Other Little Fun Moments

This post is a collection of all the other little moments in our lives that weren't big enough for a special post, but they were special enough that I wanted to remember them!

Grace was cleaning out her backpack, because she was having trouble fitting it into her locker.  Want to know why?  She was hoarding six of my containers, SIX!

Emily was clearly working hard on her Saxophone practice.

Billy saw that a new Cuban restaurant had opened up in Lansing several months ago, and we'd not made the time to go.  Well, a few weeks ago, they had a vintage Cadillac out front, which I thought was just too apropos for a Cuban restaurant, so we made the trip!

Only Grace and Juliet wanted to join us, so they were the only ones on our adventure! Turns out the Cadillac was for sale, which is a shame, it made a great advertisement.

Their interior decor was also really well done!

These two are adorable!

One of our neighbors was doing a garage clean out, so we stopped to check it out.  Sarah had just set up her new pop up then that my mom pulled off of one of her neighbor's curbs, so when I saw the screen, I asked if she wanted it.  When she enthusiastically accepted, I looked down to see that they were also giving away a collapsible wagon!!!!  

I have wanted one forever, and I'm so excited that we now have one!  I put it to use immediately, to pull the screen back to my vehicle!  The case is in excellent condition still, and I was able to repair the clip that had come off.  It's seriously one of the best things that I've ever pulled off of a curb!

The mechanic came out to diagnose why our washer will not power on, or start sometimes, but we were unable to recreate the scenario.  While he had the lid off, I sent a picture to Billy.  Well, as these things go, now that we've paid for the technician to come out, the following weekend, the circuit for the kids' computers, my computer, the basement lights, and the washer all turned off!  

Sure enough, when we flipped the switch marked 'washer and dryer' the power to the washer did not cut off!!!! I guess all of these new machines take up just enough power over what the old ones needed that it is finally a problem. = (  The electrician is due out in a few weeks, on my birthday, to see what can be done about getting the washer off of the circuit, and possibly splitting some of the other computers too.

Grace and Juliet's school hosted a 'breakfast tailgate' before school one Friday. It was really fun! We packed our coffee and waffles and went to play some yard games!

Grace was pretty good at cornhole!

 

It started out pretty slow, and there was no wait in the pancake line, but by the end, there were more people in line than could get through before the day started!

In honor of football season, I used my 'special occasion' nail polish stickers.  I think my mom got them for me at a garage sale.  I tried to be pretty good about using the seasonal ones, that I bought from Natalie, right away!

My mom treated us to a trip to the ice cream shop!  If you look closely, you can see the cream from the treatment of the nettle sting covering Grace's hand.

It was warm enough between cutting the pumpkins and Halloween, so Grace's pumpkin started growing some things.  This sadly spread to many of the other pumpkins too!  After moving the dilapidated pumpkin to the trash, I ended up using bleach to kill off the circle of mold that the pumpkin left behind. = 0  Then I toted tubs of water to and from the stairs to rinse away the bleach, so that it wouldn't be tracked in on our shoes.  So, this pumpkin was a lot of work!

These two woke up early, but weren't quite ready to get up yet, so they snuggled together on the air vent.

My favorite use of the plastic spider rings!!

The girls (sans Alice) made a fancy tent for movie watching.

Kristy and I met at Horrocks, because neither of us had tried pawpaws before, and I saw a post that they had gotten a shipment of them in.  Sadly, they were gone by the time we got there (a week or so later) so no pawpaws for us. We enjoyed a leisurely shopping trip, where we each bought a honey acorn squash!  

I made mine up according to an online recipe, and it was delicious!

Last weekend, Grace and Billy did the majority of the work when it came to setting up Billy's Halloween village.  Thanks to the bag of  miniatures that the kids divided up and gave to him for Christmas last year, he had quite the busy little town this year!

The twins were pretending to be shorter than they are, which is kind of how I imagine them anyhow.

Haley & Chris' business sponsored William's Robotics Team, and were listed on their t-shirts!

After cleaning out all of the full containers into my car to drive around to all the recycling locales, a few swipes with the vacuum, and cleaning out a few things that were no longer serving us, our mudroom looked fantastic!

I helped volunteer at William's Fall Fest on Friday.  Our primary job was setting up the table and passing out cookies.  The teacher who was in charge of the event brought her sixth period class down to help set up and decorate!

The set up looked pretty good, and we had so many cookies to pass out.  I also learned a new trick: how to turn the napkins using just your palm and wrist!!!  They came out so cute.  We were able to use some of the boxes to tier the cookies too, which made it look even fancier!  Each student got one to start, then could come back for more once everyone got their first one. = )

William came to say hi a few times.

After the event, Grace had her new friend Kenzie over for a few hours, which she greatly enjoyed!

And lastly, this weekend, we hosted Billy's workmates over for a party!  The weather could not have been better for this time of year.  We never got the fire going, but the bounce house was a big hit.  Once we moved inside for the Mario Kart tournament, I finally realized that I'd taken no pictures at all, so this is what y'all get!  Kyle, directly to Billy's left, was the winner of the trophy!

After this we played some Taboo, then Pictionary, and then I convinced everyone to come back for a murder mystery party in January!

I think everyone had a good time, even Grace and Juliet who missed out on Luna's party.  Maybe next time we can get the fire to cooperate!

later days