Earlier this month we took a day trip to Santa Fe.  It was such a beautiful day, and we got to visit several museums.  The first place we went to was the Palace of the Governors…which didn’t look so palacial, but I suppose for the time it was built in, it was quite large!   We also walked through one of the oldest neighborhoods in the United States, thought to be built in the 1200’s.

We also walked up Canyon Street, which is a long line of artist studios…some of which are exremely creative.  Caitlyn had wanted to see a giraffe earlier in the day(she thought we were going to the zoo) and we told her we didn’t think we would see one.  Well, imagine our suprise when we did see a life size giraffe in one artist’s yard!  So Caitlyn got to see her giraffe after all!

We ended our day by driving up in to the mountains, hoping to see the Aspens with their golden leaves before they fell for the winter. I think we were a couple of weeks too late, as they were all bare!  We still enjoyed the beautiful drive.

Here’s a link to Jacob’s cartooning club at school.  When you get there, click on “The Amazing Super Cool”…that’s Jacob’s codename (don’t ya love it?).  If you scroll down, there is also a cartoon by “The Amazing Super Cool’s dad”- aka Wayne!  It’s pretty cool!

http://7-bar.aps.edu/Cartoon/index.html

I had a crazy Halloween party day at work, so I came home- had a nice, hot shower and put on some pjs!  Wayne took the kids out trick-or-treating while I gave out candy until they got home.  It was a nice evening.  The kids filled up their buckets, came home and then proceeded to “sugar up” until mom and dad put the buckets up out of reach.  Jacob and Cailtyn were already making plans for next year’s costumes the following morning…it was cute.

My sweet Ariel princess and fierce, red-ninja…the cutest kids on the block, for sure!