Well, officially it's fall. Of course the 90 degree weather yesterday made us doubt the arrival. But today's 81 felt a little better. I love fall. We have tall trees behind our backyard and the flutter of changing leaves is so pretty (fortunately most of the leaves fall in areas outside our yard!) October is always a busy month for us. My birthday falls on the 6th, our anniversary (12 years!!) falls on the 21st, and Mike and I usually take a long weekend trip somewhere to celebrate both (this year it'll be the weekend in between). Even my dad's birthday is on the 23rd, and Mike's grandmother's 92nd birthday is on the 24th. So, it's a month of celebrations. This year we'll be visiting our college Alma Mater (Grove City College) on my birthday. It's Homecoming Weekend, and we haven't been up there in a few years. It's always fun to take the kids up to show them the college where we met and to catch the Homecoming Parade. What kids don't like a small-town parade with lots of candy throwing? Plus we'll get to peek in on the current fraternity brothers and sorority sisters and feel like old fogies. It wasn't really 13 years since graduation, was it??
This year's getaway-trip will be to Baltimore. We usually stay local, and this time we're visiting a place where the kids actually love to go. I think they were a little bummed to hear we'll be close to the National Aquarium and Science Center (and the McDonalds, as if we don't have one here!) This time, we'll see Baltimore from adult eyes, though. We'll let you know how that goes. I'm just looking forward to the peace and quiet and sleeping in! :-) Thank you, Gran and Granddad for the babysitting!!!
Our anniversary this year will be a bittersweet day. Our anniversary is on my paternal Grandmother's birthday. (We even had a cake for her at the wedding reception.) However, she just passed away last December. This will be the first birthday without her. GGMa is certainly missed... unfortunately the kids knew her only a little. She was the grandmother that lived on the water (Gulf of Mexico)... and lived fairly close to DisneyWorld, after all. She's the reason they got to visit Florida. And both Ben and Reagan remember her little dachshund Tippy! It's a shame Tommy never had the chance to meet her.
Well, it's Friday and we have a busy weekend ahead of us as always... but the highlight is Sunday. It's the circus! I vaguely remember maybe going once as a child (maybe I'm making it up in my mind, too!) The kids are so excited. They keep asking what to expect. I don't know! I figure clowns and trapeze artists... right? Popcorn and peanuts? A ringmaster? Elephants? Oh, I don't know... we'll find out.
No comments:
Post a Comment