Recent Happenins

I can't believe I haven't been on this thing in about two weeks. Yikes! Well, maybe it's simply because October is by far my favorite month of the year...I have loved being outside, doin stuff with the girls, bein on the go...and not to mention, we are having the outside of our house painted. That does add an element of "stuff" to do each day. :) (I'll post some pictures once it's all done)....

Here are some of the things we've been up to lately:

• El and I spent an entire afternoon last week making "Spider cupcakes" in honor of our spider-cupcake day LAST year with her most talked about friend CLARA!!
  


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  • Went to a pumpkin carving party at a friend's house last weekend---was a great evening and El's pumpkin turned out pretty great if I don't say so myself.
• Had our play group Halloween/costume party yesterday---at least 15-20 kids all dressed up, eatin cupcakes and dinner (notice the order) and on TOP of each other. El got in an argument with a little boy about who got to play with the dollhouse, EM just ate the whole time. Pretty typical play group I would say! ;)


• I got to be the parent volunteer at El's preschool yesterday as well. Got there at 8:50 AM, left at 11:45 AM, and HOLY COW it's crazy what 18 three year olds can do to ya! And it was organized!! I had an absolute blast being there though. El got to be the line leader and do the weather for the day. She was so excited about that. I got to help kids paint pumpkins, pass out the snack, and of course sweep the floors at the end. I loved every minute of it!


• Our small group went to a friends' apartment complex and went to people's doors offering to take their trash to the dumpster (most dreaded task)...sounds like a good idea, huh? It was! We had several great conversations with people. BUT....we also had the cops called on us! People thought we were scoping out apartments to break into and so they called the Po Po's....made us laugh and makes for a great story
  
• RD ran the "poo man's marathon" with a good buddy...26.2 miles through the city of Toledo. A self-made course. Didn't want to pay the $100 for a race several hours away, so he did one here...starting line?---end of our driveway. :)


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• Had a GREAT visit from Ryan's mom (Mimi) the same weekend as RD's race. We got a babysitter and got to have a night out on the town with just her. It was great. She just received GREAT news Friday...her recent CT scan showed that her tumor (stage 4 lung cancer) has not progressed at all in the past 3 months. The pain she has been experiencing in her rib is due to other medication. So praise the Good Lord for His blessing in this news!
  
  


• 2 1/2 hour doctor visit today---EM's 12 month appt. was today and the wait was HORRIBLE. If anyone ever needs something to do to keep a 3 and 1 year old busy in a doctor's cubicle-size examination room....put the baby in the sink and let her splash around. EL loved turning the water on and off and EM loved getting wet. Might have been against the rules but oh well. EM is gaining weight just like she should and that lil girl took those 4 nasty pokes she had to get, like a champ...
  
  
  

Looking forward to...

• El's Halloween Parade/Fall program at her pre-school tomorrow
• Trick-or-treat on Friday (pictures will be coming!!)
• A date night for RD and I one of these days... :)