At the beginning of this month, we waited and waited for a dry day to try and clean up the leaves. We finally got one on Veteran's Day, November 11.

Yes, Michael is standing in that pile of leaves! We were able to clean up the front yard and rake up the backyard before the rain came again.

I love our leaf-blower. It's lightweight and very easy to run - even Nicholas and Michael can start it up and run it!
Michael decided that sitting in a pile of leaves would be the best place for reading his book.

In-between raking and cleaning up the leaves, Michael and Nicholas went to perform at the local VA Hospital with their teacher's violin group.

The nurses at the VA Hospital allowed a few pictures as long as we were only taking them of our children. They discouraged videos, because of the privacy of the veterans.

Now at the end of November, the weather has become unusually cold for this area of the country. Our dog Copper is a coonhound, and is very cold! So I never thought I would need to put a sweater on a big dog, but here she is:

Isn't she cute?

Yesterday we went into NYC again for the Young People's Concert. The theme was Ravel's Paris, and they played French music for the program.

Our friend Jen was also at the concert with her daughter Amy.

After the program, we went to Times Square and a restaurant called Carmine's for dinner with some friends. It's an Italian restaurant that is served family-style. It is delicious food!

Our friends Liz and Kenny had gone to see "South Pacific" at the Lincoln Center Theater. They loved it! Liz and I took a picture with one of the cast members after the show.