Belated October

I realized that I've posted about the 2 most important happenings in October - Erin's birthday and Halloween - but did not update on the rest of the month!  As usual for us lately, we had a busy month.  Erin was tracked out of school for the first 3 weeks, so we had a really great time together.  We started it off with Anna's last dance class (that Erin got to attend too) on the 4th and a very fun outdoor family concert on the 5th, at which Erin really shook her tail feather.  We love watching her dance!

The next day, we had a fun baby shower for Sofia at our house coupled with an "emergency" vet visit for Bella's ruptured cyst.  Two weeks of oral and topical antibiotics (plus sporadic cone-wearing) later, she's as good as new.  Here are most of the shower attendees:



We sustained flu shots x 3 (Bob refuses to get one and I refuse to pay for Bella's) with minimal tears. Mommy and Daddy had their first-ever getaway to Niagara Falls from the 12th-14th.  Erin and Anna stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Ambrosini, to whom we are very grateful!  The girls did really well with them, and we had a great trip.  My only stipulation was that I did not want to go anywhere hot, so that's kind of how we ended up going north.  We had lots of fun and could definitely take another trip without kids; hopefully it will be sooner than 4 more years until the next one!



We had Erin's birthday celebration in Asheboro on the 20th, family/4th birthday portraits on the 21st, and back to school on the 22nd.  Daddy went camping on the 27th-28th and made it back in one piece.  It is always uncertain if that will happen with his man trips that involve hatchets, pocket knives, and bows and arrows!  Then we had a fun Halloween week to wrap up the month.

I'm trying to do some structured activities with Anna when I can work them in.  She is really interested in cooking projects and some crafts.  We made bird feeders, which was really just her eating peanut butter. 




So, all of these events, plus quality time with Cole, trips to the Y, library, parks, Bible Study, church, playing outside, helping out our neighbor friends, doctor appointments, chores, and errands filled up our month for sure!  Some house projects just never seem to get done because we have many more fun things to do.  Anyone want to paint Anna's room???  How about stain the deck?  We had a great one and are looking forward to the upcoming holidays!