Long Time, No Blog

Things have been so busy around here lately that I have not made the time to do my updates. I'm hoping to get back into a regular routine with them now that I'm not working and have more time.


We're at the end of our first official "at home" week and we're all settling in pretty well. Mary Grace didn't have school this Wednesday or Friday because of the fall break so we've really had a true at home week. We've got a pretty good routine going: 8:30 breakfast, then playtime either at home or at the park or at the library then lunch around 11:30 then nap til 2:30 or 3 then we go outside and have craft time on the front porch. We also have to fit in some errands sometimes and we usually do those in the morning. We're sticking to our 8pm bedtime, too.


We've also joined the Rec Center so we've gone there a few times. They have a tot drop so Stephen and I can work out together while the girls play. We'll probably go back there tonight after Stephen gets home from work.


We went to our friends, the Rogowskis, home for dinner last night. Here are some pictures of the kids:

Mary Grace, Elsie, and Olivia

Elsie and Benjamin

I don't realize how much Elsie has that paci in her mouth until I go back and look at pictures I've taken. I always wish I had taken it out of her mouth before taking the photo. I'll have to try to remember to do that.

We have a big weekend ahead, just like the last two. This weekend starts the St. Marys Hay Days festival so we'll be going to the church tomorrow morning to make a scarecrow. Stephen's firm is also doing a scarecrow. Most of the businesses in St. Marys participate and they leave the scarecrows out all over town for the month of October. Some of them are pretty funny. I think Stephen's firm is going to dress one up like a judge.

On Saturday night, we're going to an oyster roast. It's a fundraiser for the local Republican party. There's certainly lots of that going on the next few weeks!

Last weekend we had the Rock Shrimp festival in St. Marys. It's a festival that Kiwanis does every year in October. I ran the 5K race on Saturday morning and Stephen brought the girls out to watch. Well, actually, they were half an hour late so they missed the whole race. Stephen had the girls all set up in the little chairs on the corner waiting for me to run by when he saw me drive off on the way home. Luckily I had my cell phone so he called me. I parked the car around the corner and ran up the street so the girls could see me "race". They never knew the difference!