MEA

We spent the long MEA weekend at the cabin, weather was awesome and the kids had a blast. We even got out on the lake one last time and caught a couple nothern pike. Did some metal detecting at an old homestead, found a lot of trash and bullet casings, but no relics or coins. Played my first Exit board game, which is basically an escape room in-a-box. I probably should've started with an easier one, medium difficulty had us scratching our heads quite a bit. 

Kids are getting excited for Halloween and the Halloween parties, I'm hoping the weather is decent for trick or treating. We'll be joining the neighbors again this year and staying in the neighborhood, it's been great. I'm looking forward to another board game night tomorrow at Bad Weather Brewing, we have a great group and a huge collection of games together we've yet to play, I hope we can keep it going twice a month.

Bringin' Back The Blog

Wow, it's been a year since the last time I posted. Rather than try to recap all the days gone by, I think I'll just start fresh with the present and go forward. 

Kids

Calvin is loving Kindergarten at this point. He rides the bus everyday to and from school, eats hot lunch and comes home very tired. He is really doing well independent activities, making friends and the small amounts of homework the teacher assigns. 

Carlow is doing part-time preschool on Mon, Weds and Fridays. He seems to enjoy it and has no problems saying goodbye when I drop him off. When it's nice outside, they can go on playground, when it's not they get to play in the gym.

Around The House

I've been a full-time Dad since July, so my summer was spent with the boys until school started. We spend many days fishing at the river, playing at the park(s) and swimming in the backyard. I have a little more time now that Carlow is doing preschool, which I use to exercise, work on house projects and run errands. I'm still working 4 hours a week on Tuesdays at my old job, until something changes at least.

Hobbies

I play board games on Tuesdays twice a month, which is great fun and a nice way to have some adult time. Over the past few months I sold a ton of my old collectibles (hockey jerseys, comics, etc.) on Facebook Marketplace, then used the cash to fund my board game obsession hobby.

I just hit the "250" milestone of Geocaches found, did a nice trip to in the woods this past weekend in the brisk fall weather. Looking forward to metal detecting an old homestead in a few days, I've never had the chance to do something like that yet. 

Fall

Kids

The boys are doing well at the new daycare center. We love that it's so close to home, meals/snacks are provided and the cost is low. We only wish there were more pre-school age kids, but that might be a tall order considering kindergarten is only 11 months away. Cal is still into Wild Kratts, animals and doing things outside. I've introduced them both to Geocaching recently and we've been spending our spare time doing that.
We're touring our second elementary school soon, hoping to stay ahead of the game and tour schools before the dead of winter. Cal is really looking foward to trick or treating, this year he is going to be a tiger and Carlow is going to be frankenstein.

Around The House

Not in the middle of any big projects at the moment. The weather has been such that we don't need to run the a/c or the heat, gotta love fall! We had all the Halloween decorations up right away on October 1st. We might start looking for a twin bed/headboard for Calvin soon. Once we find something, Carlow will get Cal's bed and finally move out the crib. Everything is going well so it's we're not in a rush to change things up.

Hobbies

I played hockey last Saturday night for the first time since last winter, felt good. A bit rusty of course but I didn't feel too out of shape.
Geocaching is the big thing at the moment, the weather is perfect for tramping around the woods in search of the next "treasure." We're planning another outing for tomorrow afternoon!

Other

At work we're looking to hire in my department to replace the lady that is retiring at the end of the year.