We have had a great October! The weather has been absolutely gorgeous and the kids are doing a great. We have had a few challenges but that comes with them growing up! Bad dreams, trouble sleeping due to excitement and changes in sleep needs, it has been a bit of a puzzle, but everyone has remained pleasant through it all. They are such a blessing and we are so thankful for who they are becoming!
We started small group up again, which is always a joy. The kids love everyone coming over, we love fantastic conversation and we have some great people who come, so it goes by very quickly! We also got to have a few different playdates, which brings everyone joy!
School has been going wonderfully! William's letter learning is going well and Amelia is working really hard on her writing and math. She is having a lot of fun with some of the activities, the actual handwriting is a little less interesting to her, so we are working on it! She absolutely loves reading and loves being read to, we have finished Little House on the Prairie, moved on to Farmer Boy. We are having a lot of fun and I am quite thankful we started all that we did.
Mowing is slowing down, so Jonathan is glad that is going away. We had a work day so I could get some more cleaning done around here and he could take some time to work on projects. It is such a lovely time of year, the weather has been just about perfect...though as of November it has been getting really cold! More on that next month.
We did some visiting, an evening trip to see our nephew, a visit to a local festival and some shoe shopping. The kids grew out of their tennis shoes at the same exact time, so it was a bit urgent! There were some doctor appointments squeezed in there, have to get the teeth checked! Amelia does a great job, we have to take William here soonish...so that could be a challenge.
Since we offered to do some hosting in November, we spent a lot of time in the barn getting some things set up. Mom and Dad gave us some assistance and we got it looking really pretty in there! I was really excited to get it looking beautiful in there. Other people have been able to make it look the way they want it to, but I got to do it for the first time!
We had a short stint with the stomach bug. It was quite nasty. William and I started around 4 hours apart, the girls seem to have avoided it altogether and Jonathan got hit two days later. Poor guy, he took the day off to take care of us and then had to take a sick day a few days later! The problem with stomach bugs is the recovery. It takes forever and is quite miserable. I kept feeling nauseous for a few days, which got very old.
Jonathan's aunt came into town, so we were got to go see her after we were feeling better! It was lovely to get to catch up and we got to see Jonathan's cousin too, which made it extra special! The kids had a great time playing with Grandpa. Jonathan had a lot of work to get caught up, so he spent some time in the evenings to get caught up, I was prepping for the different parties we were having. Lots of orders involved and finding all my things for hosting and party items since I haven't had one in a long time!
Enjoy this month, the start of the holiday season. We are excited to see what is in store as it also kicks off the birthday season for us! Lots to celebrate, such fun ages to celebrate, we will plan on having some fun reports next month!
Love,
Jonathan, Allison, Amelia, William and Vivian
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