Wednesday, October 31, 2012

October 2012

October 1- braden's gotcha day!, choc chip waffles, piano lessons, duke, took kids to get chocolate molten lava cake, played tons of games with braden, free cookie at the mall day, and met klick's at golden corral for dinner.

October 2- preschool for e, science class, school with kinsey, school with other three:), LONG day for some, MUGGY day, and lots of o crafts with ephram.

October 3- school, library, met klick's at cfa, cailey to jump rope class, braeden came to awana with us, date night with brian.

October 4- school, preschool for ephram, lots of fun crafts together, prep help from cailey (for co op), Finding Nemo (which cailey LOVED), and went to the CUTEST family reading night at Ephram's preschool...just precious!

October 5- watched alex, co op, nice afternoon full of laughter and the tunnel...and stairs:), caught up with cheryl, boys went camping with brian, soccer practice for the girls (caught up with pam and kelly), and picked up some treats with the girls.

October 6- treated the girls to a donut breakfast, kinsey's soccer game, quick run to see the boys at camp, cailey's game (another GOAL!...almost 2!), went skating with the morgan's..then dinner, and shopping, and finally a movie (where kinsey fell asleep). Daddy and the boys came home at 7:45 and decided not to stay overnight again so cailey and emily ruth tried to sleep in the tent but came in at midnight.

October 7-braden woke up at 5am SUPER sick and in pain...and stayed that way until 2pm. VERY sad:(, girls went to church with the morgan's, cold (finally!) rainy day, mission kids and choir.

October 8- school, braden was still sick:(, made crockpot chicken and dumplings for the cold rainy day, did a TON of Ff activities with ephram, played games, brian had to work late, snuggled my big boy, and took a short nap.

October 9- preschool, car school with kinsey:), science class, kelly a posted a hilarious song on fb about not burning biscuits which got us all cleaning and baking:), made baked ziti and pumpkin bread/muffins, lots of singing and dancing:), tummy aches for braden:(, rain rainy day.

October 10- school, library time, tummy ache for braden, eye apt at duke, GORGEOUS sunny day, picked gracie and emily ruth up from school and brought the girls to jump rope class, awana for ice cream night, and my tummy ache braden boy:(.

October 11- school, no OD preschool for ephram but LOTS of preschool fun at home with Ff, another sunny GORGEOUS day, took the girls out selling wreaths while brian took braden (i went with braden a couple nights ago and he sold 100$!!) until after dark, and cleaned the house together.

October 12- watched Alex, co op, picnicked for lunch, watched ephram pee outside...at co op!, AHG, went to Three Bears Acres with the family for a super fun afternoon of sledding/paddle boating/swinging/archery/jumping/and more, brian took the two oldest to see Carolina practice for the first time this season, pizza night with the two youngest for me and LOTS o' snuggles and prayer time:).

October 13- soccer game for kinsey...first GOAL!, picnic at the park, cailey's game, took abby and lilly to the pumpkin patch while ephram napped at the keel's, came back for cailey's second game, had a great family day, and made fish/french fries (sweet potato) and fruit for dinner:).

October 14- summit church, lots of outside time, washed the car, took braden to sell popcorn, choir/mission kids, ephram went on a date with daddy to Moe's, had ephram/mommy time:).

October 15- school, no dr's apt (YAY!), piano lessons, lots of fun Pp crafts with ephram, fun time playing outside in the sunshine together, went on a Pp hunt!, played games with braden, LOTS of talk time with Cailey, cailey watched Jack for the first time (2 hr), and had a Pp dinner.

woke up to find the following Christmas list from Cailey-

1. Movies Chrissa and Anne of Green Gables

2. Charlotte Klick (put in a box with holes marked Fragile)

3. Trip to the Mountains with Mommy, Aunt Laura, and Rebecca

4. Gift card to Target

5. Sleepover date with Mommy

6. scooter to replace the one the garbage man ran over

hilarious!

