Eleanor goes to the Millpond and Howl-o-scream

A couple weeks ago, Eleanor had a magical weekend planned. It started out with a trip to Howl-o-scream with friends. I ended up chaperoning the group (BG has a chaperone policy during Howl-o-scream) and Rosie stayed with us. She kept saying, "this is exhilarating!" She loved all the scares. Ben and Jane headed home with Chris (they are not interested).

We did a few rides (the swings, Pantheon, Loch Ness, Apollo's, Big Bad Wolf):

And hit the haunted houses. This was Rosie's first one - ClownTown. The teenagers did all 5 the park has, Rosie did three.

Rosie wanted her picture with a clown...

And then all the other girls did, too!

The crew (Daisy, Lyndon, Scarlett, Olivia, Kollins, Josie, Eve, and Eleanor):

Such a sweet group of girls - they had the best time.

The next day, Eleanor went with her small group (The Coreee) to the Millpond. This is Auntie Mollie's family's home - Auntie Mollie's niece Charlie is in Eleanor's small group and she and Eleanor were in preschool together (before we knew Mollie!) So it was very special that Eleanor got to go to a place very special to Mollie and her family!

They took the ferry over (Hannah, Eleanor, Eve, Leila, Harper, Charlie):

The girls played badminton:

Ate delicious food:

And even swam, paddleboarded, and kayaked despite the weather being in the 60s that day.

They also scared Auntie Mollie's parents to death with a very unfunny prank that thankfully everyone laughed about later.

What extremely fun and special memories they made!

W&M Tailgate

In September we went to a William & Mary football game for a tailgate with Chris' work. 

The kids got to spend some time on the sidelines. Rosie hung out with the cheerleaders as she was wearing Ashleigh or Jessie's old cheer uniform:

We ate some good food:

Ben and Rosie ran into their teacher and spent lots of time checking in with him. 

Unfortunately the Tribe lost the game, but it was still a great time!

Dude Perfect

Back in June we went to see Dude Perfect! Ben (and the girls) have been enjoyed watching Dude Perfect videos this year, so we found tickets and went. It seemed like half of Williamsburg was there. We met friends for pizza before the show:

And then it was time!

They took on the Harlem Globetrotters in Squad Games.

They played archery tag:

Giant golf:

A game where they tried to throw things at targets and knock each other into dunk tanks:

And then ended with a shoot off:

It was close but Dude Perfect won!

Then they shared their testimonies and ended the evening:

 It was such a fun show!

September wrap-up

School is back in full swing, fall sports are underway, and while the weather stayed hot for quite awhile this month, it's finally turning and feeling a bit more like fall. 

Eleanor has done a few watercolors:

Jane and Rosie have been up to some tricks:

Rosie has been playing Chris and me in Set every morning before school:

Ben with his stuffed animal menagerie:

Rosie attempted her first stop motion video:

We got to celebrate Uncle Benny's birthday with him and the first weekend of NFL football!

Eleanor created a Crest commercial one random afternoon:

Eleanor's poster for volleyball's Dig Pink fundraiser:

Our street had its annual Hurricane Isabel cul-de-sac pot luck. Eleanor and her friend Devyn lost their volleyball down one of the culverts and some of the dads used many garage items to retrieve it.

Rosie being Rosie:

Chris and I attended our church's 50th anniversary gala:

Eleanor (and the entirety of the 8th grade in our county) went on a field trip to CW for Constitution Day:

Ben and his buddy watching the Commanders game:

We celebrated Chris' birthday!

I love the month of September, but this one was a bit hot for me! Hoping we get some true fall in October before the cold sets in!