We started out this week with Halloween!! Aren’t we cute? For your viewing pleasure, I have included some close-ups before the girls left for school. In the older grades we had a wizard, a witch, and, a pirate. Aargh!
In the younger grades, we sent off a bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans, a scarecrow, and a tin man girl. They’re pretty cute, huh?
I forgot to get a picture of Bethany before she got mussed up by the day, but you can see that she is a ballerina fairy, of course.
I was supposed to report for Jury Duty on Halloween. That does sound rather ominous doesn’t it? Fortunately, my trial was cancelled and I didn’t have to appear. That was very nice, becuase, really, Mom is a good person to have around to help with hair and make-up and costumes in the last minutes before charging off to school on the day of Halloween! Not that Kevin wouldn’t have done wonderfully, of course. But, that also meant that I didn’t have to miss the Halloween parade in the afternoon!
That night Megan left us to go trick or treating with a friend. They went to the more expensive neighborhoods and sprinted from house to house (since houses there are also farther apart.) She was actually sore the next day! She definitely worked for her candy!
Savannah and Sarah did not go trick or treating this year, but they did a lot of handing out. Savannah especially since she worked that afternoon and helped hand out candy for the Main Street trick-or-treaters that mob the area in the afternoon. She walked home afterwards and was rewarded with left-over candy from other Main Street businesses that wanted to get rid of it. She was thrilled to help them out, naturally.
That night we went to our church trunk-or-treat, though the numbers were small this year.
Wednesday night was a special night, too. We went to a Stake Youth Talent Night at the church. Participation was open to whoever wanted to and was willing to go through the process of one “audition” and one practice. Sarah participated! She played Pachelbel’s Cannon on the piano and she did great! All the youth who performed did exceptionally well. They also had a slide show of youth visual arts and youth athletes. Savannah had pictures in both of those. It was a fun night! I think Sarah felt overwhelmed by all the people who expressed admiration at her courage to perform in front of such a large crowd. Finally, she said to me, “Two things! First, I didn’t know most of the people there and they didn’t know me and I kept telling myself that. Second, you always say that if you want to get better at something, you have to do it more and I don’t want to be so scared playing in front of people, so I signed up!” I think she told me that so I would stop thinking she was so cool, but it kind of had the opposite effect. I really think she is so cool!
The twins and I had basketball twice this week on Tuesday and Thursday. I think I’m getting more used to the way 1st and 2nd graders play basketball. This is a good thing. Cali and Cheyenne continue to think it is tons of fun!
We also did something fun on Friday night. We were all invited to a sleep-over at Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik’s house – us grown-ups, too! It was a lot of fun. We had dinner and visited, then the kids got in their PJs and we all watched a movie together. We got to sleep in Grandma and Grandpa’s recently finished and very comfy basement which has three bedrooms, a family room, and a guest bath just begging to have us come fill them up! In the morning, Grandma made us all a big breakfast. It was just like old times when we’d come visiting in Idaho! We’re so glad they live close now, though! And we’re so glad that they like having us over -- even in all our chaos! We love you, Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik!
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Sorry I've been absent. Life, you know.
We sure do like having Sarah as our pianist in YW. She's a very good sport.
You're very blessed to have family close by to play with. People you love and enjoy spending time with. I envy that.
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