November

November has flown by. It is hard to believe that December starts this week. We have done so many fun things and now I am sure the Christmas season will fly by as well. When I reflect back on the month it helps me to realize that I need to appreciate the moments more. The days can sometimes feel long, or at least certain hours in the day feel long, but somehow the weeks and months are too fast. I must be getting old to be feeling this way. So here were some highlights from November - I'll start with the girls art lessons. They are incredible. They drew the most unbelievable turkeys and made awesome earrings out of clay. They love it. And I love that they go together. It makes for a lot of Tuesday afternoon driving, but it is well worth it. The girls are also in piano lessons, which are fantastic. I love their teacher, who drives to my house to teach them one after the other. It's so great. It's been really fun to see them learning and progressing so quickly. They both play a mean "Jingle Bells." Katelyn participated in the cutest Thanksgiving program in school. And I get to volunteer in Ashley's classroom as the math helper. Justin also got to participate in a Thanksgiving feast. The highlights for him are probably all the playdates. He has so many friends. He loves them all. He got to play a lot with them this week. I think there was 1 week where he had more then 1 playdate in a day for the entire week. For Mia it's all the Dora watching. I am limiting it, but I will find her hiding somewhere with my phone where she has figured out how to find Dora episodes on You Tube. On her own. Now I try and hide my phone, but she almost always finds it. She also ate all 24 chocolates on her advent calendar already. She is a girl of little patience. She is 2. What else? For Thanksgiving week we went to the Science museum in Denver for the day with the Conleys. We also hiked the incline as a family. The girls and I made it all the way to the top in less then an hour. I was so impressed with them. We caught up to Hans and the babies on the way down. Then we stopped for ice cream in Manitou. Fun day. We did motorcycle rides, bike rides to the park to play, and sat outside. We had 60 degree weather all weekend. I love that. We, of course, ate a gigantic Thanksgiving meal. The Conley's came over with a feast and I had prepared a feast. We ate until we were sick. Then we did a pig pinata that the kids and I made during the week and watched a movie. We are so exhausted from all the fun. For me a big highlight is completing my yoga training. I successfully completed it. Hooray! It was a life-changing course and I am so glad I participated in it. I'm hoping to find a job teaching, but in the meantime I am teaching twice a week out of my house. If that interests you, call me. You can come. I applied at a place in Falcon through the YMCA. Mostly I am enjoying doing yoga because I want to. I love yoga. Now we are onto Christmas. Cards, gifts, shopping, decorating, and all that goes with it. It's great!