Happy Halloween!

I organized Cecily's class party, so I had to dress up.  I've used my Dr's Lab coat, and my poodle skirt, so I've pretty much used up my entire store of costumes, so I'm the Mama Cat to Cecily's Kitty Cat.

Cecily's buddy Elsa, with her Mom Heidi

Cecily was not in the mood for photos when we got home.

Parker, meanwhile, insisted on wearing his new vampire teeth.

Time for Trick-or-Treating!

Cecily is a Kitty Cat.

I bought her a Pirate costume (that she picked out), but a month later, she decided she didn't like it.  I informed her that she could be whatever she felt like, but I would absolutely not be buying her another costume. ...Instead, I bought face paint, a black t-shirt, and black leggings instead. So much for my ideals...

Parker was Dash from Incredibles 2, NOT Mr. Incredible as everyone seemed to assume.

This is a house we walk past on the way to school every day, he starts decorating in early October and adds more every few days.  It's quite a spectacle.

Pumpkin Carving

Keith did a sloth:

Continuing his Harry Potter Tradition, Parker did a wand:

Keith did a sloth:

Continuing my do-whatever-Cecily-tells-me-to tradition, I did the Heart of Te Fiti

Cecily did a heart:

...and Jared did the Seattle Seahawks

We're having a rough morning...

Getting ready for Halloween!

Couch 2 5K

I downloaded a Couch25K app that is supposed to help you go from never-running to being able to do a 5K in about 5 weeks.  Every couple days I've been posting sweaty selfies after my run with snarky comments about how much I hate running.  I cannot believe how many comments I've received on these posts, honestly, I think I got fewer comments when the kids were born.  People take their running VERY seriously.  Whatever.

C25K Day 1: I did it! It's the first day, so I ran a cumulative total of 84 seconds, but it was misery nonetheless.
Now to walk a mile back to the car, I might need to reset my route.

C25K run #2: done
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... It was misery and I hate it.

C25K: day 7 - running in the rain. This doesn't feel like a terrible idea AT ALL

C25K day 12: I ran a total 16 minutes today. I'm dead now.

Also, running on a track is still misery but at least it's also boring.

C25K day 13: Lovely day for a run... Or whatever

C25K Day 15: I was supposed to run for 20 minutes straight... It did not go well.

Octoberfest 2018

We haven't had an Oktoberfest party in forever, but we decided to have one this year, but with a new rule: no kids allowed!

I didn't take any pictures during the actual party, of course, but we had a blast.  We had about 30 people come and we all had a blast eating sausages, drinking cocktails, and talking to adults without being interrupted every 5 seconds.

Very serious decorating going on.

It says:

Caution: Work going on. Please don't come in the

hallway, making decorations.

Small Group Date Night

Small Group Date Night has started up again, and we love it!

We went out for drinks & appetizers and started planning our vacation for December.

Soccer