Our Life In Transit

Cato earned his very first race medal last weekend at the Spartan SLO CAL event! He participated in the 1 km kids race with Hudson (4-6yr olds…we might have fudged his birthday by 2 months) while Parker did the 1.5 km kids race (7-9 yr olds). The boys all had a blast and absolutely rocked the course (other than a trip and domino tumble at the start that, thankfully, everyone recovered from easily enough). Cato needs a little practice at javelin throwing, but he’s got climbing over walls and through tunnels down pat! Breana didn’t quite get the memo that she would be racing as well so will be dressing more prepared for an actual run at next year’s event, lol.

The family had a great time walking over to the Elks Club for their Trunk or Treat event, followed by dinner at the Grandparents’ house and Trick or Treating around Colony Homes community. Cato was on a serious candy collecting mission that had no patience for chatting with the neighbors or meeting other kids, lol.

One of the moms organized a super fun lawn games activity day at Cuesta Canyon Park – costumes included! Cato was getting a little bored racing trucks at the playground during setup time, but then he was “Game on!!” focused and excited once the games started. To wrap up the outing, Mohawk Warrior got a hair blow dry in the bathroom, lol.

While Du and Chris participated in The Bovine Gravel race, Cato, Grandma, and Breana checked out the 46 Ranch fall pumpkin patch and activities. They had lots of fun activities to check out! Cato’s #1 favorite was  the Jump Pad, and the Gem Stone Mining came in a close 2nd.

We met up with Margaret, Wyatt, and Levi to check out the Children’s Museum up in Paso Robles. The boys had a blast with the tunnel tree even though Cato just wanted to play tackle. The other hits remain the ball pit (grapes themed) and the air powered ball mazes.

Du volunteered to help Uncle Ed harvest his grapes and make wine this year, so we had a family hang out to watch Ed and Du work crushing the grapes. Cato even got his own bucket of cabernet grapes to crush the old-fashioned way! He was even more excited to eat grapes off the vine, though, lol.

Another fun outing with Ashley, Parker, and Hudson! The boys didn’t get to pick the apples, but it was still fun doing a tasting and running through the orchard. Mondays Trucks were also in attendance, per usual.

Fall has arrived, and we kicked the season off with a trip to Avila Valley Barn with Ashley, Parker, and Hudson. We managed to escape only $9 down for the 3 heads of lettuce to feed the animals (we declined paying for the maze, tractor rides, u-pick flowers, ice cream, pumpkins, produce, etc). Cato’s favorite activity had nothing to do with the Barn… he was just ecstatic to wrestle on the grass with Parker and Hudson rolling all over each other 🤣