It is now October. In many ways, the kids are a mess.
- Noah is now going to school and not staying out on the porch, but there's a long and constant negotiation of details
- One lightly touches the other, and that causes a huge dramatic display of excruciating pain
- 5th grade music camp is happening without noah, and without any sign of regret or interest
- Getting to school in the morning requires an entire set of rewards and punishments regarding the intricacies of putting on shoes, packing backpacks, carrying things to school
- Brushing teeth happens sometimes once and sometimes twice a day, and requires supervision while Noah "forgets" and "keeps forgetting" what he's doing
- Dessert
- Kids are supposed to read at least 30 minutes/day at home,
- Teachers having diff rules and requirements (audio books count?) (he's doing great/she's doing great) (sitting on the couch and who goes over the line)
kids are not a mess in these ways:
- She's getting taller, more mature, perhaps as result of daily growth hormone shots
- He's making cool things with cardboard and gravitrax
- He likes swimming (and climbing which is now over)
It is now mid-November. Things are better, maybe.
- Aviva is asking us to rate everything on a scale. On a scale of 1-10, how much do you like my picture? What about if it's a scale of 1-6 and 6 means you love it? What if it's a scale of 1-100? How surprised are you on a scale of 1-10 where 10 is totally surprised?
- She also has been coloring things and arranging miniature scenes, and she wants them to be realistical.
- She didn't want her hair to have bangs anymore so she cut them off
- Noah is mostly going to school but last week he refused Friday and Monday. We're researching new potential schools for him.
- Noah's doing swim lessons/practice 3 or 4 times a week. He's also doing a Dungeons and Dragons role play class, which he likes a lot. And boy scouts. And Noah and Yona go climbing at the gym sometimes.
- We're going to Vietnam for the month of December!
Noah's a good climber and boulderer
Aviva and her friend Gabriel
and Gabriel's sister Rose, in Chinatown, SF
We're renovating downstairs
First fig from the fig tree Aviva planted last year
Rosh Hashana dinner w/ lots of family
Squirrels keep coming into our house! They love avocados
Noah did a triathalon with his friend Tommy
Aviva and Seva had a little pop up where they (tried to) sell fuse beads
Halloween: meet the dinosaur and the peacock
And Aviva's friend, Ezra the dead vampire
Aviva + Mexican shirt to match Abuelita's Dia de los Muertos adventure
Aviva's been taking growth hormones and she's getting taller - she used to have to jump to reach these 
Aviva plus fairyberries, fairy mush, a grinder, and fairynuts