We have been trying to keep warm and busy the last month or so. The weather has been really rainy and mostly in the 40's. We finally broke down and turned on the heat yesterday. I am surprised Sam held out until now. Sam has been busy at the small animal practice with a horse appointment here and there.
I can't believe it is half way through October and that Halloween is literally right around the corner. Avery is going to be a princess. Nothing fancy, just some random stuff I pulled together. We are probably not going to go trick or treating outdoors, but we will celebrate at nursery school and there is something going on the mall that we will try to hit.
Avery has been keeping busy too.
Mondays: we try to go to SE Gymnastics Academy for toddler open gym. But, not every week.
Tuesdays: we try to go to Turf 4 Tots. It is offered every weekday, Tuesdays is just the day the moms I know chose to make our regular day. This is always LOTS of fun.
Wednesdays: we have
Kindermusik class. A friend who is also new to town was an elementary school music teacher and has started up this program. We were lucky enough to be one of her practicum dummies and got about 5 free classes. Avery's first official class will start on November 2. She really seems to enjoy herself. So we are doing the 4 week "ABC Music and Me" class this time and hopefully in January, Jenny will be offering the 16 week "Our Time" class.
Thursdays: she has nursery school, this is by no means preschool. It is really just a playgroup with 6 other kids. We do a snack and an activity and it is parent run. There is not a teacher, just the parents. There is a schedule and 2 parents each week are required to stay and the others can leave. I did leave Avery once and she did great. She could have cared less I was leaving her. She was too busy with the bean table.
Other things we do, but not on as regularly are swimming and the parks. The parks are awesome, but the weather lately has not been so great. Next week we are going to give ice skating a go. We are going with a little girl who is 3 that Avery has befriended. This will be a first for both girls and hopefully both girls like it.
Other than that it is just the daily battle to keep up with the house cleaning, cooking and laundry while managing Avery's social life. I have a book club that I am now a member of and so I have been getting to know few ladies, which is really nice. They all have kids about Avery's age too so we see each often. I also went to AquaZumba last week with a few of Sam's coworkers and that was fun. It is just a juggling act to get alone time with Sam's crazy schedule and Avery. Sam is planning on joining the gun club here in town and will start on a team this winter. It will be good for him to get out on his own and meet some other guys in town.
