October Fun!

We have had quite a busy month, and as a result I have not been keeping up with the blog. I will give some updates in short posts, so it doesn't get too boring. I will start with what has happened first...The first fun thing that we did this fall was go to Dewberry Farm. Cory and I had gone there last year with some friends, so we decided to make it an annual tradition. We had a great time again, but unfortunately the whole world was there having fun too! It was one of the first weekends with great weather, and it was featured on "Good Morning America" earlier that week. We still had a lot of fun, it was just really busy everywhere! Adilyn had the most fun running down the dirt pile with Cory and Shane. We stayed all the way to dark, and had fun playing around and hanging out with friends. It was a great way to get the fall holiday season started.

Cory is still going out of town every week. It's still hard to have him gone, but the girls and I have gotten comfortable in our routine. Luckily, the one week that Adilyn was sick my mom was here to help with all that. We have our Sunday night "go to a park, watch a movie, and eat dinner in the living room" routine. Adilyn always thinks it is so much fun to eat in the living room. The sad part about that is that she actually eats much better when she is in front of the tv. I think she doesn't think about what she is doing because she is in the "television trance". It's crazy how people of any age just zone out when the tv comes on. I really try to limit the amount of tv she watches because it just drives me nuts to see that blank stare on her face while she is watching it. Her favorite show is still Mickey Mouse, but we also watch Handy Manny every now and then. During the week, we pretty much just come home from school, eat dinner, play for an hour or two, then go to bed. Some days (especially the ones when she is grumpy) I wonder what it would be like if I didn't work. I wonder if I would be more irritated with them, or if I would love it because I would not be so rushed all the time. I sometimes feel like I never have any time with Kacy. I know that I have a lifetime to spend time with her, but I wonder if I will regret the time I have missed with her (and Adilyn) while I am at work. Oh well, with the economy the way it is and with Cory's job being so uncertain, we really don't have an option right now. I think that all that matters in the end is that your kids know that you did the best you could, and that you loved them with all your heart. I believe that I am doing both of those things right now, so that's all I have to give.