Well
there it goes….the month of October. We
were busy (of course) celebrating birthdays and getting ready for Halloween. I had a fun outing with my childhood
friends. Each year we get together and
have lunch. There never seems to be
enough time but I am grateful Kerianne, Leslie, and Rori are my friends. Kerianne made me promise not to put the
picture on facebook. However, she said
nothing about my blog.
We
also went out for Xadia’s birthday. She
decided on Chick-fil-A. Tim and is
missing from the picture because he was in Washington state getting our house
ready to sell. McCabe was not feeling
well due to a back flip going awry. He
hit his head on the trampoline so he decided to stay home and rest. The rest of us enjoyed a yummy meal of
chicken nuggets, criss-cross fries, and milk shakes. Xadia got a Coraline costume for her
birthday. That is what she wanted to be
for Halloween. Funny thing, the yellow
rain jacket was the wrong size. Good
thing momma knows how to work the sewing machine. After a few cuts and hems, the rain jacket is
a perfect fit.
Jacinda
got to go to Anime bonsai during the middle of October. Here she is with colored contacts, a fake face
scar, and her costume. She really loves
to dress up and put on character make up.
She is super talented and definitely has a knack for that. Teagan decided to be in the picture too
because he loves to hang around Jacinda (when he is not playing minecraft on
the computer).
Tim and
I had a little get away to Washington before our house sold. The house turned out amazing. I just loved the carpet (Kamden is the name
from Home Depot) with the walls (silver strand is the name of the paint). It made me a little sad to think that would
be the last time in our WA house.
However, I am very happy at the thought of only owning one home. While in Washington, we saw Doug and
family. Doug and Denise are living in a
house right next to the water and it is absolutely gorgeous. Their house is next to an oyster farm. Tim
and I had a fun time flipping oyster nets over and watching the little sand
crabs scatter. We kept thinking how much
fun the kids would have staying at Uncle Doug’s house. There was fishing, swimming, and watching
nature.
The
weather is turning cold and that means baking.
Teagan likes to help me in the kitchen.
He decided to put on Tim’s apron to prevent getting dirty. Of course he wanted to pose for a
picture. And so here he is flexing his
chocolate chip cookie muscle. He is such
a joy to have.
Tim
surprised me at work with flowers for my birthday and love notes just
because. He somehow roped my boss into
helping him. After I left work, my boss
put loving sticky notes (made by Tim) on my monitors. It was such a nice surprise. I was all smiles and it started my day right.
October
25th was birthday tables for Xadia.
Tim and I were able to join her along with her 3 friends, Izzy, Belen,
and Natasha. Tim took the picture of Xadia with her friends then dropped my phone and cracked it (LOL I
love Murphy’s law). Xadia requested chicken nuggets and a frosty
from Wendy’s. Of course we bought a
frosty for each girl. That is something
kinda fun we like to do along with bringing balloons and a small gift to the
birthday girl’s class. This year Xadia
got balloons with a 100,000 grand candy bar and glitter glue pens. As I write about Xaida’s birthday I am amazed
at everything we did. She also had a
birthday party. We tried to do an escape
room but the puzzles were a little hard for 10-year-olds. Nevertheless, they enjoyed making slime and
decorating graham cracker haunted houses.
We had
a family get away (along with Kade and Izzy) to Lake Mantua. It was a little cold but so much fun. The kids fished, rode bikes, and played at
the playground. For some reason the kids
called the giant sand hill on the playground “poop mountain.” They are so silly. Tim had a good time also letting the kids
hang on him as he played on the zip line.
Tim painted my nails and some of my fingers bright red (and I loved
every moment of it) as we sat on the dock.
To top off the getaway, we bought a big slice of cheesecake and carrot
cake (Yum!). These desserts are incomparable. They are so good. Unfortunately Jacinda could not join us because
she was working her last day at Lagoon.
I am so pleased that she stayed the entire season with her job and was
so responsible.
At
home the kids are always being so creative.
McCabe and Teagan decided to put toilet paper on their fan and turn it
on. As the paper spins, they dance in the
middle of it. It looked fun until the
paper started wrapping around McCabe’s neck.
That is when I say, “game over kids and it is time to take it down.”
