October!

Some highlights from October:

Thomas and I are still at work. They estimate we have a few more weeks before we run out of funding. Hopefully, the Government shutdown will end before that.

Jack had his senior night for band. Thomas and I walked him across the football field. For his information sheet, he said he wanted to go to FSU and major in wine and culture. He has no idea what he wants to study, so he said he looked up funny majors. There are a lot of lasts this year, which is both sad and exciting. He finished his applications for Florida colleges. And, they had another school SAT day; Jack got a perfect English score, which brings his superscore to 1560! 

Anna came to support her twin.

Kara and I have gone to HHN several more times. We also had a fun morning at Animal Kingdom. The weather this year has been really nice. It's the coolest October we've had since we moved here, so it's especially fun to do things outside. She has been doing lacrosse and is improving as goalie. She also (maybe) got a job at Wawa. I say maybe because they've told her she has the job and she's done paperwork, but she hasn't started yet and they keep calling and asking her when she can come in to do onboarding, then she gives them times and they say they will call her back and a week later the cycle repeats. 

Luke joined a baseball team. It is kind of far away (40 minutes) and they aren't as experienced as his last team. But, the coach is really good (still holds the record at UCF for most hits or something) and the kids/families are nice. Luke had his first grand slam. It was his 4th over the fence homerun this year. He went to a paintball party for one of his old teammates. He liked being with Gael, but thought paintball hurt and does not want to play again. 

Anna didn't get the score she wanted on the SAT, so she is studying again. She applied to a few schools and has already received an acceptance, but she is more doing it for fun as she wants to start with Valencia and then go out of state. She, Kara and I had a fun day at Magic Kingdom. We went on a party morning and rode several rides with little to no wait. We also went to the Food and Wine Festival at Epcot on a Thursday after school. We each picked out two things to try and watched the concert, a country band. We also rode Spaceship Earth and Guardians. It was a fun night. Luke didn't want to go and Jack had his last football game (for band) so Thomas went to see the halftime show. 

We didn't do any family Halloween activities this year. We did watch some Halloween-themed shows, like Modern Family and our favorite--Brooklyn 99. Luke doesn't get home until almost 5 and it seems like we are always running off to something, band, tutoring, lacrosse, baseball. We should have a break in activities soon and it will be nice to spend more time together. It is hard to think about this being the last year with the 6 of us at home. 

Yesterday was Halloween. Kara had a friend over and they watched a movie. The rest of the kids went trick-or-treating. Anna's best friend Nicole joined them. They have trick-or-treated together for the last few years. This year Anna was a fish and Nicole was a fisherman, they got lots of compliments. Anna was relieved because she worried people would think she is too old to trick-or-treat. Personally, I think it's great to see teenagers dressing up and trick-or-treating, but I know there are some different opinions on the matter.