Pumpkins!

We carved pumpkins this weekend on a cold and very windy day.  We were freezing, but the show must go on!  Wm is really excited to show off his ninja costume at his school Halloween party.  And go trick or treating!  

Master Carver

Daddy takes over...

I decided that our dining room was bland while I laid around on the couch staring at it for two weeks.  So I devised a plan to spice it up and Steve made it happen this weekend.  I love it!!!!

Fancy painted chairs

While I was mostly incapacitated and Steve was running around trying to do everything himself, I called a cleaning lady and got an estimate (very reasonable!!) thinking we'd just have her come in that once and TCB due to crazy circumstances.  She came Friday - and oh.my.god was it awesome.  She did an AMAZING job.  Steve was EXCITED not to have to clean at all.  So, she's hired.  She's going to come in once a month and do a super clean.  Then we just have to do maintenance cleaning.  YESSSSS.  This will be really good, too, since Steve is ramping up at work and taking over Soccer First - and working way more hours.  

I return to work tomorrow.  I am insanely thrilled to be going back.  I have gotten a bunch of emails and I am returning to a hot mess at work...but I don't care.  I miss my students and my BME peeps.  It was good to have enough time off work to realize how much I love what I do!  This weekend is sort of crazy with prep to get back into the swing of things, but I'm just happy to be out and about again!