Funny how the addition of a third biped in the house can so drastically cut down on my blogging time... and naps are still in transition (regretfully, I understand that the 2-to-1 thing can take months, as it is around here), so my double opportunity for laundry, phone calls, home office stuff, etc. is often narrowed down to the afternoon. But hey! He still naps!
Oh, did I mention we decided to paint the interior of our house? Yes! Out with the severe reds and blues and in with the cooler, subtler puttys and greens. Being unable to resist saving a buck (or a couple thousand), we took on the project ourselves. Christopher is *not* helping, which means a single room is usually a 3-4 night ordeal. From 7:30pm-11:30pm we prep and tape (trim touch ups will come later), the next night we prime (replacing dark colors with light requires extra diligence here), and then we paint (cut in, roll, repeat). We are lucky to have a few built ins and some interesting lines in our main living spaces. As painters, we are not grateful for this.
Halloween was fun with several perfectly young-toddler-appropriate celebrations. On October 23rd, my parents' group - The Parent Circle - threw a party replete with a toilet paper roll station (yep, a whole corner filled with rolls of tp for the unrolling), cupcake decorating, toys, and obnoxious kiddie music. Christopher was interested for about 15 minutes and then decided he'd rather stretch his legs outside, so Mike joined several other dads (of 12-18 month olds!) and their wee ghosts and goblins for an autumnal stroll (chase?) outside. Yay for adult drinks and mama-visiting-time!
Christopher wore his costume to the following week's Wiggleworms class, and then again to our weekly Thursday playgroup, and finally on Halloween itself. Instead of trick-or-treating - he has many years of that ahead of him! - we joined favorite friends Rosie and Scott and their 1-year-old Finn for s'mores and hot chocolate over their little firepit in their backyard. We were home and warmed up again by 5:45pm. Perfect. When was the last time you had a s'more? I recommend Hershey's Dark. It's deeee-licious.
All this to say, we've been so busy that I realized yesterday afternoon as C and I rode out the side gate for a few errands via bike that I still haven't told Mike about the decapitated rabbit head that's on the parking strip alongside our house. Gross, man. I think it's been there for about 5 days now. And I'll bet Mike's been coming in and out of the gate on his way to/from work at such a lightning speed that HE hasn't noticed it, either.
