First Things First!!

I know, I owe you Fall Break pictures and Halloween pictures but first..........

OUR RED SOX WON!!!!!!

I asked Delaney if she wants to go to Boston next Spring to watch the Red Sox play and she said "yes, I will wear red socks".....

This little girl has 3 birthday parties this weekend and play practice!

Life with an 8 year old is busy.

Where has October gone???

We don't know which to be more excited over here at Camp Crazy!!!

Our beloved Red Sox are winning 

And the Hallmark Christmas movies start TOMORROW!

We had a great Fall Break (more on that later) and are back in the swing of things....we are soaking up all things Fall and "one" of us is getting excited for a fun tropical vacation while the "other" one of us is not so excited :-)

GO SOX!!!!

GO HALLMARK!!!

Living our best October

Dance is in full swing and Delaney is loving it. And just like with gymnastics, she has implemented her "no reading rule". 

We have a few more days of school and then we are off for Fall Break!

Second grade is going great! Delaney has all A's except one B (religion). Her teacher text me and told me not to even bother signing up for a parent/teacher conference because Delaney is doing so well. #donthavetotellmetwice 

Is it just me or once it's October are all of your weekends booked through Christmas? 

We're hoping to enjoy all things October....including some of these!

My Star Student

Happy October!!!

a/k/a the BEST month of the year.

(sidenote: I wanted to get married in October but "someone" waited until June to propose)......

I woke up almost giddy that it was October (well that, and the fact I was headed to Target after drop off). And then I was headed to the car dealership because of some pesky little light that kept coming on about low oil, shut off engine. I am religious about oil changes so I was pretty sure it was just a sensor or even worse, major engine trouble because you know, my car is just shy of 100,000 miles when everything goes wrong! My mechanic (another sidenote: he is the husband of the girl who fixed Dave and I up) came out and said "you need an oil change AND NEW TIRES". I told him those tires are only 4 years old and I don't go anywhere! Dave's friend reminded me of all my Target Trips :-)

Play practice is in full swing and started this weekend. Delaney had a play date on Saturday for 7 hours and it was glorious I tell you. I picked her up and the mom said "Delaney told me she wants a Chrysler Pacifica". My daughter is obsessed with getting one. It's ALL she talks about. So much that we had a conversation (which was really me yelling at her) that I didn't want to hear one more word about a Chrysler Pacifica because it was never going to happen. So now when we see one Dave's daughter points and says "there's the car I'm not allowed to talk about".........

Delaney is the student of the week so she and grandma got busy on her poster. I dropped her off this morning and told my student of the week to have a great day and she asked me if I could just call her my daughter, Delaney. 

Her poster says she wants to be a doctor or a teacher. I told her after consuming my life with so many play practices she better change that to an actress!

Well, I am off now to do all things pumpkin!!! Just kidding, I am going to pick up a new gas grill because I am too lazy to clean ours across town!

Happy Fall!

Fall la la la la la la la la

Fallelujah

NATIONAL DAUGHTERS DAY (is that a real thing)???

It's no secret this girl right here is my life....(in fact, we even have a little saying) 

ME: My love

DELANEY: My life...

and this one....

ME: Whole Heart

DELANEY: Whole life....

Get the picture??

It's so hard to wrap my mind around not having a girl.

Nine years ago I was pretty sure I was pregnant with a boy. For 20 weeks, I thought boy. But on November 10, 2009 that ultrasound tech said 

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

Now, I'm sure if there's a National Daughters Day, there's a National Sons Day but today (like every other day), I am just eternally grateful that this girl right here calls me "mom"...I mean we have the best life! I just never know what the day will hold living with this little girl. The first thing she wanted to know this morning (after confirming if it was a school day) was if her daddy wore a neck tie or a bow tie at our wedding! She's nothing if not random! (P.S. it was a neck tie).

(I'm also eternally grateful that we are having fall like temperatures today because this picture was taken at an outdoor wedding in the dead heat of summer :-)

2nd Grade School Picture

No picture retakes for us this year! 

How did this little girl become a 2nd grader?

On top of that, this week she learned how to ride her bike without training wheels and bought a "hot lunch" (walking tacos) at school. 

I don't know which one of those I was more excited about :-)

"YOU BELONG WITH ME".....

After a long 9 months of waiting it was time!!

We didn't tell Delaney about going to see Taylor Swift until a couple of weeks before the concert. #becauseiamasmartmom #shewouldhavedrivenmecrazy 

Delaney and Aubree ready to "Shake It Off" 

She loved it so much and was dancing like no one was watching.

It was quite the production....

And these girls loved it!

I think her bracelet is still lighting up... 

It was a blast going with these girls. Delaney was so well behaved #exceptforwalkingbacktoourhotelinhercowgirlboots and Taylor Swift did not disappoint!