Love - Hate Relationship

Fall is the most beautiful time of year to me. We live in an older neighborhood with lots of trees so I get to enjoy all the different colored leaves.

However, I do not enjoy raking up all the leaves. Saturday me and the kids raked and picked leaves up in our front yard and today, well .......

it's MOVING slowly

Moving!! Yeah, well, there is so much that goes into this process. Painting, repairs, major deep cleaning, de-cluttering, packing, yard work, and finding a place to store all our clutter until the house sells. This weekend we got a lot done but it's still hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We showed the house twice yesterday and it's not even on the market yet. We have never done a FSBO so that is a little intimidating; however, if we don't sell it ourselves we will pay a huge chunk to a realtor. Hopefully we will be able to get some more accomplished this week.

Halloween

Nia got to dress-up for school and they went to some places to trick-or-treat. She came home with a Walmart sack busting at the seams full of candy. Last weekend our church had our fall fest and we got candy there and besides that we already had a bucket full at home, needless to say, we had candy running out our ears. Ian & I went to Nia's Halloween party at school. The teachers were exhausted due to the getting in and out of the bus 20 times that morning so they appreciated the extra help with the pizza party.

Batman picking his nose & sucking his thumb - makes a mom proud!Christiana & Nia (The pooh suit was just to hot to keep on ALL day)Mrs. Crews & Mrs. Nusz

Later on that night we went to a fall fest at a local church and the kids got to play some games.

We came home and I cooked supper while dad & kids handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters. We gathered all the candy we had and what had just been given to the kids and I told them to get rid of it. I don't let them have candy but on special occasions so there is no need for it here. Nia was being VERY generous and by the time supper was done (about 20 minutes - it was hot dogs) almost all of it was gone. That's what I'm talking about.

Hard to Believe

Romeo is 30!!!!!
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday We love you!
Happy Birthday to You!!!

We celebrated his birthday today by singing to him this morning while he was still in bed. He wanted Chicken Scaloppini for supper & a Pina Colada cake for dessert. Nia made him a book with pictures of him & her, Ian drew a picture of a birthday cake, & we all committed to serving him in specific ways this next week.





To see more photos of the "party" go to Romeo's website!