October 16- school, science class, more school, TONS of playing outside all afternoon, cailey watched jack (2.5 hrs), played games with kinsey, went house looking with the fam, and had pork/potatoes/pineapples/pudding for dinner:)

October 17- school, library time with ephram and kinsey, cailey and braden's piano recital at the retirement home, cailey watched jack (1.5 hrs), fun Pp activities with ephram aka peter pan, read with kinsey, played lots of pente with braden, pasta for dinner, brought cailey and the morgan girls to jump rope class, crazy hair night for awana, date with brian, and braden started complaining his eye was itching all day.

October 18- NO dr's visits:), school, preschool for ephram, started clearing out the house, went to CFA fall festival with the fam and the klick's, brian killed two snakes in the driveway!, and packed for the mountains.

October 19- co op for the kiddos, cailey watched Jack and got paid for the first time:), kinsey went to Lydia's birthday playdate, Summit for dinner and fall retreat for Cailey, brian worked from home.

me- went with Karen and met Adele and was surprised by Laura at Bojangles, drove to Statesville for the hot air balloon festival, went to the mountains after stopping for dinner, and had some GREAT catch up talk time.

October 20- kinsey's last soccer game, got BLUE cailey from her retreat, church, and chinese food for dinner.

me-went out for breakfast, bought apples at the farmers market, drove on the blue ridge prkwy and looked at GORGEOUS leaves, hiked up craggy hills, enjoyed beautiful views, target, mall for a snack, dinner at cheddar's, LOTS of laughter, and saw Pitch Perfect with the girls:)

October 21- said farewell to the mountains, ate panera with the girls, got tackled by my lovies, cleaned the kids rooms out, painted the railing, read lots to ephram, kiddos played outside, choir, boy scouts, mission kids, sleepover with cailey and crashed.

October 22- school, cailey went to jack's, cleaned out more things, kids played outside in the HOT sun, cailey went to gracie's.

October 23- school, ephram's preschool, quick grocery stop, more cleaning (windows/doors/walls/cabinet outsides/homeschool room), talked with realtors, played lots of games with kinsey, got lots of snuggles from my handsome prince:), SCARED ephram when kinsey and i were hiding in the covers lol!, and got a call from kelly!:)

October 24- braden's eye apt, field trip to UNC TV (GREAT one!), cailey worked, jump rope class for cailey and the morgan girls, awana, cleaned ALL DAY in between everything else, brian and i looked at the coachman's trail house and loved it!.

October 25- school, met with 4 realtors throughout the day (9, 1, 4:00, 5:30), went to ephram's fall festival at preschool, started feeling yucky, played lots of games with braden, and went to bed early.

October 26- not feeling great, watched alex, co op, AHG, pam brought the girls home and stayed to visit, cheryl came and visited all afternoon (we got cailey's paycheck lol!), made all of kinsey's party food (pretzels, cake, rice krispie treats), morgan girls came over and played all afternoon and evening, and signed a contract to sell and buy a house.

October 27- still sick, woke up early and did the neighborhood yard sale, TONS of prep for kinsey's party, brian went to the duke/carolina game, more prep, gracie and emily ruth played over all day, lots of playing outside in the cloudy but not rainy day, and kinsey's birthday party!

October 28- church, kids played outside in the cool cloudy (hurricane sandy no rain) weather with gracie and emily ruth, more de cluttering for pics tomorrow, went to the fall festival at bayleaf with leslie and the kids, and had a blast watching the kids have such a fun time!

October 29- happy 7th birthday to my Kinsey girl!, piano lessons, cfa for kinsey, school, played lots of games with kinsey, Ww crafts with ephram, sang lots to my girl, sibling presents, went to elmcroft (nursing home) for trick or treating, presents with mommy and daddy, and birthday tickles!

October 30- early school, waffles for breakfast!, person here to measure the house, preschool for ephram, science class,  more school, COLD day, outside play, cailey went to watch jack, played outside with kinsey and ephram with the Wwagon, saw that our house went 'live',  took kinsey out on a date while leslie watched the other kiddos, and carved pumpkins together!

October 31- watched emily ruth for the day:), girls played LOTS of tupperware ball, library for halloween story time and trick/treating, cfa for free lunch w/ costumes, outside play, movie, bingo, more games, school with kinsey, and trick or treating with the morgan's.

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