At 11:15 we had Olivia's party (an old Kindergarten friend of Tyler's) at Indian Acres Farm. Tyler got to play on the playground, do the bouncy pumpkin, and go on a hayride and pumpkin picking. Meanwhile Jason and I stayed back and played, looked at pumpkins, danced to music, and ate hot dogs and apple cider donuts. Once Ty got back from pumpkin picking they ate and decorated pumpkins and even had face painting. What a party!
I quick brought Jason home for a nap and then we went to WaWa for a popcorn sale. Not worth our time, money-wise, but it was a good experience for Tyler.
After we got home from popcorn sales, and Jason woke up from his nap, we hit the road for some door-to-door popcorn sales. Ty did pretty well and I must wonder who could say no to his cute little face in uniform?!?!
October 18: Early in the day, after school drop-off, we met some friends at Bob Meyer park for a playdate. Jason had a ball and was nice and tired for his nap when we got home.
After school we hit the playground again (the one at school). It was a beautiful day.
Unfortunately, as the day went on, I started to feel sick. Pretty crappy. And what I thought had been a runny nose from being out in the wind, turned into a cold-like runny nose for Jason. I felt nauseous with a sore throat so I decided to call and cancel Jason's therapies for that next day. I had planned on going to the gym that night and letting Tyler take a kids fit class, but instead we had a more relaxed evening of karate. Since I didn't want to cook we went to McDonald's for a quick dinner. The boys loved the cute little Mr. Potato Head buckets with stickers that they got as their happy meal toy.
October 19: I was definitely glad we cancelled therapy because I felt like crap. With the exception of taking Ty to/from school, I never left the house. Jason never left at all. I'm not sure that's ever happened before.
October 20: I finally manged to get my car inspection for my insurance. Since we were out that way we stopped by Bob Meyer park again, but unfortunately it was too wet and we really didn't play. I do think I saw a bald eagle on top of the sports field lighting. Couldn't tell for sure, but I thought that was pretty cool. I've never seen one in the wild. I have to say I was beyond excited that soccer practice was cancelled for the evening. Really, really, excited.
October 21: So Jason perfected his use of "ess" (yes) and "no". As one would imagine, he's quite proficient at using no. If I hadn't waited so long to hear him talk then I'd find it much more annoying. He's lucky he's cute. LOL. That morning we went to Evesham Libary to meet up with Beth for storytime at the library (Olivia's first time). I have never seen the parking lot so crowded, and after probably 10 minutes of circling the lot I ended up parking way across the street at the sports complex. Good times. Jason had fun, especially making his felt pumpkin.
We had a quick lunch at CFA before I came home for Jason's naptime. I left him napping with my mom at home and picked up Ty at his school early so he could go to his counselor appointment. Oddly I picked him up to take him there (to learn to cope with this bullying issue) just after the other boy involved in this on-going saga checked out for other reasons. I won't go into details, but I'm glad the target of his bullying wasn't MY child this time.
After we all got home myself, the boys, and my parents had a quick dinner at Subway before heading over to the big roadside pumpkin stand to get our carving pumpkins. As you can see, Jason still totally prefers the little baby pumpkins. Maybe cause he can lift them...or throw them.
October 22: Friday during the day was fairly uneventful. That evening Ty had karate and then my dad stayed with the boys after bedtime so I could go to Beth's for a girls night. She had planned on a larger gathering and a possible "game night" but a lot of people had to back out so it ended up just being the 2 of us. More chips and dip and wine for us!
October 23: Saturday was Tyler's final normal soccer game of the season. Last time I'll be on that stinkin' field at 9:00am. As you might have guessed, I'm pretty happy about this. I hope that doesn't make me a crappy mom. I wouldn't have minded if HE liked it, but he didn't, so soccer season was torture. I'm 100% certain that Jason played more soccer that morning than Ty did.
We went right from there to the Evesham Library (again) for Tyler's "apron strings" cooking class. This is right up his alley (unlike soccer). They made a pumpkin milkshake, which was quite good. Jason and I hung out in the library while Ty "cooked" and then Jason mooched some milkshake from his brother. Apparently he liked it too.
That afternoon, when my mom returned from her overnight stay in Atlantic City with a friend, we decided (sort of last minute) to go to Great Adventure. It was sunny and beautiful and they were having a promotion where you'd get a free season parking pass for next year if you activated next year's tickets now. Since we were already planning on tickets for next year we decided to cash in on the $40 free parking pass. We hit up the trick-or-treat trail (better stocked with candy this time) as well as some rides and a really cheesy Wiggles Halloween-themed show. But the boys had fun and it was a gorgeous day to be outside enjoying the fall.
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