Fall Break Weekend

Last Friday was Homecoming. The dance started before the football game ends - kind of strange - but that is how they do it. Pumpkin opted out of the game as it was raining and raining. I was the driver. We picked up his "friend," really just a friend and another girl. Her mom took pictures but I don't have them yet. Here are two the Big Guy snapped before we left.
We were teasing Pumpkin that his mom is the only one who can kiss him! I think he had an okay time. From what he told us, there was some girl drama. He wasn't the cause of it. Thank goodness. I don't think he has any patience for girl drama. Love it!

We were supposed to leave for Cincinnati on Saturday morning. Peanut had other plans for us. He ended up with a stomach bug and ran a fever for a day or so. We thought it wise to cancel the trip. It was a bummer that we did not get to spend time with my family. We made the most of it here at home. The weekend was productive even with the rain. I think they said that it has rained 12 of the last 15 days! That is lots of rain for October. Our maple tree leaves are falling off from the rain before they even turn that beautiful red!

The Big Guy took vacation too. I guess we had a staycation right here. Peanut was better in a few days. It took until today for him to really have his appetite back.

Anyway...Tuesday was the Big Guy's birthday! We celebrated with his request for Chicken Pot Pie. If you look closely, you can see his wise, old age carved into the crust.

Another request was for chocolate cake from Costco. I don't even want to think about how many calories are in that. He loves it! We got him a tshirt, a biking jersey and a spare pair of biking cleats to alternate his biking shoes. Yes. All those gifts are bike related. Did I mention it has been raining? He has not had the opportunity to get out on his two wheels. Ugh!!

When we painted Elliot's room, we noticed an electrical line was run to his closet. There was a switch for it and everything. I think the builder just forgot to hook it up. The Big Guy installed the electrical box in the ceiling and hooked up the fixture. Let there be light!

Pumpkin will love picking out his clothes - now that he can see them!

Peanut was not too much help. He just played with the multipurpose screw driver.

All in all, we had a nice little fall break here at home.

The boys went back to school on Wednesday and we are back into the routine. The best treat of all was having visitors yesterday. Rachel, Kevin and Averie came to visit. Kevin had a conference in Tunica. I snagged the girls. We hung out for the day. Isn't this little cutie adorable? They stayed for dinner. We loved seeing them and are so glad they stopped by. We only hope we will get to see more of them!