Day with Emma and Jess

Emmawright arrived late on Friday night, after driving in all the way from the Bronx to spend the weekend with us. She quickly met, and became adored by, Crash, although this picture is taken on Saturday morning, when Emma was, well, having trouble standing up on both feet :) After they huddled by the dishwasher for a while, the adults had some breakfast and the kids played happily. And by kids, I mean our three and Jess and Emma. The really loved the Legos and story time. College graduates are so easily entertained. We decided before the monsoon hit and ruined Halloween day altogether, we'd get the kids and the dog outside for some runnin' around time. We headed up to Round Top, where it was so beautiful, dark sky one direction, light sky the opposite direction. Crash ran around like a crazy dog and the others played frisbee. The really cool playground, that included swings, slides, and tons of climbing pieces, all with sand underneath, was torn down before last summer and replaced with a smaller, much less fun playset, so the kids weren't really into it that much. But there were swirling little tornadoes of leaves all around us and being outside was the right thing. Bonus - it never rained on us!!!