Unusually Busy Week

Oh my goodness- I cannot believe October is almost over!  I guess I'm glad to have gotten a lot accomplished, but also glad to make Monday's my stay home and clean up the house/tackle laundry day.  Last Monday was my pajama day.  Yes, I'll admit it, I hadn't had one of those in a long, long time. Didn't go anywhere, and my hair didn't get "did" and I didn't care.  Course you know Murphy's law -- I did have an unexpected drop in visitor (which only happens on days you are NOT presentable- haha), but luckily it was just the neighbor kids with their fundraiser- and not the UPS man:-)

I made this super easy flower arrangement for my front door.  I wanted something fallish- but not all orangey.

I hosted a nice morning play date at my house with some new friends from this Momtourage group I'm in.  Yes, the name is so funny,  like we've got our "entourage."  Rollin' in our minivans- haha. It was fun with donuts, juice, and some incredibly cute children.

 The kids got their flu shots, and Drew had an unexpected trip to the doctors office, and after a few tests, including a blood test, which he was NOT happy about, I had to take the sweet kid to Jimmy Johns. (well, all the kids since it was after school and I forgot to bring snacks and they were starving.)  Luckily everything was fine and the doc had simple explanation for his problem, and we checked his sugar levels and allergies too.

He did like his cool red bandage however, and was quite brave after the initial freak out-- but I can't blame him.  I remember being so worried about getting my blood drawn when I was 14 and he's only 7.  I had to do it in order to get a wellness pass to the rec center where I worked so I could work out there for free... I was really anxious about the whole thing but managed to suck it up and got the pass.

I had another dentist appointment- luckily that was only 10 minutes instead of an hour so I ended up being kid-free and got some shopping done at the mall... I need to do THAT more often. Totally nice to recharge by myself with some retail therapy--and a pretzel from Aunt Annies- yum! Picked up my new favorite "sparkley camo" top.  While I shopped for outfits for our family pictures.  Also took the kiddos to play at the library this weekend, and get Drew some more of his favorite "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books to read (we just laugh and laugh together while he reads them to me at bedtime).  Now if I can just make it through Halloween festivities this week-- and yes I do have to buy more candy to pass out because there is only like 10 pieces left in the 150 pc bag I got previously-- big surprise I know. :-)