Goodbye October, Hello November!

I woke up so excited to see a new month on the calendar this morning.  Even though the beginning of the month isn't exactly a milestone in our deployment countdown, it still feels like a fresh start.

Today was pretty quiet.  My afternoon class ended up getting canceled so I used the day to catch up on a few chores around the house.  I also did a little bit of shopping at the grocery store and made a quick run to the mall.  I FINALLY found a bottle of glycerine free lotion that I'm loving.  The only downside is that it was very expensive, so I'm still on the lookout for other alternatives.

I picked Kerriann up after school and realized that I forgot to buy the chicken I had gone to the grocery store for, so we went to Chick-Fil-A for dinner.  I think we are just going to call it our Tuesday dinner ritual from now on.  The place is so kid friendly, and it's just nice to get out of the house and be around other people in the evenings.

She was such a good girl for me the entire time and ate almost all of her fruit cup and chicken nuggets.  I had a decaf coffee because I woke up with a semi-sore throat this morning.

After dinner we headed home to relax the rest of the evening.  Right before bed Kerriann asked for candy so of course I let her have her M&Ms along with a glass of milk for a snack.

I also have to share a few more cute Halloween crafts that Kerriann brought home from school yesterday and today (this is mainly for Daddy!)...

Oh ok... and a few more of Kerriann from tonight... reading "Go Dog Go" one of her newest favorite books.

I hope everyone else had a great day... and PS we're at the 7 week mark! :)

Trunk or Treat

Tonight Kerriann experienced her first taste of trick or treating!  Trick or treat takes place on Thursday night this year in Morgantown, and unfortunately I have night class.  When I saw the sign that Chick-Fil-A's family night this week was "trunk or treat" themed I knew we had to stop by!  Kerriann is a big fan of their food and I wanted her to be able to trick or treat at least once this year.

After we had dinner inside, we got in line for trick or treating.

She was so excited that it was hard to keep her standing still in line.  There was a little girl dressed as a princess in front of us, so I asked her to please stay in line behind the princess.  So she proceeded to stand right up against this poor girl.  Luckily she didn't care much, but I tried to teach Kerriann a lesson in personal space without much success... haha.

Luckily I had my trusty sidekick aka "Aunt Loogy" along to help out with my crazy girl.

Kerriann had a great time going up to each car and saying "trick or treat" before getting her candy.  The only candy she ended up getting that was appropriate for her age was a little pack of M&M's, but I don't think that was entirely a bad thing!  She loved trying them for the first time and was so cute eating them.

We had a great night and hopefully we'll get to take her trick or treating again this year, but if not, at least we got a little taste of Halloween festivities tonight!