Halloween costume resolved

OK, so we went to the fabric store yesterday and I am officially not going to make the girls Halloween costumes. The patterns look way to complicated and it would have taken me forever to do them. So I am glad that I got that figured out. I will stick with my easy home projects from now on and not try to tackle making costumes. The girls were also not too thrilled about me making something since they were not as fun and pretty as the ones that are in the next isle over already made. I am a little relieved since I knew it would be hard but now I don't have to worry about it and can concentrate on other projects.

Mallory is finally over her sickness. She had a fever for a few days and last night she complained of her ear hurting so we will see if that turns out to be anything or she was just sleepy. I sent her and Nathan to school this morning so this is my second official child free Wednesday morning since school started. Julianne did not have school last week on Wednesday so she was home with me last week. It is already 9:56 and I got home at 9:30, I went online to check few things, I am now writing in my blog and after this I will run and hopefully pick up around the house a little before I have to go and pick them up again.

Julianne and Mallory started taking gymnastics again last night (Mallory did not go to her class since she was not feeling well). Julianne did great. She really tried and had a lot of fun. She sometimes has a hard time having fun and not being too critical about what she is doing and if she is not doing it how she thinks she is doing it she will stop or just mess around. I think she is slowly gaining her confidence and not taking herself too seriously. I am so glad in that aspect. The other day I asked her who she played with at recess and she told me she chased the boys with her friend Olivia. She said, "I like to do that". Which was just funny coming out of her mouth since she was so afraid of boys for the first 5 years of her life. It has been fun seeing her come out of her shell and enjoy life more often.

Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-having 2.5 hours to myself every Wednesday
-going running and not worrying about having to come home by a certain time so that D can leave to go to work
-cool fall mornings