It’s Friday the 15th, but feels like Friday the 13th because this morning I was trying to help Joey carry two coffees and a sandwich into the house and what I actually did was scare him so that he spilled the coffee onto himself and then when I was unloading the dishwasher I dropped a bowl onto another bowl and then hit a Mason jar. All three shattered all over the counter and kitchen floor! WHYYYYY. Anyway, it’s been a good week otherwise because Dempsey has recovered from his bout of bad sleep and we got to take him to the pumpkin patch for the first time. THE BEST!
Monday at the park with Grandma and Grandpa and do you see that handsome boy?!
I worked from home on Tuesday and was there ALL BY MYSELF! Felt weird but good at the same time. I’m a better mother, wife and person when I get a little alone time 😊 Had a pretty lunchtime salad for one too!
We were trying to think of a time that we could take this little dude to the pumpkin patch and then we remembered we both work from home on Wednesday and it would probably be way easier, quicker, less crowded to go on a week day. And we were going to drive 20 minutes into Broomfield but I pass this little farm just up the road every week and it looked perfectly cute! We had the place all to ourselves and Dempsey got his fill of pumpkins to touch and look at. Homeboy LOOOOOVES pumpkins!
Also, THAT JACKET, THAT HAIR, THOSE TEETH 😍😍😍
This weekend Joey is running a half marathon (!!!), we have a family party to go to (!!!) and we have a mostly plan-less Sunday before another busy week that includes someone’s first birthday (!!!!!!!!!!). Hope you have fun plans lined up too!
Whew! Anyone else feel like life is moving just a little bit too fast right now? We have lots going on the next few weeks and then BAM, we’ll be on vacation at the beginning of November and then home and straight into the holidays?! Just reminding myself to breathe and slow down long enough to take it all in.
This busy baby was at Grandma’s on Friday but when he got back home, we took him in his car down the street to see some ghosts and bats. Lots of pointing ensued. Holiday decorations are so much fun this year, now that he can take them in! We made salmon and rice noodles for dinner and PLEASE, SOMEONE TEACH ME HOW TO MAKE RICE NOODLES!!!! Every dang time I make them, I end up with a sticky starchy mess. Dempsey didn’t mind and ate a ton of them. We were maybe going to watch a movie but when it’s Friday and you’re a parent, you’re just so tired by the end of the week that you can really only make it through a single episode of Ted Lasso. Whoa, that season finale was intense!
Saturday morning almond butter pancakes were a huge hit with Dempsey. I think he ate four?! Please note his new cheek bruise too. He is FEARLESS on our bed and we are constantly trying to catch him before he flings himself off of it but I was just a second too slow and he faceplanted on my nightstand 😬 I think I was more sad about it than he was though.
Spent his first naptime getting some stuff done outside. Mainly, planting our mums. Hopefully they get enough sun over there! After lunch, we strolled past the Harvest Festival that was happening at the nearby school but it was just a bunch of kids roaming around, so we headed to the park instead. Dempsey was truly in his happy place and my happy place is seeing him smile, so I was in mine too ❤
Post nap, #2, we put up a few Halloween decorations in the front yard, but I think Dempsey was more into the boxes than the actual décor. We had evening plans to meet up with Hannah, Josh and the boys at Edgewater Public Market but Mason wasn’t feeling well so they had to take a raincheck. We were hooked on the idea though, so we still headed over. Tried the mac n cheese and pizza spots, which were good, but the sliders are still best. Dempsey was SO distracted by the group of people sitting behind us, so he wasn’t eating the best dinner but what can you do? He did love this chair however 😂
After his bedtime, we queued up Dogtooth because we are Yorgos Lanthimos fans and it was the only one of his films we hadn’t seen. It was… uncomfortable to say the least. But very interesting! I do like when you find a director that has a small enough catalog that you can watch all of their movies and see the evolution of their style. That quick-paced inflectionless dialog has been there from the beginning!
Okay, Sunday went by way way too fast! I woke up, we saw a movie, it was bedtime. Or that’s how it felt at least. We picked up Sunny’s for breakfast and it’s now just part of my personality to order the same dish then complain about how big the chunks of cauliflower and potato are and how they’re not cooked all the way through. My parents came over later on, so we could go see a movie. Gonna have to wrap my head around not seeing every movie opening weekend now that I’m a parent, so Bond will have to wait because we were just getting around to Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Gosh, what a ridiculous film! I thoroughly enjoyed myself 😂 I should’ve known but I didn’t know Tom Hardy also voices Venom and I love that!
Back at home, Dempsey’s second nap was not going to plan, so we didn’t have as much time to get some stuff done as we thought we were going to. First birthday party plan refining/Cowboys game watching/indoor Halloween decorating and dinner all had to be just a bit rushed. Not exactly ideal, but again, what can you do? Quinoa was on the dinner menu and someone was having a fun time making a mess with it 😂🤪 And he also put a beet on his forehead at some point. What a ham!
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