Two more San Diego trips

[Previous trips to San Diego: Spring 2023, 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, beginning of 2017, end of 2015, 2014, 2x in 2013]

This fall, I was able to go to San Diego twice more. In October, my mom had a special birthday party that I flew out to attend. We stayed in Carlsbad near the beach and got some really nice sunsets. We also saw the partial solar eclipse. The party was super fun! In November, I had the opportunity to go to a conference in San Diego. After the conference ended, Sakina flew down for the day to see me and spend the day together. While in San Diego, I also had the chance to catch up with Angela, Stephanie, Terence, Paul, and Kerri, which was super fun. It was great to be able to go to San Diego 3 times this year! 

Flag Halloween costume

[last year's siphonophore costume]

This year, Chase had a very specific idea for his halloween costume. He memorized all 194 country flags and quizzed himself for weeks leading up to Halloween. He then designed a costume with all the flags together on his sweater and each flag individually on his pants. People could point at any flag and he would tell him the country. To make the costume, we put the flags together on PowerPoint and then printed them on fabric by Spoonflower. We then used two-sided iron on paper to iron on the fabric on the paper and then iron them onto the pants. Chase cut out each flag for the pants and arranged them all before ironing them on. I wish I had a picture of the process but I was busy helping Chase with the iron. 

Chase had a lot of fun wearing his costume for his Friday school party, for his school parade, and for trick-or-treating with his friends.