Getting behind

These last couple of weeks have just flown by! I'm really not ready for it to be mid October. Here's a quick recap of what we've been up to:

At the end of September Grace was honored in the assembly as student of the month. The character trait was Respect. She has done a great job of helping new students feel welcome at her school. I'm so proud of her! She also joined running club and was elected to student council. She's been very busy.

Also at the end of September, Claire had an amazing hit in her softball game. We know she is capable of it because we see it all the time in practice, but it was so great to see it happen for her in the game. She was ecstatic! I'm so proud of her too. We have it on video, but it seems too large to put it on here.

Since the gyms around here seriously cost an arm and a leg we decided that we needed to bring the gym to us. Chris had been doing a weight program at work with people there, but I wanted in too. So, we decided to go for it and buy a squat rack with bench and lots of weights. We even got a lighter 15lb bar for me to start with. I know, I'm kinda weak. Hopefully that wont' be the case in the near future. Even the kids want to try it out.

Last week I was able to go along with Grace and her class on a field trip to Ravenswood Historical Site. It's this neat plantation from the 1890's that is very Victorian. The kids learned to press apples for cider, use farm tools, how to dress properly back then, do old school laundry, and ride a fun bike with no brakes. It was a gorgeous day and we had a lot of fun!

This last week was spent devoting all of my spare time to painting kids's rooms. I had promised them that they could choose their own colors when we moved in last year. I kept putting it off just because. Painting is the worst! I really hate doing it. So much prep work involved. My body is aching all over and I only managed to get Neil and Claire's rooms done. His room still needs some decor and curtains, but he's happy with the green. Claire is super happy with how hers turned out. I think I will be getting her a bigger bed soon and new bedding, but for now I'm calling it good. 

Neil's before (yellow)

After. He loves his green!

Claire's was blue before

After. Lighting is not great in the pic, but it is a pretty teal.

I guess this next week will have to be dedicated to working on Grace's room. She has chosen to do hers in pink. We'll see how that turns out. I'm going to have to seriously work myself up for more. At this rate I don't think I will ever get my own room done. 

I forgot to mention part of the reason it has been so terrible is that we are also replacing ALL of the outlets and light switches in the entire house. They were all an ugly yellow/cream color. We are putting in all new white ones. It's the little things.

 goodbye old nasty yellow outlets