October 3rd-7th

First week of October! The weather has been amazing. Monday was a lazy day for us. I cleaned most of the day while the kids happily made multiple messes. That's how it goes! We went outside to ride bikes and Rodney and Janet were outside. They were cleaning the garage and the kids immediately had to put a stop to that. Jacek was telling Rodney that he wants to play paintball. Rodney surprised Jacek and pulled out his paintball gun. I thought Jacek's eyes were going to pop out of his head. Rodney helped Jacek put his mask and helped him shoot some yellow paint balls at his wooden wagon on the side of his house. Jacek was too the moon and back with excitement.

The Walgreens story: I scheduled the kids flu shots and they were a little uneasy about it. I decided to take them to Walgreens so they could see me get my flu shot. They were running around the store like a bunch of crazy kids. People were mean mugging, for sure. They finally take us back to a tiny room and tell us to wait. As we are sitting there, Luna is trying to reach on the counter for the red bio-hazard container, where they deposit used needles. She looks at me and asks, "Lollipop?" Jacek starts laughing so hard that I couldn't help but to bust out laughing. I explain to her that those are NOT lollipops which made Jacek laugh even harder. Then she looks at me so serious and says, "Mommy, get you butt out!" I guess she thought they were going to give me my flu shot in the butt. This made Jacek laugh so hard hard that he could hardly talk. "Mom, I just peed my pants a little." All 3 of us were laughing so hard. I'm sure the entire store could hear us. Finally, the lady came in and gave me my flu shot in the arm not my butt. The kids seemed to be in board with flu shots now. That was a fun time!

Tuesday: School day! After school we played on the play ground for a little bit but Luna kept saying she was tired. She was getting aggravated that Jacek would not leave. I knew she was about to blow and we were able to get out just in time. Haha! Nikita had a volleyball tournament that Jacek and I attended. Luna stayed home because she can't sit still for too long. Nikita's team won and we are so proud of her!

                              We love some Baby G!

Wednesday: Piano lessons! Jacek is getting better and better each week. He's learning chords and he picked out the song he wants to play for his Christmas concert. At first it was Mary had a little lamb but he wants to try and work on another song. I'm so proud of him. After piano, we went and picked up my dad and we did our yearly tradition of going to the Halloween store. We all LOVE that store. Luna's always flirting with the scary gross monsters and Jacek and my dad love to try on every hat and accessory.

Jacek had a soccer game Wednesday night. I noticed last week that he was more focused but this week, holy cow, he was like a different kid out there. He took the ball away from the other team right outside of their goal and took all the way down the field and scored his first goal. I jumped up and screamed like such an idiot. I had tears in my eyes and goose bumps. It just took my by surprise. He also scored another goal before the end of the game. He had 2 goals in one game! I was blown away. He told Matt that he wanted score a goal him a goal for his birthday. I am so proud of him. He really has come such a long way. Go Jacek!

Thursday: This week is flying by way too fast! School day. I went to drop the kids off at school and the director asked me if I had plans. Yikes! They needed me to help out in the 2 year old room (not Luna's). I was ready to take it on! I had a lot of fun seeing what the kids do all day and getting to know all the children. They were all so cute and it was an honor to have even been asked to help out. Jacek thought it was really neat that I worked at his school.

Nikita had her last tournament Thursday night. Jacek and I came out to watch a great game of volleyball. Nikita's team did not win but they played an amazing game. They came in second place for the tournament. I'm so proud of Nikita!

                                          Besties!

And Friday: I tried to clean the house a little before I had to work. We were so busy all week that I slacked off. I'm mostly caught up. We are headed to the pumpkin patch on Sunday and we are all so excited. I love this time of year!