Trick or Treat

What a night! The weather was great, the kids had a lot of fun, and we now have enough candy to last us until Santa fills the stockings.

Happy (almost) Halloween, everyone!

Mid Week Blahs

It's been such a long week...and it's only Wednesday.

Tomorrow is Trick or Treat, Al & Ad's class parties are Friday, and I have nothing ready. We haven't even carved our pumpkin yet. Guess when we'll have time to do that? Saturday. Swell.

Perhaps I'll cut out a bunch of feathers from construction paper and we'll just make the damn thing a turkey.

I'm done, Wednesday. Be gone, so we can start fresh tomorrow and hope for a better day.

301

The 300th post of the year went up last night, and it was a yawner. I'm afraid the 301st post won't be much different.

Schedules are crazy, the mama is tired, and the kids don't ever want to go to bed OR wake up for school. I'd like to think things will calm down in a couple of weeks, but I'm realistic to know that this won't be the case.

Maybe in 15 years I can sit down and rest...

Yaaaawn

I am up way past my bedtime. I enjoy the quiet of this house, that is only available after 10pm, way too much. But, sadly, I pay for it dearly the next day. It's a vicious cycle.

Good night.

Another one...

Yep. Another one was missed. Ugh.

I was too stinking tired last night to do much of anything, including posting a blog, so this makes the fourth one I've missed. Fourth? Fifth? Not sure anymore. Out of nearly 10 straight months, I guess that's still not bad.

Anyway, good Monday to you all. Mine has started out pretty challenging and blah, so hopefully things take a turn for the better. We shall see.

Boo at the Zoo

This afternoon, I took Addie and Andrew to Boo at the Zoo. I figured the zoo would be busy today, because it was a lovely fall day, so I encouraged Alex to spend the afternoon with his nana. I hate it that he misses out on events like this, and it brings on horrible bouts of mommy guilt, but I know that he really does not like crowds and would much rather play Uno with Nana rather than fight through tons of people. So off we went.

I was right in my hunch that there would be lots of people at the zoo today; we had to park clear in the back of the parking lot and walk quite a while to the gate. We made it through the entrance and headed toward the treat stations, as the kids were anxious to collect some candy.

Now, I realize that I am pretty strict about good manners, but I was still amazed by the lack of common courtesy demonstrated by the masses of people today. People cut in front of us in lines, we got run in to with strollers, people allowed their children to push in front of my kids to see the animals. Ugh. It took a lot for me to contain my disgust, and while we managed to see quite several of our favorite animals, we did not stay for as long as I anticipated. It just wasn't worth the frustration. As season pass holders, we much prefer the zoo when it isn't wall to wall people, so we'll go back another time.

I seriously will look into the private tours for the Wildlights event...

First Sleepover

Alex has been dying to have his friend sleep over since they became good friends last year in third grade. He had never had a sleep over with friends, and because bedtime battles are so awful, we've put it off.

Until now.

Alex was talking about a sleep over again, at the beginning of this week, so I decided to give it a shot. His friend accepted the invitation, and they have spent the evening playing basketball, eating pizza, watching tv, and playing games. Al's friend is a sweet and patient kid that really makes an effort to understand and help Alex, without making it seem obvious that he's helping. Does that even make sense? They definitely have a special bond, and they both seem to be having a great time.

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