October

We spent the day dissecting owl pellets. Since you probably don't have one handy, you can try dissecting a virtual pellet here. Don't worry, they were sterilized, and from a mail order catalog, so the fact that my kids were pawing through piles of regurgitated owl food shouldn't make you feel too queasy. It was interesting. The Urban Park Rangers were releasing a rescued Kestral into the park and somehow our ragamuffin group of homeschoolers got roped in to being their photo op...We had a class on raptors, complete with a hike through The North Woods to find the owl pellets. They even fed us lunch for waiting so long, since the important guys in suits were late. There were TV and newspaper cameras there, I will be sure and let you know if we show up in the paper or something.

Last weekend, we discovered this incredible yumminess. I hope you have one in your city soon, it is the best, especially with rice balls and fruit in it.

Not much else to report. The kids are doing great. School is going well, we are mostly keeping up with the schedule. Brett is going back to Virginia Beach on Sunday for a few weeks. Hopefully he will be able to come back most weekends. Simon is growing and starting to really be able to grab things. He also is laughing more and pulling hair.

The leaves are turning and it is cooler--perfect actually, since I continually run *way* too hot in NY. Happy October to you!