Hello and Happy Monday! Our weekend was a bit of a doozy. Mostly for me, a person who thrives on plans and was used to being busy through the entire month of October. So to have a weekend without almost any plans, no reason to leave the house and two kids who won’t leave your side and love to have a weekend meltdown, all while your husband is trying to tear down a wall upstairs, had me having my own weekend meltdown 🤪 Luckily, Sunday got us out of the house and breathing some fresh air, so I feel mostly recovered. Onward and upward, I guess!

Friday, Dempsey and I rode the bike bus over to school and then I headed home to work and snuck in a mid-day massage. Later on, I picked Dempsey up and took him to the barbershop for a haircut. He must’ve asked for a mohawk because I looked up and he looked like this 😂 We went home and ordered pizza and Joey and Lydia made it home just in time for it to arrive. We hadn’t had a family movie night in too long and were all really looking forward to it! The OG Star Wars! I was worried they wouldn’t be into it because of the older graphics but they seemed pretty hooked (though Lydia did keep asking me if Vader was going to choke someone every time he appeared on screen 😅). We made it through half and hopefully we can finish it next weekend. After the kids were in bed, Joey and I watched GBBO and headed to bed ourselves.

Saturday was our hard day. I woke up with Lydia in my bed, after waking up once at 4 AM needing her blanket fixed and again at 5:30 AM having had a nightmare 😩 So she came downstairs to watch me workout 😂 and then once Dempsey was up, I made us all some sourdough waffles. So good! The rest of the day involved me trying to put away Halloween decorations and stopping every few minutes to break up a fight, or get one of the kids something, or stop Dempsey from trying to get in the car and take himself to Home Depot. Ay yi yi! We did get our Halloween stuff put away (LOL at Lydia getting herself dressed and Dempsey naming/labeling his witches) and Joey made some progress on Lydia’s closet, then I made us soup for dinner and we played a new game Dempsey taught us before the kids went to bed. After, Joey and I watched The Invite. I had heard all about how funny it was, that I took me by complete surprise when it ended the way it did. We liked it though and I do actually think my parents know someone named Hawk 😂

We had family pictures to take on Sunday! But not before Joey and Lydia walked down the street to pick up some breakfast burritos for all of us 🥰 We got ready afterward — Lydia finally fits in the matching dress she has with Bitty Baby and she very begrudgingly changed out of it to wear the dress we bought for our photos 😂 — and headed into Evergreen. Such a beautiful spot on such a beautiful day! The kids did soooo good posing for the camera and I cannot wait to see how they all turned out. Afterward, back home for lunch and then Joey took the kids to Home Depot (finally!) while I made salads. We’re making our way through Avatar: The Last Airbender, so we watched a few episodes while Joey worked on the closet and then I took them across the street to shoot off Dempsey’s rocket. We finally have the hang of it! I made us a sheet pan chicken and veggie meal for dinner and three out of the four of us ate it, so I’ll call it a win. We played more of our game before taking the kids up to bed and then Joey and I watched the penultimate episode of East of Eden. Today, I’m ordering my Thanksgiving turkey and baking a loaf cake. Hope you all have a good one!