Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Tuesday, October 29, 2019


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.” 



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