Month: October 2025

This week we had some beautiful, warm weather, and one day I went out to Tumalo Reservoir to fly my drone.

I’m getting pretty good at flying it and taking aerial photos.

We had to pick up a gift certificate to Spork for a teacher appreciation give away at my school, so we used it as an excuse to eat dinner there too. I had the Korean BBQ short ribs. Yum yum.

I carved my jack-o’-lantern.

And we went to the Central Oregon Symphony. Violinist Linda Wang joined them for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major and then they played Dvořák’s “New World”. I like the music, but it was a little long to sit still if I am honest.

I also tried out my new skis. They are fast. Or maybe I am fast and the skis are skis.

AND Nana is here! We started a white and black puzzle. Nana and I think this is silly but The Mother seems unbothered.

Dad made pretzels for an Oktoberfest feast of sauerkraut, brats, and pretzels.

The Mother and Nana made Moroccan chicken tagine with couscous and some green beans.

I’ve not really appreciated some of the meals The Mother has been planning for us lately – lentils and spinach, seriously? So, I took matters into my own hands this morning and made everyone breakfast. I made scrambled eggs, toast, and fruit and yogurt cups.

You may notice that I have the “You are Special Today” plate. That is because not only did I score my first goal of the season in yesterday’s soccer game, I scored THREE goals!

It was another gorgeous fall week here. We did some rock climbing at Smith Rock.

We went to the Textbooks area of Student Wall and climbed a route called School’s Out:

And, we did more work on the go-kart.

The Mother made Calabrian chili white beans with almond romesco and

sausage polenta. We think Grandma Marie would approve!

It has been a little while since my last update. Let me get you caught up. I did another cross race. This time, I knew what I was doing, so I pushed to the front right away.

I didn’t stay there, but I had a great ride and a lot of fun.

So much fun that I decided to turn our yard into a cross race course one day after school – doing laps between the front and back yards while The Bigs made dinner.

I also did some climbing at Smith Rock:

And I worked on my latte art.

Dad and I got serious about the go-kart construction.

And, inspired by the book ‘The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind’, I built a wind turbine.

This past weekend it was time to buy my ski equipment for the year. Now that I am moving up an age group – Coach Mario said I needed a race suit. I’m not sure how I feel about this.

Finally, The Mother made a sunken ginger plum and spelt cake.

And we had pizza night, with some new variations: a pesto pie and a signature pie with anchovy butter sauce.