I know, I know. I haven't posted in forever. October has just been a super busy month and I have been doing just enough to keep my head above water. How about some updates? :)
Riley ~ Riley has his last night of "Learn to Skate" class tonight. Paige and I didn't go with last time but Ryan says that he's catching on more and more. I went the second week and "mom mode" kicked in when I saw him struggling to get to the end of the ice he was supposed to be at. I had to turn away a couple times because you could tell he was trying his hardest but just wasn't able to keep up with the other kids. He's pretty much the youngest kid out there so it's to be expected ... but, yeah, it's hard to watch your 4 year old struggle like that. He starts actual hockey practice the second week in November. His other big news is that he's headed up north to grandma and grandpa's house with daddy for deer hunting. He's been asking and asking and asking and PLEEDING with dad to go with ... and dad finally caved. I'm not sure how much he'll actually spend out but I think he's just excited to be included. (And Paige and mommy plan to shop while the boys are gone!!!)
Paige ~ Paige is talking more and more. I'm not sure anyone outside of Ryan, Shelley (daycare), Riley and myself can understand much of what she says but we keep encouraging her to "use her words". She talks a LOT about the whole potty training thing but most of the time she tells us AFTER she's gone. The one exception? The other night after bath I was trying to get her dressed ... I'd had a long weekend working and was tired. She wouldn't let me put her diaper on and went over to the bathroom. I was the mean mom and wasn't in the mood to deal with the 2 seconds of sitting on the toilet only to do nothing besides putting a half roll of toilet paper in the bowl afterwards so I told her that no, she needed her diaper on. So what does she do? She peed in the hallway. Yep, mom of the year award for me. :) The positive (that I kept telling myself as I was cleaning it all up) was that she told us before she went. Hopefully we're making progress there (as long as mom cooperates).
Ryan ~ Ryan is headed out to Texas tomorrow for work. Whoever planned this conference obviously doesn't have kids as they planned it over Halloween. :( He managed to get tickets for a Wild vs Stars game while he's down there which I think he's pretty pumped about. Besides that he's been busy working on my "honey-do" list. He's put a new faucet in one of the bathrooms, put up a new towel rack and toilet paper holder, fixed some chipping issues we had in the tub downstairs, varnished and put up new closet doors in the office and a few other smaller things from leftover summer projects. Plus he's been "super dad" quite a bit lately by taking the kids out when I have sessions.
Me ~ I've been trying to keep the household together but feel like I'm failing at it right now. October and November are just swamped with photo sessions for everyone wanting Christmas cards. It's good ... I like it ... I just wish I didn't have that other pesky 40 hour a week job too. :) I seriously would not be able to keep up if it wasn't for Ryan stepping in so much lately! Other than that everything is good. I feel like I've officially made the transition to winter because I've taken out my little knitting bag. :) The SNOW that we got on Sunday helped with that a little too though.
Halloween is this Friday ... it's hard to believe! Riley is going dressed as a hockey player (dad wants to add a black eye to the costume) and Paige is going dressed as a flower. How total opposite can you get huh? :) We'll head out to trick or treat with some neighbors. I'm not sure how long Paige will last but hopefully it'll be long enough to make it around the block. I figured that would give Riley a decent number of houses to hit up for candy. I'll throw some blankets in the wagon with a doll or two and a sippy cup of juice and that should tide her over for a while.
Well, that's all that's new on this end. I have pictures to post but those are on a different computer. I'll try to get those up soon. Have a great
Halloween everyone!
