today the girls dressed up for school to celebrate halloween. little sister wore her powerpuff girl outfit, and big sister wore minimalist black with just a bit of bling.
after school, we changed it up and veered from our long-standing tradition of taking the girls trick-or treating in our neighborhood. big sister had an away football game (yes, on halloween, and on a school night!) and little sister decided to hang out at home with some friends and pass out candy. her friends rounded out the powerpuff gang!
either way, i able to sit on the couch by a warm fire and watch tv for a nice change. i think i may have to insist on this as our new tradition!!
we finally made it to the last of 5 consecutive saturdays of marching band competition...affectionately called by some "bandtober!" today our school hosted the UIL area competition, which means the kids were busy from 8am until after 10pm. unfortunately our school did not place in the top 10 to go to finals, so they were done after just one performance. the top 4 bands from the finals qualified for state competition. we are very proud of big sister for her dedication and hard work in her marching band. we love to watch her play and march!
during their midday break after rehearsals but before performing, big sister came home for a couple of hours and wanted to carve her pumpkin. and it was a gorgeous sunny day for carving in the driveway.
tonight's football game went on in the rainy mist, while the band only stayed for about an hour and then went home to get dry and rest up for tomorrow's UIL competition. big sister was happy to get home early for a change.
daddy took big sister and two of her friends to the fan expo event today. looks like they had tons of fun dressing up, and they came back with lots of merch!
an early dismissal from band today meant there was time for a quick trip to the pumpkin patch for our annual pumpkin patch photos. i am so thankful that the girls are still willing to do this for me!
it was another day of competition as the marching band performed at the UIL region 24 contest. they actually hosted at our stadium, so the kids were close to home for a nice change. big sister had to report for rehearsal at 8:30am, then had a rest break from 11:30am-1:00pm. the band performed at 3:00pm, and big sister helped with holding up props on the field during the show. the band earned straight 1's, and placed in the top 10 to advance to the area round next saturday.
meanwhile, little sister had a soccer game at noon and it was super hot. the field they played at has virtually no shade, or breeze. luckily, we provided our pop-up tent to shade the player bench. the fusion girls outscored their opponents and took a 7-0 victory. only two games left in the season!!
big sister had a rare thursday game tonight to attend with the marching band. the recent cool front we got made things a bit chilly once the sun when down.
the game was tied up until the last few minutes, and the lobos came thru and scored to win 27-24. the band was appropriately excited!!
