloween celebration early.

We kicked off the day with all the Parkies joining up at the Natural History Museum for Dinoween

They had all the exhibits dressed up for the events as well as experiments and crafts

It was so fun to have nearly all the Parkies together!

That evening we got to pick up Papa from the airport before rejoining our Parkies for classic Trick-or-Treating

Men In Black and their alien friend

These two scored more candy than we could eat before Easter!