We had a good week when Ben was gone. It could have gone much worse and I'm though I'm relieved he's back it certainly wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! My mom came over one night for meatloaf (yes, I actually cooked!), we tried out the Maple Maze (play area) in Maple Grove, went to a park with Stacy and Finn and just generally took it easy. We got Netflix recently and that gives me the ability to watch certain movies and shows instantly on my phone so I got into the Dexter series and pretty much watched that non-stop every night after the kids went to bed.
The girls are doing great! It's amazing how well Lily is walking now. Just a month ago she started taking a few steps here and there and now she's a pro. Juliette is talking like crazy. She has tons of words now and is just a sponge for information. They're so cute too - a few times recently I've caught them trying to give each other hugs or kisses and that just melts me.
Tomorrow is Halloween! We carved some cool pumpkins last week which turned out awesome but the squirrels ate them already. We also made some fun pumpkin sugar cookies and the girls had a great time decorating them last week. We found out that our neighborhood gets a ton of kids for Trick or Treating. One neighbor told us that she has to buy 10 bags of candy each year and another neighbor said that they bus kids in. That is crazy! We barely got anyone at our old house except mostly non-dressed-up teenagers and a handful of cute kids. My mom is coming over tomorrow and I think we'll head to a local church and do their Trunk or Treating (people have candy in their cars that the kids can get) and then go to a few houses around the neighborhood. I think they'll have fun! Maia can't wait. All of the girls are going to be bumblebees this year.
I haven't run much since my 5k but I'm going to try to get back into some sort of fitness/eating better regimen. Hopefully I can get with it and start having more energy. Even though the girls are sleeping better (Juliette is sleeping through the night 90% of the time now) I still sleep badly and am tired all the time.
The girls are doing great! It's amazing how well Lily is walking now. Just a month ago she started taking a few steps here and there and now she's a pro. Juliette is talking like crazy. She has tons of words now and is just a sponge for information. They're so cute too - a few times recently I've caught them trying to give each other hugs or kisses and that just melts me.
Tomorrow is Halloween! We carved some cool pumpkins last week which turned out awesome but the squirrels ate them already. We also made some fun pumpkin sugar cookies and the girls had a great time decorating them last week. We found out that our neighborhood gets a ton of kids for Trick or Treating. One neighbor told us that she has to buy 10 bags of candy each year and another neighbor said that they bus kids in. That is crazy! We barely got anyone at our old house except mostly non-dressed-up teenagers and a handful of cute kids. My mom is coming over tomorrow and I think we'll head to a local church and do their Trunk or Treating (people have candy in their cars that the kids can get) and then go to a few houses around the neighborhood. I think they'll have fun! Maia can't wait. All of the girls are going to be bumblebees this year.
I haven't run much since my 5k but I'm going to try to get back into some sort of fitness/eating better regimen. Hopefully I can get with it and start having more energy. Even though the girls are sleeping better (Juliette is sleeping through the night 90% of the time now) I still sleep badly and am tired all the time.
