Another October Week

 Claire

What to say? She had another great week at school and is jealous whenever Shay gets to do something fun at home with me. On Friday, I had to take my car in to be checked on and since they were close to the library we went there for 5 hours! I saw our day as long, but Shay got to spend so much time at the library and then got taken out to lunch because the car service took so long. Her happy meal came with a Halloween bucket and made Claire jealous so I should take her on a date sometime soon to make her feel special, but then Shay would feel left out...so hard to keep them both happy! They both came with me to a new quilt shop to drop my sewing machine off to be serviced though and then we went to Chris's work for a pizza dinner together before he went hunting again. She also enjoyed being babysat by a new friend last night so Chris and I could go to a haunted house and then looked for her friend at church today.

Shay

She is such a good girl when I have her come to places with me and listens so much better than when they are both together! When the car was being looked at she walked and talked with me to the library and played quietly with all of the things there without disturbing anyone. We even read a bunch of books together and she played the computer learning games they have for kids. I admit she got distracted while I was ordering when we went to eat, but when we were sitting down she didn't complain too much that I didn't have a show on my phone for her to watch. Luckily the Happy Meal had a sticker toy she played with to keep her busy during the meal since there wasn't a play place. I caught her really focused when she was coloring her picture from church and sticking her tongue out really far!

Us

As mentioned before, Chris went hunting again leaving straight from work on Thursday, and didn't get home unit Saturday. No luck getting a deer, but he enjoys the time in the mountains and with his dad and brother which makes it worth it. What isn't worth it is being sick because he was feeling it when he left and then came home more stuffy and coughing than before! When he was coming home we talked about wanting to go to the Haunted World that isn't too far from where we are and I was able to get a babysitter on short notice to play with the girls and put them to bed. It was packed and Chris was disappointed because there aren't as many fun jump scares when you know where they are because the people 2 feet in front of you got scared. I personally think it was perfect that way because I dislike being too scared and was actually able to enjoy the decorations and even though some of the smoke and fog they used really stank, I liked it. Of course, next week when we go to the corn maze, I think I'll enjoy it way more and I'm excited!

Baby

Just a little news on how the pregnancy is going! He is kicking a lot more and Claire asks to feel my belly a lot even though it's hard to catch the perfect time to feel it. I certainly feel it a lot and notice aches after standing or walking for too long (like the haunted house this week). Mostly, I do short walks and then take breaks with Shay during the day so I wasn't used to the almost 2 hours of walking with bad shoes. I still don't feel like I'm craving things specifically, but sweets are a temptation I have to keep out of the house!