A Picture Update: Happy Birthday Nana!!

Happy Friday!

First up, HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANA!!!! We love you and hope you have a great day! 

These fall school weeks are a bit nuts. They just FLY by and I feel like I can barely catch my breath. 

Just a PSA if you know anyone working in education. It’s wild out there. Buy them coffee or wine or something.

Not me, I’m doing fine. Things are busy and I have a lot going on, but I’m lucky to be supported by great people and it isn’t impacting my mental health (for the most part!). But I have heard stories and read articles and it is just a hard and crazy time out there for people who work in the education system. 

Anyway. I don’t have too many pics, but here is what I got:

Chris ans I left the girls home alone FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER to go vote! It was like 20 minutes and they survived! Here’s hoping maybe an early dinner date is maybe in our future soon…? And then the girls snuggled on the couch for like 2 seconds and I caught it!

And then we have pretty sky and a goofy 3rd grader.

And finally, this girl who leaves for school in the dark (until next week after daylight savings, I suppose) auditioned for the middle school musical on Wednesday and GOT A PART! She will be Sardine Devotee #5 in Spongebob the Musical.

Have a great weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! First up, cousins at Halloween:

Ans then, sweet sisters:

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Happy Halloween Edition!

Happy Halloween!

And here’s the annual Halloween retrospective…

On to the weekend! On Saturday morning I was feeling ok, so Cal and I were able to get Luna out for a good run around the field. But then the vaccine kicked in and I spent a few hours in bed while the girls and Chris did some yard work. 

Thankfully it didn’t last too long, and we went out to enjoy the fall weather at the park.

Then Luna "helped" with laundry and Callie headed to her friend's house for an outdoor Halloween party!  Her friend's mom sent me the picture at the bottom.  Adorable!

This morning we headed over to Boom’s house for a Halloween lunch and playtime with her, Auntie Yoda, Uncle Craigles, Lucy, Mila and Auntie Mari!

And then Callie stole my phone to do some crazy Halloween Snapchats! Callie set the Callie-as-Emu picture below as my lock screen on my phone and now I can't undo it because it makes me giggle every time I turn my phone on.

We did some yard work this afternoon...in Halloween gear of course!

And then there was the patient waiting until trick-or-treating could begin.

By 6:30pm we were ready to go!  

There weren't too many kids out tonight, so the girls got a lot of candy!

Have a great week!  Happy November!

A Picture Update

It’s already Friday! TGIF. The week flew by and I didn’t take too many pics (except for babysitting Mitchell and Isla on Monday night!) but here you go.

Living room dinner…reading time…and of course SNAPCHAT time.

A pretty sunset sky.

“Mom! I’m going to ruin your picture” (I still got one).

Tinker Crate with Pa and Chipotle in the trunk.

“Trainingl with Luna, which again confirmed she isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed…

And rubbing into the weekend like…

Have a great one and enjoy Halloween! I got my booster shot today and am hoping it doesn’t take me out too much… but it’ll be worth it no matter what!

CCNP Wednesday

Nature in San Diego!

Timehop Tuesday

October in MN vs. October in CA!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday! In case you missed my San Diego wrap-up yesterday, click here!

It was nice to have today at home so we could get back to reality slowly. This morning I took Luna for a brisk run ans enjoyed the lovely sky.

Then the girls and I met Auntie Yoda, Lucy and Mila at the park. It was definitely chilly and felt like fall.

After lunch Boom came over and helped with yard work and watched the girls play in the leaves! We got one round of raking done, but as you can see our tree is still pretty with more leaves to fall, so we’ll have another round to do in the next couple weeks. 

The rest of the day was just chores and getting ready for the week ahead! 

Have a lovely last week of October. 🍁🍁🍁