A Happy Halloween, indeed!

I'm trying to catch up on blogging.  

 And life.  

 Today is a great day to do that! 

 I'm sitting here with an icepack on my knee

 because I have a sprained ligament
and a displaced kneecap.   

Yesterday I was on 
my feet too much

 (big shock there)

 and my knee gave out on me 

when I was carrying Lexi down the stairs.  

Thankfully I was able to keep Lexi safe 

but I can't say the same for my knee!  

Thanks to the help of Nick, 
Tif and Uncle Edward

 I have been able to take it easy. 

 I'm not exactly loving this.

There's a reason my husband

calls me by my dad's name.

 I hate sitting still!!!

Here is my reality for the next 6 weeks.

 

  
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My blog overhaul

should be finished soon.

I am excited to share

our adoption story

as the first post!

Until then, I'll try to catch up

on what we've been doing lately.

Halloween was a perfect day.

Which is weird.

Holidays make me a bit anxious.

Seriously.

Lila has Sensory Processing Disorder

and Lexi has her own

little sensory issues.

Anything out of the ordinary 

can set them off a bit.

Not to mention that we have

spent the last two Halloween evenings

with the same friends in Virginia 

so Lila kept asking 

when we were going to see them.

      Lila had a party at school

and she was supposed to

dress like a character

out of a storybook.

She chose Snow White.

She actually dressed up

in this costume 3 years ago.

It's a keeper.

Tilt your head to see this blurry photo.

I'm not sure who took it.

Pretty sure it was me.

I was excited because

Lexi and I were invited 

to the party too!

Keep that head tilted.

Same photographer.

The party was a big success.

I was so proud of Lila.

She did all the projects

and played all of the games.

She sat still during story time.
Hopefully I have blurred
the other kid's faces enough
as I don't have permission to
post their photos.

Another

great part of the day?

The people at Lila's school

love Lexi too!!

This is Lila's music teacher.

She loves both of our girls!

Fun.

After school Lila had a riding lesson.

And Lex had a great time 

playing in the dirt

outside the arena.

After riding we had to hurry home and

get dressed up in our costumes so 

we could go trick-or-treating with our friends.

We were having so much fun we

didn't take that many photos.

Thankfully we got a few.