Big news!! Mom and Doug tied the knot! I have a new stepfather, and I couldn't be happier. He's such a great addition to our family, and the kids are thrilled to have a new grandparent (whom they will now call "Doc"). Congrats to Mamar and Doc!!
No other big news to report. We've been enjoying resuming our normal schedule after the summer break. Co-ops and parkdays are back into full swing, and the kids are glad to see their friends more regularly again. In fact, Avery is glued at the hip with her best friend, Maya. After having them call each other about 50 times a day, Maya's mom and I finally had to put some parameters on their phone useage. We had the girls write a persuasive essay, which expressed their "need" to be on the phone 24/7. After our rebuttal, we managed to arrive at a compromise: no phone between the hours of 8am and 1pm and a maximum of 2 calls from each girl a day (to offset the occasions when the phone rings ten times in a one hour period). The girls aren't thrilled that there are any phone rules at all, but they are tolerating them well. I can only imagine what it will be like when they're teenagers!
Speaking of enjoying friends, I've managed to get out a lot lately with mine! Just this week I went on a Mom's Night Out boat cruise on the lake. It was such a great time -- friends, water, wine, bats...what more could you ask for?
Under the category of Big Changes, Bill has started working days for the first time in five years! We're all loving it -- it's great that he can be home every night. Ultimately the plan will be for him to work a normal 8-5 weekday schedule, but I'll be sad to leave his current 3.5 day work week schedule behind!
Other than that, the kids are getting very excited about Halloween coming. Avery has been constant in her plan to be Artemis, but Rhys changes his mind every time I ask him. I need to start working on costumes soon, so I'll have to pin him down. Griffin has decided he hates the dragon costume we bought for him, so back to the store it goes, and I think now he'll just have to pick from our dress up bin on Halloween. I'm sure he can come up with something he'll want to be.
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