Halloween

So honestly, by the time we made it to Halloween I was completely sick of the holiday. We didn't take our kids trick-or-treating and there was no dressing up last night. We all sat down after dinner and watched a family movie and ate baked apples. Everything is fun for awhile, but we started the partying the beginning of October and it had to end at some point and apparently it was the day before Halloween. We did have fun going to a family rollerskating party that even Phil and I dressed up for. We had pumpkin parties with cousins over at nana's house that everyone loved and a nice evening walking around getting candy at the trunk-or-treat. It is so nice to be training for a run the end of November just to get out and have some long runs with all the food and treats around.

Flu Shots

So I take the kids in for their flu shots today. Lyla hops up on the table and gets her shot first. Doesn't even flinch before, during or after. Miya is next and does the same thing with a little more worried look on her face. The nurse looks to Cannon next and he is glued to his chair with his hands wrapped tightly around the arms of the chair. The nurse asks if she needs to go get 5 people to help hold him down while she gives him the shot. This gets him up on the table, but he won't relax his arm and starts to cry during the shot. On the way home I give them all a little packet of Swedish Fish from the Halloween candy and of course Cannon's is the one that opens with a pop and Swedish Fish fly around the car. He ends up with three Swedish Fish left in his pack and an awesome attitude on life for the rest of the ride home.

Cabin Campout

We have been promising the kids a night at the cabin for the past year and a half so once we were done with the inside we decided we should deliver on our promise. We got all the favorite camping food for a little cookout at the fire pit. After hot dogs and s'mores we gathered sleeping bags and moved the ladder for the kids to get up in the cubby. After about an hour and twenty trips up and down the ladder Phil went up to talk to the kids about going to sleep. I hear a LOUD crash and go up to find that the ladder slipped while he was on it. He came crashing down with the ladder and a broken light. Needless to say he was not super excited about having another family cabin night if it would include all of the work required to fix the light. The kids couldn't stop laughing (which I can't blame them, I have a hard time not laughing when people fall) and Phil did not think it was funny. They came down and slept on the floor in the bedroom and still thought that was fun. After the fall Phil came down to watch Jane Eyre with me because I knew it was just the movie to take his mind off all the work that now needed to be done.

Cabin Work

I love how the stairs turned out and I am so happy that they cleaned up so well.

These pictures are about a month old. Mom and Dad came to visit and we worked super hard to have the cabin ready for them to stay in. We cleaned up everything and were able to finish the floors upstairs and the stairs. Everything cleaned up really well and we even ran the washer and dryer after they left to wash all the blankets and sheets. We were hoping to get all the outside work done before the weather turned to rain, but this fall has been too rainy. On Saturday we raced home from the soccer game to caulk as much as we could before the rain came back that night. It looks like we won't be painting the house until next spring unless we have a magical turn in the weather.

Soccer

So we finally did it this year, we put the kids in soccer. We couldn't have picked a better year. Miya and Cannon get to be on the same team so we have one practice and one game a week. Plus the field they play on is super close to our house. They have really enjoyed it except the nightmares Cannon has had when he wakes up crying to inform us he is dreaming of being the goalie and all the balls are going past him into the goal. I know surprising that I would have a kid that is somewhat competitive and freaked out that he wont be the best. He was excited about wearing the gloves this weekend and did a great job. Miya keeps asking if she can do gymnastics next time instead of soccer, which I hear as "please put me in soccer again next year". Plus the weather on Saturday was fantastic in the morning for their game. The sun was out and kids were taking off some of their layers at half time.

Oh, another high point of the game came at half-time when all the parents were looking at me for the water and oranges since apparently I was in charge of snacks. I didn't ever get the snack calendar, but Phil stepped in and saved the day by racing to Albertson's for the best ever snack bags. He delivered just before the end of the game.