We've been...

Living life...

making spider crafts

(yes, that's a headband HE is wearing!)

working out and stretching 

playing t-ball 

getting caught red-handed making HUGE messes when we're supposed to be sleeping 

sneaking in our room and climbing in the chair in the middle of the night 

so excited for "cowboy day" at school 

making fall shirts 

riding bikes after school 

getting ready for Christmas (painting Santa bisque) 

throwing fits 

playing at the park 

going through car washes 

eating new foods (for her, this is big...she ate a breakfast sandwich twice that week!) 

getting our teeth cleaned 

and brushing the animals teeth 

As you can see, just life.  Nothing over the top in the last 2 weeks.

Xander has been loving school.  His favorite part is show and tell and is constantly talking about "Cade".  I'm not sure if there really is a boy named Cade, but possibly a Gabe.  He also finally understands his schedule so it makes our days so much easier.  He knows that Tuesdays and Thursdays he goes to preschool, then to sissy's school.  Wednesdays and Fridays he goes to sissy's school.

Because Sterling won't eat sandwiches yet, I'm still having a difficult time finding her options to put in her lunches.  I'm going to pick up some turkey bites and see if she'll eat those.

School is going great for me.  Tomorrow I do my first "unfocused" observation.  I'm excited to get into the classroom and see what goes on in the inside.  

We finalized our travel plans for our December trip(s).  It's going to be a long one.  We've decided to drive the entire thing (because we had to rent one for 20 days, so why not add 2 more to it and just drive).  Most of the trip will be a lot of fun.  We're heading to Charlotte first, where we have Panthers tickets, then we'll go visit our friends that live an hour from there (we miss them SO much!), head down to Florida, up to Atlanta, over to Biloxi, then back home.  I'm not excited to be staying in a hotel most of the time (because come on people, that's expensive!).  I'll be glad for our Atlanta visit :)  No hotel required there.  But I am excited to be creating family memories.  We still need to find activities to do at each location so we're not wasting time or money.

What are some fun places to go with kids in Charlotte and Biloxi?

Have you heard that 5 on Friday is coming back this week?!  I'm excited and hope to keep up with a weekly post for it.

Talk to you on Friday!