Hello, All!
It's been just shy of 4 months since my last post 🤯 and as always a lot has happened!
First, I'll start with my very tiny stitching update for WIP Wednesday. Unfortunately, since school was really demanding this semester, I had to put stitching on the back burner so I wasn't able to do much over the last 4 months. I have done a little bit over the last couple weeks as my classes started to finish up, which has been nice. The only piece I have worked on is the Magic Kingdom SAL because I fell way behind on it and really want to gift it to my daughter for her 6th birthday January, so this will be my focus piece for the next foreseeable future.
Today:
June:
That's it for the stitching update. Otherwise, in between family fun, work, and school, life has a way of finding extra stuff for us to deal with. Since August, we've had to deal with 2 funerals, 1 on my side and 1 on my husband's, that had us travel to New York and Indiana.
Then there were birthday celebrations for me and my husband in September and our son in October. For my husband and I, our birthdays consisted of several dinner outings with our families but for our son's 2nd birthday, we celebrated with a dinosaur themed party. He absolutely loved it!
We did a few Fall things as well. We went to a Christmas tree farm that actually has a petting zoo and puts on a nice Fall event with pumpkins, pony rides, hay rides, and other activities for kids.
The funeral in Indiana happened the day before Halloween, so we drove up there starting the Wednesday before. We ended up stopping in Tennessee Wednesday night and got to Indiana on Thursday. We spent the next 2 days visiting family, the funeral was on Saturday, and then we trick or treated in the cold on Sunday. Before trick or treating we went to an apple orchard and fed some of the animals there as well. Even though we were visiting for a somber reason, the kids didn't really understand but their joy made it easier to handle.
We hosted our first Thanksgiving at our house for our immediate families. I was especially nervous because I have never actually cooked a turkey but everything came out great! Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures due to being too busy in the kitchen and then just enjoying our company. It was a nice day!
After all those Fall activities, the Christmas activities have started! Every year I decorate the house with Christmas lights inside and outside for the kids and I try to add 1 to 2 new things each year. This year we added icicle lights along the gutters, a new flashy net light for the front bushes and a little outside tree with orange lights because my daughter's 2nd favorite holiday is Halloween. I sold my husband on this by saying it's in honor of the Nightmare Before Christmas movie too 😜.
This week, we decorated a gingerbread castle and visited the Give Kids the World Village Night of a Million Lights where the kids got to meet Santa! This made their day!!
We have plenty more holiday activities planned while both my daughter and I are on break from school! As always, thank you for sticking through the long update post!
🎄🎅I hope everyone is having a happy, healthy, and safe holiday season!🎅🎄
You've certainly had a busy year! Sorry it wasn't all good but at least the children are a source of happiness.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you can finish the Magic Kingdom in time, just stitch all day and evening too!
Thank you. I really hope I can finish it in time!
DeleteGlad to hear from you again, even though your stitching has been going slowly! I love how despite the stress, you always manage to make lots of happy memories for your kids.
ReplyDeleteI love being able to find and do things that make the kids so happy!
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