The One With The Red Sox Winning The AL East

It is 4:25 on Saturday September 30.

The Red Sox just won the AL East in a 6-3 win over the Astros (the same team they will face in the playoffs).

It is the first time the Sox have won back to back AL East titles.

Amazing!!!


Go Sox!


Box Score from Google

The One Where We Balance and Egg on the Equinox

According to legend - perhaps even urban legend - it is believed that you can balance an egg (or balance an egg better depending on the source) on the Spring and Fall Equinox than any other time of the year.

While science cannot prove or disprove this fact - there is a great National Geographic Article on it - people have been testing it out for years. In school, I showed a video where a boy did this in 2009. And yesterday, a student sent me a video where he did it.


So, I figured, since yesterday was September 22 - the autumnal equinox for 2017 - why not give it a try.

And try we did. We tested it out in the kitchen and at first had little luck. However, Emmie proved to us that the egg could balance. She got it to balance for a good 30 seconds. Next, Kiff was able to do it and his was impressive...it lasted nearly two minutes. I got the egg to balance to a good 20 second. Bri, who was super frustrated she could not get it done, at last got it to balance and hers also went for 30 seconds.

So we proved yesterday that we could balance an egg on the equinox. It may not prove that an egg can balance on the equinox....but it did prove that we could have a lot of fun trying.

The One With The Archaeological Dig

Today, we did something different.

We went to an archaeological dig. It was hosted by the Essex Heritage Trail, a great organization that brings history alive.

This was our first attempt trying something like this. We went to the Rebecca Nurse house and were treated to what it is like to dig, sift, and sort for items from a dig site. We had excellent students, workers, and a professor guiding us and sharing their knowledge. We learned that a property at the time ended to put trash by the beginning of a treeline and put it in a pit, then covered the pit with gravel....interesting!


Afterwards, we had a chance to use an atlatl - a neolithic tool used for hunting. It was fascinating. 

Definitely an all start event. Looking forward to it again next year.

The One With Flag Football Opening Day

Today Kiff began his second flag football season. This year, he is on the 49ers. Coach Jim is a again coaching - which is great - and I joined the sidelines as well.

So far so good.

It was a blast. We took on the Cowboys today. Kiff was nervous....but showed that he still knew a few things!!!

And, we did well. We actually had two interceptions returned for touchdowns. It was only preseason, but quite a game.

The One With the BC Football Game

Today we went to a BC Football game for the first time as a family. Emmie, Bri, and Kiff had never been to one.

Overall, we had fun. It did take a mini-ordeal to park because of the way that BC now handles traffic and parking for the game. But, once we trekked from off campus parking to campus, we were able to get to the game. It was quite a haul.

The game itself was fun. Well, at least the experience. We were up in the stratosphere in the XX section of Alumni Stadium. But, it was a pretty good view.

Unfortunately, the game itself was not so good - not that we were surprised, because we tend to attract losses.

We did get a chance to see the BC marching band with a solid tribute to Mary Poppins followed by the beloved "To Boston" theme. I learned it was the oldest fight song in the country.

Overall, a pretty good time. The only negative was some of the security "staff" for lack of a more appropriate term to describe the ineptness of the three we dealt with, were not helpful in allowing us to get across campus. That was SO FRUSTRATING.

The One With Castle Creek

Today, we went to Castle Creek, an amusement area we have seen advertised for some time. Kiff had wanted to go, so we checked it out.

It was pretty neat...and quiet when we went early Saturday morning just after it opened. (good to know....it got busy by the time we left).

First, we checked out the go-carts. We had to get used to the electric type, but once we did, we zipped around the track. It was a pretty snazzy track at that.

Then, we played mini-golf. It was a fun course....but a lot of the balls took some pretty unusual rolls. Fun, though.

Then, we had some ice cream. They serve Richardsons there....always fun.

All in all, a great time.