November Blew By!

 Between home school schedules, preparing for a vacation and Christmas, and my job at the bead bar, November was an exhausting whirlwind and our trip to AMI was well worth it and needed at the end of this month.  The hard work is paying off since I front loaded so many Christmas tasks, I'm not feeling 100% overwhelmed now that December is here.  Only 85% overwhelmed ;)

Catching up with some good friends.

              

I found this on Nolan's computer.  He sent this to his girlfriend, Morgan.  He also wrote this adorable note to her and I found it on his nightstand.

Wish we could visit with these two in person.  They turned 90 and 95 this fall.

Our old nanny, and dear friend is finally getting married in January after a long wait due to Covid.

Kate turned 40!  Her birthday dinner with the girls was postponed due to Covid but luckily we were all able to surprise her in her driveway with cake, a nice spa gift card and some balloons.

Quinn worked really hard to make over 40 sandwiches for the homeless as a part of her Girl Scouts activity for November.

                     

Mairin has earned "kid of the month" at KidZone two months in a row!  She earns points every time she attends and there aren't too many other kids that use the gym play area so she's been excited to earn her rewards.

All of a sudden, she is very into princess dresses.

This is what homeschool and working a part time jewelry job look like.  It's a weekly struggle and I constantly feel like by brain is spinning by trying to juggle it all but somehow things are being accomplished.

More KidZone fun.

                      

The neighborhood girl gang.

Where is Mairin?  She told me she was hiding.

Mairin has been sleeping in a sleep sack since she was born.  I didn't even know they made them large enough for a two year old but they do.  One day she saw her hedgehog blanket in her closet, locked eyes on it and decided she was done with the sleep sack and needed to sleep with a pillow.  She was an instant big girl and never looked back.  Goes to show, there is no need to push the milestones, they will do it when they are ready.

Heading out to pick Camilla up from preschool with our sitter, Katie.  This is how you will see Mairin most days around town.