We had a pretty laid back weekend and, as a result, I only took ten photos. I have something like eight videos of Dempsey-as-YouTuber, showing how to set up your backyard for Halloween, if you need em though 😂

Friday, I got my nails done then worked until Lori brought the kids home. At four, I took them to the pediatrician for Dempsey’s five year wellness check and flu shots but when we got there, they told me they were out of flu shots 😅 The kids were so excited! Back at home, we hung out in the backyard and admired the pink clouds before having my sis and Wayne over for ramen dinner. Dempsey wanted to watch Zombies 2 with them and kept making Uncle Wayne dance any time there was a musical number 😂 After they left, we got the kids to bed then watched the first half of the GBBO finale but we were both falling asleep and decided to wait on the rest.

I know I’m not the first to realize this, but it’s not being with my kids that’s hard, it’s trying to do all of the other stuff WHILE being with my kids that makes it hard. Luckily, we had nothing on the agenda for Saturday and it made for a really nice day being able to hang with the kiddos. They both helped put out the few Thanksgiving decorations we have while I finally cleaned up the indoor Halloween decorations and then Dempsey and I made all those videos of him setting up Halloween decorations outside. He’s so funny and perfect!

Around 4:30, we picked up dinner for the kids, Lori and Chad and took them over to their house for the night. Then Joey and I went home, ate dinner, watched the second half of the finale (I had no doubt it would end the way it did and I think it was much deserved!) then headed out to an engagement party for my long time friend Jenn and her fiancé Korey. Saw a lot of people I hadn’t seen in years, so that was fun and the couple of cocktails I had were really good too! We left around 10 when we were both yawning and immediately went to bed when we got home 😂👴👵

Woke up the next morning and took ourselves to breakfast at The Fox and the Hen and then Joey dropped me off at home and went to get the kids. I knocked out salads while he was gone, so I had nothing I had to do once the kids were home! Dempsey and I played outside for a bit and we watched Lydi’s new favorite movie, the animated version of The Grinch. Joey cooked us dinner and I thought it was really good! The kids ate two bites then told us they were hungry in bed as we were tucking them in 🤪 After they were both asleep, we watched an episode of The Amazing Race and a bit of SNL and then I was in bed asleep by 9:30 😂 Woke up feeling refreshed, so maybe an early bedtime is what I needed! Hope you all have a good week 😊

Halloween is over, can you believe it?? While I fully expect it to be Halloween in my home for the rest of… forever (??), it is a bit sad that yard decorations are coming down, Home Depot animatronics are fully cleaned up and spooky season happenings are over. That being said, this was our most fun Halloween season yet! We had Dempsey’s school party on Friday afternoon then headed out trick-or-treating later that evening. It was the busiest I’ve seen it in our neighborhood and Lydia was straight up giddy running from house to house for candy!

The rest of the weekend involved a sleepover at Grandma’s for the kids, Denver Film Fest and dinner at Bar Dough for Joey and I, and a Sunday of time-change disorientation, 80 degree weather, too many chores to do and the kids going to bed at 7 PM 😂

Dempsey’s school party was as chaotic and overstimulating as you’d expect 😅 Leave it to him to find all the skeletons in the classroom to play with. Afterward, we went home for a quick and early dinner of grilled cheese and tomato soup, then headed out to trick-or-treat shortly after 6. We hit up all of our close neighbors, then headed down a nearby street and Lydia was having the time of her life! Dempsey mostly inspecting everyone’s porch decorations. They both hugged and kissed that Count Mickula blow up 😂 They were ready to call it quits shortly after 7, which was perfect because it meant we got to hand out candy to a few groups of trick-or-treaters and get the kids to bed on time. Dempsey got those vampire teeth and I think he liked them more than all the candy!

Saturday started with pumpkin pancakes by Joey because the kids wouldn’t let me out of Dempsey’s bed with them. Finally got downstairs for breakfast and then we tag-teamed child care and errands, so we could both go for a run. We’re in our Zombies phase and the second film has some real bangers on the soundtrack. We were all singing along to “Call to the Wild” on our way back from Target. After lunch, I got Lydia down for a nap and after she was up, we took the kids over to Lori’s then headed to the Holiday Theater for Denver Film Fest! We saw Jay Kelly and while I felt like it was slightly sentimental/tedious, I still liked it. George Clooney remains incredibly handsome. We had dinner at Bar Dough afterward and I think the garlic bread was my favorite part of the meal 😋 Back at home, we watched another movie. Look at us go! This was funny, sweet and harrowing all at once, and I thought it really worked.

We had talked about going out for breakfast the next morning but with the time change, we woke up at 6 AM 😅 Opted for slow-cooked eggs at home instead! I worked out then headed to pick up the kids, while Joey blew out the sprinklers and cleaned up leaves. We took a pic of the kids with our Halloween yard decor since we forgot to do it when we first put it all out and then we “swapped” it out for our turkey blow up. “Swapped” because all of that Halloween stuff is now set up in our backyard, thanks to Dempsey 😂

The rest of the afternoon was Lydia playing around in her bed instead of taking a nap, Dempsey asking me for snack after snack, a shaving cream leaf craft that turned into just playing with shaving cream, Joey making us all dinner and an early bedtime for the kids. Lydia was overtired and asking me to do stuff like “make her bed into a house” and “cut her blanket” 🤷‍♀️ Since they were asleep early, we watched a third movie of the weekend?? Superman was fine, I didn’t love or hate it. I didn’t sleep well and blame the time change, so hopefully our bodies all make the transition by the end of the week. Happy Monday!