Week Forty-four

Anyone who knew his mother as a child, recognizes this facial expression.

He didn't need his sweatshirt. He had mine to share.

We served as security for the fall festival at church which means Greg helped people park and I socialized with all the little ghosts and goblins.

Austin spent the weekend with us. Sunday morning when his mom picked him up, he was upset. He needed three sleepovers, not two. We think he likes it here. But we read books, played with playdough, stacked hexagons and attended a trunk or treat. He and Ty had epic lightsaber battles in the dark garage so they could glow. It was a pretty sweet weekend.

Monday arrived with a rude temperature drop. Ty begged after school for the heat to be turned on for the first time this fall. We conceded. It was pretty chilly in the house. Erin cleaned the house for us while taking client calls from home on Monday. I love this arrangement. Diesel does too.

Erin ordered floral stamps to adorn her gorgeous black wedding invitations. She waited weeks for their arrival before ordering them a second time. Another week passed before she surrendered and ran into the post office for an emergency set to get the invitations mailed. Much to her surprise, her only available options were the Mother Mary, elves or these. Erin had tears of laughter rolling down her face as she adhered them to her once beautiful envelopes. "If I had time to stress details about this wedding, I'd probably be really upset about this." Days later she announced she'd received her first RSVP's, "so people have seen the stamps."

Erin and I slipped away and snagged some shots of her for graduation in the drizzling rain last weekend. She said she needed some fall shots for the ceremony that will fall one day before the wedding. Sister knows how to pack in a full weekend of major milestones. 

This knucklehead turned two yesterday. He has been told he is a big boy now and is expected to show some impulse control. He isn't even entertaining the idea.

She arrived for Halloween with her own leftover container for chili. Makenna was irritated she forgot hers.

Erin wrote the meal plan. I added the Costco list. PS This was not the food we ate all week.

The whole gang arrived for Halloween and warm bowls of chili Tuesday evening. It was so cold that night, we had far fewer Trick-or-treaters than expected. This resulted in leftover candy sitting on the counter. Some of us appreciated that more than others.