Kindergarten Halloween Parade

On Halloween morning, we all headed over to Caden's school to watch the kids parade in their costumes:

And in the evening, Caden roamed the streets in search of candy. Here is a conversation that occurred during our tour of the neighborhood.

Mama: "When you go up to someone's house, say 'trick or treat' and 'thank you'. That's what tonight is about."

Caden: "No it's not. It's about getting candy."

Trick or treat

Museum

This morning, Caden announced that he was going to build a museum after breakfast. Inspired by our many recent museum visits, he constructed the following:

Curator Caden

Front door view

Displays

Coral Carbon Blues

Caden spent the past several weeks rehearsing for his first stage performance: Coral Carbon Blues, a musical about climate change and other human impacts on coral reef ecosystems. The performance was on Sunday. Dada was at a conference, but Mama recorded the show so that Dada could watch it later. Here is a short clip. Caden is a damselfish. The damselfish run across the stage to try to eat the algae and are scared away by the potato cod, highlighting the importance of non-consumptive effects (e.g., fear) for coral reef functioning. The song goes:

Rain forest of the sea,

Medicine chest of life,

My coral reef

Ain't it nice?

Paradise.

Snow Days

Here are a couple of photos and a video from the last few snowy weeks. And after another 10" on Thursday, the berms are even higher...

dude, where's my car?

snow cave peekaboo

Mama: "Is it scary? ... WAHOOOOO!"

Merry Christmas!

We're keeping cozy, having dug through 19" of snow to get out the front door this morning. We celebrated Christmas in Swampscott, just the three of us, and here are a couple highlights of the morning:

And here's a picture of our house, after the blizzard:

Wishing you all the best this holiday season!

Halloween Parade

Today was the annual Halloween parade at Caden's school. Dada headed over there to check out the action.