Who Ya Gonna Call? GHOSTBUSTERS!
Well, I hope that everyone had a fun Halloween. I can’t believe how fast this year is going by and now we already have at least one radio station playing Christmas music. Now generally I am an avid WAIT UNTIL AFTER THANKSGIVING FOR THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLEASE, kind of person. But I have been so tenderhearted about celebrating Christmas with a child of my own this year that I was actually listening to a few Christmas songs on the radio (Gasp, I know). There is just something so magical about about introducing the spirit and wonder of the season to your own little one that is unmatched by anything else. Now I realize that he won’t quite grasp the whole concept of the season this year but it is still a touching thing for me and one that gets me choked up.
Now on a completely different subject I would like to mention the rules of etiquette that seem to be pretty standard on halloween but that some older trick or treaters (13-18) neglect to follow.
1. Always say thank you after receiving your treat.
2. If the porch light is off, do not ring the doorbell.
3. If it is after 9:00 p.m. do not ring the doorbell regardless of whether the porch light is on or not. (Some people don’t like to leave the light off all night and may have infants who you could wake up. Or maybe they just barely returned home from their Halloween plans and flipped the light on but have zero candy.)
When Brandon and I lived in the University Village we were all given signs to put on our door if we welcomed trick or treaters and I was able to put it up when I was ready to receive trick or treaters and take it down when I ran out of candy. May I suggest that next year if you welcome trick or treaters to put a sign up saying that they are welcome or at least one that says, “We have run out of candy, try back earlier next year.” If you would like to keep your porch light on and ward off nuisance teenagers. 😉 Anyway…
So, I have been trying to make notes of what we do during the week but this week I neglected to. It went by so fast that Mon.-Thurs. are pretty much a blur. One of the days Aiden, my dad, and I went looking for a T.V. stand for the downstairs t.v. so that he can move his 2nd t.v. into his room. We have been having very little luck because all the t.v. stands these days are built for HUGE plasma t.v.’s and are low to the ground and super long. Oi.
So on Halloween we went to the Bountiful Library to vote. We waited in line for an hour but Aiden was very well behaved. We also made another trip to the storage unit to drop some stuff off. Brandon worked on a pumpkin for the pumpkin carving contest at Loomis and then I drove him to work. We will let you know next week if he wins a prize. Aiden napped really well in the afternoon and then he and I stopped at Walmart before picking Brandon up and going to my grandma’s. Shortly after we arrived there 3 of my cousins arrived with spouses and kids in tow. It was fun to see how everyone had dressed up and to get some very cute photos.
Yesterday morning I ran a couple of errands before going to the Relief Society super activity to pick up my vinyl lettering, eat some soup, and help with a service project (tying a quilt). It was fun and gave me the opportunity to meet a few more ladies in the ward. After that Brandon and I dropped Aiden off with my aunt and we went on a date. We were going to go to the play at Pioneer Theatre but we were running late and I didn’t want to deal with all of the hullabaloo so we just went and saw “Kung Fu Panda” after eating a tasty smoothie from Jamba Juice (I have noticed that each time we go in to Jamba there are less and less smoothie choices, what is up with that?) Anyway, the movie was pretty funny and it was nice to spend some one on one time with my hubby.
Aiden was napping when we went to pick him up so we visited with Vicky and Neal for a while and looked at the darling photos that they had taken of Aiden. We also had some bacon and tomato sandwiches with them (I had cinnamon toast and bacon instead) and Aiden had chicken noodle soup. Thanks again for babysitting!
In the evening I unboxed my scrapbooks and put them on shelves. I have also decided to organize a little bit better and to try and get things into years. I want to scrapbook everything from sophomore year in high school and newer in the standard chronological order. Newborn to 6-7 years old will be in a photo album and everything in the middle will just kind of go together. Scrapbooking older less organized stuff is slightly difficult. Anybody want to plan a scrapbooking day?
In a few hours we will be headed to church (daylight savings was a shock as usual) and this evening we will be heading back to my aunt’s for family night with the extended family. Until next week, thanks for reading…