New blog

I have started a new blog.....if you are reading this then you are a dedicated fan. :) You just knew one day I would start it back, right? Well I am doing a personal "40 Days of the Blog" Challenge. I have missed it and figured the Lenten time of prayer and reflection could lend itself to this small challenge. Maybe it will stick. We will see.

Same kind of stuff. It is password protected though so e-mail me and I will send you the info.

Present and future of the blog

Oh this poor neglected blog. I have kind of lost the interest in posting and have been posting quick stuff on FB (so much easier with my iphone) so the future of this blog looks a little bleak right now. I may update occasionally. But with the girls in school more often I feel like I: 1. have less time with them to have funny stories (sniff!) and 2. should be enjoying every second of the time I do have with them. But all is very well with us. I had a new idea for a blog (inspired by watching Julie and Julia, though it has nothing to do with french cooking!!) I may start in January. We will see.

Back to MickeyLand

A few weeks ago Kevin was invited to speak in Orlando (quite near DisneyWorld) and initially we thought we would definitely tag along. But as we researched and thought about it it seemed like it might just be too much. But after speaking to one of my BFFs who lives there, on the eve of her birthday, I was inspired to make the trip. SWA was having a great deal, we got a super deal on the hotel and it all just started falling into place. This was Thursday night. We left on Tuesday. Yeah, we can still be spontaneous even with 2 kids. It was an awesome trip. The weather was fantastic and there was no pressure to see (and photograph!) it all since we had just been there in Feb. We saw Dana and her family, we took naps and went to bed early. It was enough to almost (finally!) kick our colds. It was good to hang with the Princesses and Fairies again so soon.

If I did this correctly, you should be able to click here to view our slideshow.

Halloween 2009

Halloween was interesting this year. We spent most of the day in DC celebrating woth my mom who received a major honor in the Catholic Church. She became a Lady of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. It was VERY cool! She looks awesome in her cape.

But the girls made it back to trick-or-treat and wear their beloved costumes. In a rush to get out the door Abigail did not put on shoes (and we did not notice and she did not say anything) so the pink poodle went out in just her socks. I guess it was kind of eventful for Kevin though because somewhere along the line they also decided it was too hot to wear their costumes at all. Then it started to rain! He called me and I drove over to a neighbor's to pick them all up. How eventful. They had plenty of loot to boot.

Playground

Yesterday we went to one of the playgrounds that I tend to get very nervous with when it is very crowded. The two are never going in the same direction so I get so nervous. But it is a favorite and yesterday we had the place to ourselves just about. It was great! We met up with one MOPS friend, one of Abby's little buddies, and they had quite a blast and it was just to good to get out in the fresh fall air!

 

Day with A

The other day Abigail and I set off on a little adventure. She did not get a trip to the pumpkin patch this year like Madelyn did so we took an afternoon trip to a local petting farm/pumpkin patch/park. This place has some of the retired amusement park of local fame, The Enchanted Forest/ So we got to see all our favorite storybook/nursery rhyme characters too! It was such a pleasant afternoon for both of us. It had rained most of the morning and the days before so it was an extra special treat to wear our boots and jump in the mid puddles. The hayride was fun and feeding the bossy goats was an experience.She was majorly tired out though since she fell asleep on the way to get Madelyn and would not even wake up to go to ballet class (which she usually loves!) It was a great fall afternoon---we missed Madelyn---but enjoyed some QT together. It won't last forever--soon (maybe next year) she will be in school 5 days also.