I took Megan to the Orthodontist yesterday for one of her routine appointments. When the Orthodontist came over to check her teeth, he said "So, are you ready to get those braces off?" It shocked the pants off of both of us because we had no idea that she was going to be done soon. We thought she would have them on until next spring. It was a fun surprise. And so after a year and eight months and a few thousand dollars later (which we are still paying, by the way)...
Just wanted to share an item that we had the opportunity to vote on. It is an Amendment that would remove a section of our State Constitution, which reads:
"No idiot or insane person shall be entitled to the privileges of an elector."
I'm not joking. Mike thought it was so hilariously unbelievable, that he decided to vote against amending it.
It was a crazy couple of days celebrating Halloween around our house. The kids have been looking forward to it for weeks. Noah dressed up like a red Power Ranger, Sammy dressed like a bat, and Megan dressed like a Twister game. Noah had his preschool party on Thursday. They had lots of yummy food, had a costume parade, and then a carnival. He had a lot of fun. We carved our pumpkins that night. Each of the kids designed their own face, and then we helped them carve it, except Megan - she did her own! On Friday Sammy wore her costume to school and also had a costume parade, and then a fun class party after. We had our traditional pizza for dinner, and then went trick or treating around the neighborhood. Afterward, we went to our friend's house to roast s'mores in the backyard. We were so glad it was a Friday, everyone was pooped by the end!
Megan didn't get to celebrate Halloween at school. Instead they had a Halloween dance on Saturday night. She is on student council this year, and the dance was put on by them. She had to help plan it, set up, and clean up after. I got to go and help too. It was fun watching her at her first school dance - a little weird too! I think the highlight was that she won the costume contest - as voted on by all the other students that were there. She was pretty excited.
We were all grateful for an extra hour of sleep after such a busy weekend. Sammy and Noah weren't ready for it to end, and were begging us to take them trick or treating again on Saturday night.
