Boo to Halloween

Halloween and I are in a fight.

I do not like spiders, even fake ones, covering the inside of my car. It causes a bit of, shall we say, stress.

I do not like that I had to take items to Zoey's school for her class party (the one she is too sick to attend) and that no one thought to tell the first-time-parent-of-a-kindergartner (me) the protocol of where to drop the items and that I certainly would not be welcome to drop them off in the classroom.

I do not like that I had to drag my sick daughter and her little sister back outside and to the pharmacy because they did not mix any flavoring in her medicine yesterday (and she literally could not keep the stuff down) because now it is something I have to request when I pick up her medication. That information may have been useful yesterday. When I was at the pharmacy. For the first time.

I do not like that Zoey should be at school, in her costume, with her friends, having fun, eating treats, and instead she is stuck at home for the fourth day in a row feeling really lousy.

And, Halloween was not very kind to us last year, either. So, yeah, we're fighting.

Picking Pumpkins

We are still experiencing abnormally warm, mild weather for Doylestown in October, but it has allowed us to enjoy much more outdoor time. On the agenda for today? Picking pumpkins. We tried a new farm this year and it was perfect. Zoey encouraged us to pick a "family of pumpkins" in that we should try to pick one that represented us in our family. It was a cute idea and we had fun helping each other. I know, I know... I was a little generous with my own interpretation of myself. Leave me alone.

Love, love, LOVE this family of mine.