So…..it’s been a while since I’ve writen the fair folks of the world. Not a whole lot happening around here since I’ve last written. October was full of lots of fun things, like Clare went camping with my parents for an early Halloween at the beginning of the month, and then she spent a weekend with Brad’s parents having fun at the pumpkin patch. We also took Clare to go see her first orchestra performance, they had Bugs Bunny on Broadway here in town….which is very cool if you ever get the chance to see that. They had a large screen over the orchestra with the cartoons playing, while the orchestra played the music that went along with it. Clare did suprisingly well for a 4 year old, she was a little ansy when the conductor was talking and they played stuff without the cartoons…but otherwise she was definitley a great audience member. We had the usual array of activites with MOMS Club, and preschool. Clare’s Halloween party at school was lots of fun, check out the photo gallery of course…especially the video’s. This month has flown by quickly, more than I’d like it to! Last week was especially busy with my parents stopping by on Tuesday, my friend Erin from back home coming into town on Thursday, and then Holly came up on Friday. It’s nice because it keeps me busy….but then things like the laundry or dishes don’t get done at all. I had nice visits with all of them, my dad is doing some work in town….so my mom hitched a ride to come hang out with the girls. We had a nice lunch, and then they headed back. Erin, Clare & I went out to lunch at the bookstore (Schuler’s has the best cafe food ever!) then came home to hang out with some wine while Clare had rest time. Brad came home in time to open a 3rd bottle with us, and have Chineese food for dinner. It was a late night, but it was good to see Erin again, as for about the past 6 years she’s been in the Army over in Italy. She made it home to be my maid of honor, and was actually home for my baby shower when I was pregnant with Clare, and the last time I saw her was Thanksgiving weekend at my parents last year. Hopefully we’ll have more visits! Holly came up on Friday in time for our babysitter to show up, and Brad, her, & I headed out for dinner. Brad & I are trying to get date nights out again, but Holly was welcomed company as it’s just nice to have an adult conversataion. We ended up at the fabulous Melting Pot….without reservations, we ended up at the bar, but we had the best time. Their bartenders are hilarious, and they kept us entertained while dipping our food. Holly started a fight over a brownie with the chocolate fondue….and the guy immediately ran back to the kitchen to get us more….and with 2 cherries. We knocked back a few martinies…..the best chocolate martini’s I’ve ever had! OH MY is all I have to say. Saturday was spent bumming around eating donuts for breakfast, and then we went off to the mall while Holly got her hair cut. Brad stayed home, to resist the crowds of retarted shoppers, and Clare came with. She was very well behaved, and even wanted to ride the carosel (I think that may actually be a first, I usually have to drag her on if her friends are going). Then she wanted to see Santa, so we did. She was very shy, and clung to me like their was a gail force wind. I was going to try for a picture, but she was so brave to talk to him I wasn’t going to push it. Then we played at the tree house, and had a pretzel before leaving. Yesterday she had school, and her Thanksgiving Feast….they were the pilgrims, and the 3 year old class were the Indians. I really dislike how they skew our visions of the past when we are children….like we can’t handle knowing the truth. Clare asks, I tell….I may leave out some details, but I don’t tip toe around the truth to make it all rose colored glasses. Just bugs me is all, especially when I had a history prof in college that made it a point to teach us to teach properly….but yet the curriculum states otherwise. Tell the kids that the pilgrims really weren’t that great of people, and that they kicked the indian’s off their land….tell the kids about Christopher Columbus the slave trader, not the cool guy that sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and found America. Please! Anyway, I’ll get off my soap box, today we went out and got Clare a haircut. I was sick & tired of seeing her holding her hair up, or fighting the pony tails….so it was time! Afterwards we hit taco bell for lunch, and the bank to deposit our door check….now we can get that ordered. It’s rest time now, and then I think we may try to go for a walk afterwards. Later this week it’s down to Niles for Thanksgiving dinner, and then who knows what for the rest of the weekend. Next weekend it’s off to Port Huron, as my parents want to take Clare to the Fire Dept. Christmas party. Should be an okay weekend as long as the weather stays nice.
