Of course today was Halloween. Katy was a 50’s girl with poodle skirt made by Elizabeth. Margaret was a butterfly. Sam was Steve from blues clues. Every day that his “Steve shirt” is not dirty, he is Steve, so there wasn’t much departure from normal here. The kids had their parade at school, we had the block party on the street, we had some friends over to go trick-or-treating on the blocked off street, and we gave out about 900 glow bracelets.
Katy’s class went to The Tech today.
The kids took part in a Bouyancy lab, where they worked in small groups to make underwater exploration devices. Then they ate lunch. saw an IMAX movie, and explored the museum. “Rockets” propelled by water and Alka Seltzer were a big hit.
We finally took the kids to Alcatraz today. Katy has been wanted to go for a while. We rode a Blue & Gold ferry from Pier 41. The island was interesting. We all (except Andy) took the audio tour (even Sam). It was pretty good and it seemed like Katy and Margaret actually got someting out of it. After the visit to the island, we went to a park and played then went to Ghirardelli Square to get some free chocolate. On the way home, we went by Mark’s new place near SBC Park and then to the grandparent’s house in Palo Alto.
Two things happened to me today that don’t happen every day. I saw my big brother Rick and I wore long pants (I think I probably see my brother more than I wear long pants). This is a picture of him standing next to his plane and me waiting for my meeting. The major problem with the picture of me is that you can’t see my red shoes.
We went up to Tahoe this weekend to check on the construction. We got snow!!! It was only a couple of inches and it was gone by the afternoon, but it was fun none-the-less. The construction continues to move along. We got the windows for the downstairs and they are all in and mostly all trimmed. The roof has been “dryed in”. Which means it has felt down and is waterproof, but doesn’t have the shingles or the heating stuff in yet. We are still waiting for the windows for the great room and the top floor. Elizabeth and I spent a good deal of time running wire through the garage. Hopefully, it will be dry walled soon as they start really buttoning the house up.
More pictures of the house as it turns into a castle. We took all the furniture from the house next door up to Tahoe and put it in storage so that it will be there when we need it.