fall is for roast

I made a roast tonight with red potatoes, carrots and onions.  It was in honor of fall.  The season where we get to eat lots of stews and roasted meals partly because they taste good and partly because turning on the oven helps heat up the house. 
Halloween was lovely and I enjoyed the kids trick or treating on Saturday versus Sunday.  My three ghouls did not go, but they really loved handing out the candy.  Something that they have never gotten to do before.  Next year we will be out and about on the street though.  I did miss raiding the kids candy for all the chocolate...
So here we are, off to the start of another week.  Hopefully week two will be as nice as week one. 

Things I learned this week:
1. Good friends are the most honest ones.
2. Just smile and nod can be used in more applications than I was previously aware.
3. My son likes roasted onions.
4. Locking your keys in the car at the Audi dealership does not mean you have to buy a new car.
5. I made a good decision.  (be advised this particular item could change from week to week)

no school

The kids are out of school today, as were they yesterday too.  This means that they get to go to aftercare for the whole day.  Lots and lots of fun to be had there.  Mix that in with a holiday centralized around candy and I received children that were sticky and bouncing off the walls.  Knowing that Abigail's first night on her new team was last night, I attemped without much success to calm them down.  As we were about to sit down to dinner Nathaniel got bonked in the head with the lid to the toybox as it was coming down.  He cried through dinner and almost all the way to gym.  When we got there I used my secret mommy skills and bought him a nutty buddy out of the vending machine with the promise that chocolate cures headaches.  He was convinced and by the grace of God was healed immediately folloing his third bite.  I may have created a monster with this one, but it got my a few hours of peace.
Abigail did extremely well during practice and there is talk of her completing as early as December.  Only time will tell.  Today is Friday and I am glad for it.  This has been an interesting week and I now look forward to sleeping in tomorrow and not having to crawl out of my warm bed if I don't want to.

halfway through week one

Today is Wednesday and is actually a Friday for the kids.  They will be off tomorrow and Friday due to the end of the quarter I believe.  I am still getting used to how things are done around these parts.  So far the kids seem to really like school and the after care program on post is super as well.  I was worried about Abigail academically, but she seems to fitting right into place and feels more positive about school now.  We received a nice package from Aunt Debbie yesterday full of cozy goodies.  Nathaniel and Victoria have their gear on and we don't leave for school for another 15 minutes.  Correction, Abigail just walked up and is putting hers on as well.