Seven for Sundays

 1.  We are on our fall break, so we headed off to Las Vegas for the four days.  We are definitely doing more of a family vacation in Vegas, versus a Vegas trip.  We are staying off the strip at Tahiti Village Resort.  We spent Saturday morning watching Michigan State win its big ten opener at Buffalo Wild Wings.  We then came back to hang out by the pool and take a nap.  Followed by a nice dinner off the strip at Grimaldi's Pizzeria!  Then today we headed over to MGM to see the lions... and apparently they are no longer their anymore :(  So as a back up plan we went to the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay.

 2.  Oma met us in Las Vegas and came bearing Lion's gear.  Unfortunately the Lions lost today.  But Breslin doesn't seem to mind, because he also got a chocolate covered donut with sprinkles.

 3.  Breslin and daddy go to touch the stingrays at the aquarium.  Mommy wanted to have nothing to do with it.

 4.  Just my Delta App letting me know my upcoming flights.  We go to Michigan for the MSU homecoming game in less than a week, then back again in a month for the Michigan Michigan State game, and then we have our flight booked for Jamaica for Chris and Alicia's wedding.  With the renewed calendar after getting our furlough days back it looks like we might have to miss the last day of school.  (Now of course there are at least three flights missing from above...  We are planning on going to Michigan and Colorado for Christmas break, a flight back to Michigan some time in the Spring, and then of course our trip to Florida for Spring Break).

5. Breslin's new favorite thing....  Drumming on the Rock Band drums. 

6.  Common Core- the new national standards for teaching- is an absolute mess.  We had our full day common core meeting on Friday and felt absolutely overwhelmed, defeated, unknowledgeable, and ill prepared for these new standards.  We will keep at it until whomever makes these standards realizes what a mess this really is.

7.  T-minus three weeks til the half marathon.  Just keep running.