Catch-up

It's been a few days and a few things have happened so I need to play catch-up.

C used to do his school upstairs in our room every day. Due to some very poor choices on his part (loooong stories), for the next few weeks he has to do school downstairs in the living room where I can keep a close eye on him. He'll be down here until he can prove that we can trust him upstairs by himself. Needless to say, it has been hard to keep K from bugging him or being too loud, etc. School just got harder for me. All this happened Thursday and Friday of last week. So all that to say, I haven't had as much computer time cuz I'm trying to entertain K.

Last Saturday we took the kids to the "big" park and played for awhile. We took a walk on one of the nature trails and the kids collected leaves to bring home. That afternoon I put out all my fall decorations and used the leaves as fillers. I think it looks nice.

Sunday was church. Monday was Wal-Mart day. Tuesday we did a little bit of nothing around here.

Wednesday we had a field trip planned for a local apple orchard. We were going to take a tour of the orchard and the barn and the kids were going to get to pick an apple. Then we were going to have a picnic lunch and then do a hayride to the pumpkin patch where the kids were going to get to pick a pumpkin. Well, it rained so we had to cancel the field trip. Since my kids were already dressed for the outside and I had the lunch packed, we went back to the same "big" park and met some friends and played for a little. All the slides were VERY wet and it was a little cool, but I think they had fun anyway. It was nice to get out of the house. I'm going to try to re-schedule the field trip for later.

Thursday was my birthday. Yeah! My brother sent me an e-card that said "Happy Sweet Sixteen or multiple thereof" Exactly. We had Panera bagels for breakfast and went to McAlister's for lunch. Dinner was at Red Robin and then we went shopping for a little. I had opened presents Wednesday night after AWANA cuz we weren't sure how long we would be out shopping. My biggest present every year is the ESPN college football game plan so we can watch FSU play more often. Then the kids got me a new book (K.Kingsbury's Sunset), a new CD (Casting Crowns) and a fall-smelling candle. The book was good, I really like the CD, and the candle smells yummy! After we shopped, we came home and had some birthday cookie. I ate WAY too much yesterday! Oh well. Your birthday only comes once a year.

Today I must do some cleaning. Kinda slow going when your 2 year old wants to help and you have to keep a close eye on your 5 year old. Oh well. It's Friday!