Happy Fall, Y'All!

Two weeks since my last post... Good thing my mom checks often & keeps me accountable. I'm not very disciplined.

On Halloween, we went to Sean's school for his class party in the morning. I got to see his classroom, meet his teacher and watch him dance, walk in a parade, eat lunch & paint with all of his friends. It was awesome. He was a giraffe at his school party. The costume was adorable. When he ran, the ears & tail flapped. It cracked me up. At night, we went to Uncle Mike's & Aunt Nicole's to trick or treat. Grandma, Puppa, Great Gram, Grandpa Jim, Aunt Mary and Scott were there too. Sean was a Marine. He loved trick or treating, but he wanted to eat the candy as soon as he got it. It was fun. Plus, it was 65 or 70 & sunny...couldn't ask for a better day.

On Monday, we went to dinner at Sean's favorite restaurant to celebrate my birthday with Grandpa Jim, Grandma Sue, Grandpa Larry, Uncle Scott, Paige, Sarah, Barney & Cheryl. Last Wednesday, Sean went for a re-check on his ears. He has had 2 ear infections since his ENT recheck in August. His left ear tube is clogged and if he gets 2 more ear infections, he has to go back to the ENT to get the tube replaced. We really don't want him to have to go through the procedure again, especially at this stage in his life, so we're all praying that the tube unclogs on it's own.

Friday was my birthday. Sean got me Gator Golf & Veggie Tales: Lord of the Beans. He's so thoughtful when he's picking out gifts for other people. :) He kept bringing me the gator head all weekend & saying, "look mumma, it's for you birthday". Yesterday, we went to American Pie with the Mach's and then last night, Grandma came over to pack shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child.

Today, after church and after Sean's nap, we went to Grandpa Jim's friends Jack & Dot's house to see Mr. Jack's model train. It surrounded the whole basement. Sean loved watching the train go through the tunnels. He kept going back & forth across the basement to watch the train go around. And, Mr. Jack gave us a car that looks like Caroline from the Thomas series & a big metal nail with a train & cars on top of it. We finished the night with Long John Silvers. Mmmm...