Wow, I can't believe it's been almost two weeks since I've written. My days are flying by. I also have a three-yr-old who, when home, doesn't want me to do anything but sit next to her on the couch and watch t.v. Since she's only at school for about 2 hours a day, I spent a lot of time doing nothing, and I mean nothing, with her. However, I know it's not going to last forever, this need to sit with me at all times, so I am trying to just enjoy it and humor her before she wants nothing to do with me.
Last weekend my sister-in-law, Nanci, and my nieces and nephew came to visit. They flew in Thursday night and spent the night with Nanci's brother who lives about 30 minutes south of us. They arrived on our door step on Friday night around 9p, about an hour after we got home from the kids' school sock hop. My awesome neighbor made felt poodle skirts for the kids, so they got to go in costume, and the kids actually had a lot of fun. Nanci and the kids had to leave on Sunday morning at 9a, so we got about 36 hours of quality time with them.
Even though it was a short trip, we had a great visit. We had a big Saturday morning breakfast and then all the girls except Amanda went for manicures and/or pedicures and then a yummy pizza lunch. When we got back I took my nieces and Amanda and Sarah to the mall so I could spoil them some more while Charlie and Nanci relaxed at home. Then that evening Nanci's brother came back and we had a nice steak dinner. Andy and my nephew bonded over video games and only came up from the basement for meals, but that's what they both wanted to do so they enjoyed it as well. It was so good to see everybody even if it was for just a short time.
A couple days later we celebrated Halloween. The kids all had parties at school and got to wear their costumes. Andy was a ninja, Sarah was Rapunzel and Amanda was Minnie Mouse. Wednesday night I took them out trick or treating while Charlie stayed home to give out candy. I was amazed at how many kids were in our neighborhood and how many neighbors participated. In the past maybe one out of every four houses had somebody home handing out candy, and there were kids around, but not tons. This year there were parents and children everywhere you looked, traveling in large groups, running from house to house. Almost every house was lit and had someone at the door handing out candy. Everybody was having a great time, parents included. Sarah saw several of her classmates while we were out and loved that.
On Friday our backyard play set was delivered. It was one of the things we promised the girls we would get when we moved here and just hadn't done it. We finally sucked it up and got one and the kids love it. Today all three of them played in the backyard for quite a while and there was very little fighting. Ah, finally. I'm hoping that they continue to like it as much as they did today.
So now we start November. I can't believe we've been here for over four months and Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away. Now that Halloween is over things have calmed down a little, but it's just going to ramp up as we get closer to the holidays. I'm still adjusting, but we're doing well and are starting to enjoy our new home and surroundings.
Things can only get better from here.
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