November Now

 Claire

For her shortened school day on Halloween, I put her hair in a bun and did my best to make it look like a spider. I should have found a bigger black piece of fabric, but she loved it how it was, and then I had to do the same for Shay. Chris worked until 6pm and we went out trick or treating as soon as he got home so we felt rushed and I didn't get a picture of them in their outfits. Claire was Owlette from PJ masks to match her sister's outfit and we drove to the street her teacher's house was so we could walk up and down that one. There were so many other kids around walking and we got a full bucket for each girl including one full-sized Hershey's bar, cotton candy, a soda, and lots of other little candies. So far they've eaten some and parent tax has taken the really good stuff. We also filled the day that she had off of school on the 1st with going to the library and painting some pictures. Claire was practicing and getting really frustrated with trying to set up dominos, I even has a hard time getting them all in the line the one time I did it.

Shay

On Wednesday, it snowed all morning and the girls noticed right before Claire had to go to school so Shay got to play out in the backyard for a while before getting too cold. When Claire came home they played together but it wasn't good enough snow to make a snowman like they wanted so they just did snowballs and dug down into the mud. It melted the next day but they seem really excited about it and I'm glad we are going to enjoy it now that we are back in a place where it snows. I need to get them some snow pants and sleds so we can enjoy being in this hilly area! Most of the parks have at least little hills that will be easy for the girls to climb up and down, but it has to snow again. Without Claire around, I get to see her keeping herself busy and finding things to do which is interesting to me in its own way. There hasn't been a lot of time in her life that she has been without her sister honestly.

The Makers

I went for a job interview this week at a gym Kidcare I would be able to work at with the girls coming with me. They apparently don't have a lot of hours, but I got the job and hopefully will get enough hours to make it worth it more than a free membership for Chris and me. Even with our own gym at home, having more cardio, machines, and amenities at the gym will be cool again, especially the sauna stuff. I wished there was a job that I could do online from home, but be able to walk away every so often to take Claire to school and spend time with them. They won't leave me alone long enough during the day for me to have a job where I have meetings or set times I have to be at the computer. This will work for now and I will hopefully get more hours as I'm there longer so we can have an extra income to pay more toward our debt. We have officially started and did our first payment.