Halloween

For my memory book: Freda Khalo and Muchiro Tokito from Demon Slayer.

I can't get over their creativity...and the fact that they BOTH got invited to hang with friends and trick-or-treat. Which fills this momma's bucket to overflowing.

Happy Hooliganing, kiddos!

 

Friends

The world is just better with good friends. The kind that laugh and scheme...but also do good for others, watch out for others, show kindness to others.

There is no greater wish I could have for my kids in their youthful years...than for them to be kind to others, and to have kindness bestowed upon them.

You don't need to think the same or do the same or be the same.

You can still respect and show grace and mercy.

And you can walk humbly with God.

Go be light, girls... because heaven knows, we need it.

 

For 5 Minutes

Fortunately, for a little longer than five minutes....it's just glorious this time of year. I'll take every ounce of it...because, come February....

 

Softball Done!

Another wonderful season for KK - she really came into her own this fall with Fall Ball in the NorthEast Little League. She's got gumption, that's for sure. Along with nine or ten other girls who will brave rain and sleet and double headers that take ALL DARN DAY on a Sunday...just to play.

I love this.

Go, girl, go.

 

Tennis is Done!

We are done for the season! And he ended with a W! Heck, he ended his last 6 matches going 5-1. Not bad for a kid who only won one match last year.

He tried something new.

He worked at it with decent effort and energy.

And he WON'T STOP GROWING!!!

This one below is him on tip toes...but "it's my life goal" - 

keep growing, kid.

 

Birthday For Bubs

How is it that my sweet boy is 14! How is it that I've been a mom for that long? Wasn't I just in college?!

Regardless, it's here. And he's huge and tall and wonderful and funny and all the things.

So off we go to celebrate...

First -a quick trip to Target to help Sissy buy her brother a present. Complete with a Vanilla Bean Frappacino (a wildly overpriced frozen vanilla milk whip cream thing) from Starbucks.

Seriously though - best $5 to have her chat and talk and scheme and want to spend time with me.

Then home for some pizza and cake with Grandma and Grandpa, plus a treasure hunt to earn his birthday present.

From there, to the Planetarium with YiaYia and Papou - and then a FroYo place for the largest frozen yogurt with cookies you've ever seen. But hey, you get a birthday once every 365 days. It's worth some FroYo.

Because time....it goes by in a blink.

 

Prizing It Up

Before the glorious summer sun fades away to fall, I wanted to sneak my family out to Art Prize. We have this amazing opportunity - and we never go. So...I simply insisted.

We snagged free parking by using our GRPM membership - and once we parked there, the kids asked to go in an explore. Hubs and I loved the idea they wanted to walk through an uncrowded museum.

We then took a stroll across the bridge...and found a few exhibits for Art Prize - totally fun!

 And we ended our adventure with wickedly overprized frozen yogurt. But the natives were hungry and I got my memory...so...it was worth every tasty penny!