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Gage had the opportunity to play on a beginners golf league this fall at PGA Education Center. It was a great program and he looked forward to every "PGA Day". Monday was the last day for this season, so rather than stay at the driving range/practice area, the coaches had them play six holes on a short course at a golf course nearby. All the kids did great! Gage's team (all age 5!) ended up 2 over par (not bad!). Afterward, they had a pizza party and got their trophies for participating. He told me to make sure he is signed up for spring, in the meantime, it looks like we may have a new family sport :-)

Happy Halloween!

If I am remembering correctly, I think Halloween was a one-day holiday when I was a kid. Not so these days. We tried to limit the activities to the week of, but it seems like the "trick-or-treating" activities started around Columbus Day. Gage chose to be Darth Vader this year (no surprise!!) except for at the library storytime he decided to wear his Indian costume. So when the librarian asked all of the kids to tell her what their Halloween costumes were, he insisted that he was Darth Vader! Poor lady either thinks he has a great imagination or his parents won't buy him a costume! Gage and his friend Olivia also went to a program at OxBow EcoCenter, where they learned about "Creepy-Crawlies" and made puppets and sang and danced to songs about bugs.

Last but not least, We won tickets to a Halloween Party at Heathcote Botanical Garden. Which I was very happy about, because there isn't any trick or treating going on in our neighborhood! We had a great time, one of the local high school drama clubs sponsored it and ran the games for the kids. They also turned the old pioneer house at the garden into a haunted house complete with zombies. Much too scary for Gage (and me) so we stayed out of that area. They did a terrific job of it though!

Monster School!!!

I wrote this post wayyyy back in August and was going to add in pics before I posted. So, anyway...better late than never!! Today was the first day of monster school :-). In case you are wondering if Gage is going to school to learn how to be a monster, or is already a monster and that is where monsters go to school...ummm, well....I'm not sure which or both or neither! He just insists that that is the name of his school. And, since he is 5 and this makes sense to him, we'll just go with it :-) 

Anyway, we had a great first day of school, minus the guy sitting near us at our lunch date that the cops came and took out in handcuffs! 

We are doing the Five in a row curriculum again this year for the bulk of our day and having a great time. Our book this week is The Bee Tree  by Patricia Polacco. 

Gage also made a "self-portrait" and included many things he loves <3