Month: November 2017

Weekend has come and gone.

On Friday, we headed to the Lansing Brewery for Emily’s 30th birthday! There was a live band, good food, and family, which was an excellent combination.   The kids had fun and they even danced.   They of course passed out in the car on the way home and were dragging a bit on Saturday morning on the way to swim class.  But it was worth it.

At swim class, Ajax continued to work on backstroke and apparently Noomi simply picked up backstroke, but is still working on freestyle.  Both kids love swimming and I’m hoping they want to swim competitively when they get older.   After swim class, the plan was for Dave and Ajax to go to LCC for STEMfest, while Noomi and I went to my cousin Amber’s baby shower in Flat Rock.  Noomi, however, decided that the STEM festival sounded way more fun and opted for that.  I couldn’t really argue with her so I headed to Flat Rock solo.  Dave said the kids had a great time; their favorite thing was constructing buildings out of cardboard.

On Sunday, we didn’t leave the house as it was rainy and cold. We did some cleaning and friends stopped by to visit, but other than that it was pretty quiet.

This past weekend we also had Darcy’s wedding near Novi. Now for the first time in a long time, Dave and I actually got a hotel near the wedding and Papa was nice enough to come down and stay over with the kids.  Dave and I both took Friday off of work. I got my hair done and bought a new dress (I think Dave showered and shaved, lol).  The kids were happy to see us off and really could have cared less that we were gone. I’m going to say that means they are well adjusted.

The wedding was lovely, though it was at a place called Plantera (like a large beautiful greenhouse), but for some reason I thought it was at a Planetarium.  It was not and Dave was annoyed as he was expecting a light show.  For some reason I’m terrible at taking photos at events so I only have 3 to share.  Oh well, it was a lovely night, we slept in the next day and had a great breakfast before heading home.

Unfortunately it was raining with thunder and lightening, so Ajax’s last game was cancelled. He was pretty bummed out so to cheer him up we bought Ghostbusters the movie.  We sat in the living room eating tacos and candy, while watching the movie. It was great.  Kids favorite line that they keep repeating: Back off man, I’m a scientist.  Maybe next year for Halloween we can do a family costume of Ghostbusters.  I’m in.

Halloween one of our favorite holidays!   This year we did a little advance planning and actually bought costumes a few weeks before Halloween (which meant Noomi had ample opportunity to be a ninja at every turn).

Both Dave and I took the day off from work and were able to squeeze in a morning parent-teacher conference and then worked both kids’ holiday parties.   During Noomi’s party she sang along with her class and even did the hand-gestures that went along with the Halloween song.  This was the first time she has ever participated in such a demonstration and we were so proud.

The kids tracked through the neighborhood during the parade led by the High School marching band and then afterwards we rounded them up and headed home to carve pumpkins.  Somehow in carving pumpkins the seeds and guts got everywhere (covered both kids, the wall, the floor, everything), but they were both quite impressed with their mad skills.

Grandma Mary and Grandpa Gordy came over to help hand out candy, eat chili, and watch the kids freak out on their sugar high.  This year Ajax went trick-or-treating with a friend up the street, which meant Noomi was running behind them trying to keep up.  Noomi made it almost to the front of the neighborhood before tiring out.  At that point I carried her all the way home while she yelled and called to every person we passed, HI I’m Noomi! Remember me!

Ajax, Dave and his friends kept going and even hit up the second neighborhood behind us.  This year Dave actually remembered to bring a flashlight as they tromped through the woods.  Ajax got an incredible load of candy this year and was very proud of this fact.

Overall, an excellent evening, though the weather could have been warmer.  But that’s how it goes… Michigan.