Annual Holiday Cookie Exchange

Last Sunday, I headed over to Jenn's for her annual Holiday Cookie Exchange party. I didn't really even plan or think about what I was going to make until the Friday before the party. Whoops! But I liked how my cookies came out - they were ridiculously easy to make and yummy too! (Triple Chocolate Cookies!)

The rest of the gals made some amazing stuff!! It was so fun to get together and catch up, laugh, share stories, and just have fun! I'm glad I went. :)

B&W Challenge

The current day version of a "chain mail letter", I feel, are these challenges on social media. Usually I'll ignore them, but this time I was challenged to one that I thought would be fun to participate in. And, I was right! It was fun!

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Seven days. Seven B&W photos of my life. No people. No explanations. Here's my Day 1.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Bowling!

Don't let the scowl fool you. These badass boys had a blast beating my butt at the Mother/Son Bowling night out last night! 🤣🤣

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Dia de los Muertos Community Concert

Out with the grandparents, listening to some amazing music! 🎶💀💃🏼🎶💀💃🏼

Happy Halloween! 🎃

I have been running between school parades and Halloween parties and doctor appts and everything else today! So I'm taking a couple of moments now to post a few snapshots of Callum, in costume, before we head out to trick or treat and then I collapse for the night. 😉

Sadly (for me, it doesn't seem to bother him), Logan did not care about dressing up this year, so no costume or trick or treating for him! He's looking forward to handing out candy instead.

Callum decided he wanted to be Bowser this year, which is probably the trickiest and most challenging costume I've made yet, but I think it came out pretty well (and probably a blessing that I only had one costume to worry about vs two!).

Here's a few snaps I took as we left for school and later in the day, at school. :)

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday morning the boys attended another baking class where they made all sorts of Halloween themed goodies. They had a blast and Jon and I had a nice, relaxing and quiet breakfast on our own. :)

In the afternoon, Callum had a friend over and the two locked themselves in the bedroom playing with their Mixels (a type of Lego) for 2.5 hours straight!

So, he was still in the Mixel making mood and worked on another masterpiece this morning before school (second two pics).

Last pic I've included is of Mr. Personality at his best. Every Monday and Tuesday afternoon, I pick him up from school and we have roughly 20-30 minutes of 1:1 time, almost always hanging out at the nearby Starbucks, before we pick up Logan from his after school class. Today, Callum was in rarer form than usual, dancing and jiggling in his seat, to the tunes the baristas were blaring. It was a good day. :)

Finished!

Here's Logan's finished project, he turned in today. :)