Home again.....

We left at sunrise yesterday..... beautiful view of Manhattan in the center and LaGuardia on the lower left where we had just taken off from.     I took a long snooze later in the day.

  

Had a great Thanksgiving day, celebrating Mason's 13th birthday as well.    He made a trip to the pet store the next day to pick up his bearded dragon.   The store had sold 13 in the past few weeks.

He/she  has multiple names but is Caesar for short......he eats live crickets......available on Amazon if you need any. 

We saw 2 movies at the theater with heated reclining seats ( !! ).    Loved "Bohemian Rhapsody" despite it's lukewarm reviews..... still humming..     Did not understand a bit of "The Crimes of Grindelwald" and the boys weren't sure about it either.   Johnny Depp was dark and Jude Law was easy to look at.     

Looking forward to a couple weeks at home before we migrate south.....

It welcomed us once again.........

Connecticut is white and cold and we are back to enjoy it !!

Back on the western slope....

We're home again...... it's always a bit longer to fly west and this trip just seemed rather endless.    We didn't get home until after 8 and since it was Halloween, we managed to avoid the hordes (or not) and having all that left over chocolate.  

    

This was the color from the front door of their house.....there was an occasional maple that showed it's fall colors but otherwise, it was disappointing.   

We made a search for the perfect pumpkins.   I  lobbied for 'smaller is better' but their choices were reasonable .   Mason wielded the sharp knife but left me with cleaning out the slimy innards.   Andy was all in.   

The trumpet and sax player  had their usual 3 hour band practice that night so didn't get to do the neighborhood thing.    They did have 'trunk or treat' after practice and I think that's a clever and convenient option.... and safer than in their dark  and sprawling neighborhood.  ( yes, I realize that's just an old person's opinion and carries no weight).

In the big regional competition on Saturday they came in 2nd (in their division ) for the 1st time this year.    Actually, as disappointed as they were, I think it will make them sharper and more determined for the Nationals  on the 10th at Met Life stadium in NJ.   I wish we could be there for it.

Otherwise, it's good to be home for a bit ..... I'll wander back in a couple weeks as Jon continues his training.