Random

It's been a while since I had a random thought post. Honestly I was so busy during October that I didn't think I would be able to keep up with writing about everything. Nothing has changed but I am so overwhelmed that a good random post seemed to help me just have a brain dump. Here goes.....

~ Cooler weather is here and we have enjoyed having a few of these already:

~ I need to have a big Baby A update real soon. She is now in a toddler bed and her bedroom is such a cute girly big girl room now. I have pictures so I try to get that post up next week.

~ We have now rid our home of the last baby items. It was weird to see it go but BELIEVE me I was THRILLED to see it all go. It's exciting to think of the next phases of our children's lives. They are all 3 growing so fast and the time only seems to fly by faster lately.

~ I picked up crocheting. I am loving the big chunky crocheted scarfs and was not willing to fork out at least $40 for one. So I started making my own. I am loving it so far. It's a great thing for me to pick up in car line, doctor's offices or right before I go to bed. I'll post a picture of it once I am done (hopefully while it is still scarf weather).

~ Halloween was a huge hit this year. I was SO WORRIED about the candy since we have to be so careful with Rascal's allergy. Well we are blessed with so many thoughtful friends and family and so many went out of their way to make sure my kids had safe candy. I'm talking goody bags and full size candy bars. It's so weird what Rascal can and can't have...like regular size plain Hershey bars are fine but king size or mini plain Hershey bars are made on the same equipment as nuts so he can't have them. If a "safe" candy has been bagged with a nut type of candy then that means the "safe" candy is no longer safe. I was so worried that he wouldn't have any candy that I bought them plenty of candy myself. At the end of the night, here was their loot:

That day they were able to wear their costumes to school so here are the pictures I got before school:

He loved his face painted and we added more that night before trunk or treat. 

Rascal went like this since they weren't allowed to wear masks. And Baby A??? Well let's just say she's Rascal's shadow, that very accurate!! 

Here she is later that day before we headed to the school for parties. She wore this dress last year too:

She was so little and had NO hair :) 

I didn't get any pictures of them at trunk or treat but they were so over pictures by that time that it was probably for the best. 

I did get this picture of Rascal sound asleep on the way to trunk or treat:

~  Switching gears...... I have been listening to Christmas music for a good 2 weeks (or more) now. What's great is that Baby A loves it too and when she hears Jingle Bells she will sing it the rest of the day. I am so ready for Christmas to get here. My tree is up and ready to be fluffed and decorated. Tim picked up an authentic German made Advent calendar when he was in Germany a few weeks ago. I can't wait to pull it out and use it this year. He knows me so well and knows my love for Christmas and decorating for it. So he picked me up an authentic German made smoker. It's a little wooden German man that you put an incense cone inside and it smells your house up like Christmas. Tim was told that it is the traditional decoration in Germany and that everyone has one in their homes. I think the little man is so adorable and can't wait to set him out and use him.

~ Tim was in Seattle this week and one night I seriously needed quiet!  Miraculously my kids laid down together and watched Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving:

Oh and we had another added to the crew that night:

 

We tried Heidi inside that night. I wish so badly that she could be inside with us. She is the smartest most well behaved dog I have ever had. She laid on her blanket while we ate dinner, tried to get on the furniture once but after being told no she never tried it again. She kept an eye out for the kids at every moment too:

She's laying on their blanket in the picture above :) and she has her eyes on what the kids are doing. 

Look closely...... Baby A is using Heidi as a pillow while watching TV. 

I would take Heidi out on her leash to go to the bathroom at night but she would only stand by my side and was on high alert to every sound around us. She is such a great protector and there is no doubt she loves all of us so much. 

However, the next morning I felt the affects of having her inside. My allergies were horrible and I had a bad headache. I even was on allergy medicine the entire time she was in and it didn't help much.

Truth be told I think she prefers to be outside anyways.