Free Time

I'll start by saying that nothing in this post is going to come as a surprise to anyone with small children or a full-time job, or both (and those are the true crazies). But OMG, free time is nothing short of amazing!  I've had all week off from work to wait for this baby to arrive and the kids have been in school and the worker bee has been at work so I've been all. by.myself.for. a. week.  Awesome!    Now, I'd probably get bored on week #2 of this but week #1 has been pretty refreshing.  Like right now, I'm raiding the kids Halloween candy and they don't even know it!  And next, I'm going to lay on the couch and watch TV.  And I won't even have to get up every 3 minutes to get someone a sippy cup of chocolate milk or wipe up some bodily fluid or save the cat.  Speaking of...this seems relevant:

I think you all have some sort of weird 6th sense that tells you to call me at the exact moment when the kids flake out and it appears as though I'm a very bad parent :-)

I'll end this post by thanking baby #3, still referred to as "it," for hanging in there and giving me this week of free time - lord knows it may never ever happen again.  At least until my next child free vacation.

Halloween 2013

We actually escaped some nasty winterish weather for the one fall day where it counts...Halloween!!  Luckily the rain stayed away and a we had a great 60 degree fall day which was preceded by some very cold weather.  I took the day off from work and volunteered in Luke's 1st grade class to help with the Halloween party and parade.

I was able to get the kids earlier than normal so they had some down time before trick-or-treating which worked out great.  Luke was a vampire and Ade was a cowgirl (sort of).  We couldn't keep Luke away from his costume and we couldn't keep Ade in her costume.  They never cooperate on the same day so this was not surprising.  The left for treats about 6 pm and were home with overflowing buckets by 7 pm.  They both enjoyed handing out the candy when they returned :-)