D begged and begged to do Cub Scouts and Flag Football this year. I told him he could do both and we are in the middle of selling Scout popcorn right now. Wow, that stuff is expensive! I was so grateful most of our neighbors were willing to buy some or donate to the military fund to donate popcorn to our troops. D loves flag football. But guess when his practices are? One practice is the same evening that I go to Activity Days as a leader with K and Husband was asked to help out with the Cub Scouts at church. So, that night every week, Grandma comes over in time for K and I to head to AD, Hubby comes home early from work in time for Grandma to take D to football, and I arrive home in time for Hubby to drive to the church to do his calling. Grandma and D get home after Hubby is gone and all the children are in bed by the time he gets back. Grandma also put A TON of time into planning the activities Hubby does with his den so that is one less thing our family has to juggle. Thanks, Mom!!! Once football is over in November life will seem so much easier again.
M is still a Daisy in GS and I continue to be one of her leaders and my mom continues to prepare activities for the meetings. The meetings are at our house this year so Grandma babysits upstairs while M and I are in the basement with the troop. Two girls decided not to join us again this year and have 3 new girls that are great. At times it will be tricky to have both Daisies and Brownies in the troop together but Grandma came up with a really great way for us to do many things together and some things apart so that the Daisies will earn their 3 Cheers for Animals Journey and the Brownies will earn their World of Girls Journey. M will be signing up for enrichment classes through the school after football is over. She is wise enough to know that being too busy isn’t as great as it sounds.
N is very proud of being an honorary GS and is still loving preschool. We have gotten to the point that if she doesn’t have a play date with her preschool friends she gets super sad. This week we had A.H. and M.T. over after M told her mother she had to come play with N’s toys and A began to sob. Those girls love each other so! N sometimes attends drop in at Stacey’s but only once every couple of weeks. Sometimes she just gets so bored with only me around!
Since N is gone a few hours a week I decided I could up my involvement at the school. So far I am one of K’s room moms and we have the Halloween party all ready to go! I will be in N’s classroom once a month and will try to figure out how to get in D and M’s rooms once a month as well. I promised D and M I will be their room moms when they are in 3rd grade as well. That way I only have to figure out one grade for a while! I am still the 1st Counselor in the ward primary and experienced putting together a Sacrament meeting presentation all by myself for the first time. Took me an entire week of free time but it’s done now! I still do the book club emails and now do the event emails for K’s GS troop. Some days I feel like I bit off more than I can chew but I think it should slow down now that big things are planned out and we are getting used to the new school year.(There are times when all this goes so well together. For instance, the FHE we had after the temple open house fulfilled requirements for all 3 children and so did an FHE on nutrition in September. K and M are almost done with the Snacks badge and D was able to finish the requirements for his Running with the Pack belt loop.)
so happy to see siblings at school pick up in the afternoon
B took me out to eat for a belated birthday celebration while N played at M's house. It was a fantastic introduction to Peruvian food and drinks like Inca Kola. I had such a good time! Can't wait to take Hubby back there on a date one night.
N made a friend at the public library (a boy name A) that we often meet at the park to play with. Below is a picture of our family skipping rocks at A's birthday party at Flander's Park. Such a nice family to get to know.
Our former neighbor, D, joined us for our neighborhood Oktoberfest this fall. We had already invited him over for dinner before the community potluck was changed from lunch time to the evening. When we found out he hadn't seen The Force Awakens yet, we watched it together in the basement. The children were thrilled to stay up past their bedtime! At one point I tried to put N to sleep upstairs but she wanted to be with her siblings so much I gave up. I couldn't believe she could stay awake that long! Feeling so grateful for wonderful neighbors and our home.
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