Vote

I am a day of kinda gal. Always gotta vote on Election Day! And I love getting to take my kiddos. This year all four of us went together. Both kids got to help put the ballots in the machine. The folks at our polling place are always overly kind to the children! It's just so important they see us doing our duty because what a privilege it is. No matter who becomes president, may we all be respectful and move along with our lives! 

Beachy Weekend

Now that baseball is over, we were finally able to run down to the beach. We hadn't been since Labor Day weekend and we hadn't been there by ourselves in months. It was much needed! It's truly the only place I chill. 

Friday night we rode over to calabash and had dinner at Oyster Rock. So good! We got a table outside at sunset and it was just stunning. 

My buddy and I enjoyed some raw oysters together!

 Saturday morning I walked. Best place on earth right there!

We headed over to my friend Jen's house and swam in their heated pool then walked over to the beach. These nuts jumped waves on November 2nd in North Carolina! They were so happy!

Saturday night the four of us went to Sharky's for dinner then walked over to OIFCto watch the boats bring in some mackerel from a fishing tournament that was going on. The kids loved it!

Sunday was daylight savings so we were up early and I took the kids and Mills to watch the sun rise. Grady especially loved it! I also got to dip Mills' open wound in the salt water and I am hoping it helps heal it. 






We came back and grabbed Kevin then had breakfast at 59 Causeway and then to the playground. More and more playground time and hung around with neighbors. Back to Charlotte boooooo! Big week this week! 

Halloween Recap

First up was book character day! 

Then I got to help with pumpkin math in Grady's first grade class! And I got to go back and be the mystery reader later in the day. 

We had mummy hot dogs for dinner (crescent roll wrapped around a hot dog and baked). So easy when trying to get everyone out the door! Mills was less than impressed to be a lion for the 12th year in a row. 


Half devil/half angel to match the girls next door and a dinosaur. 

Our neighbors roof was getting replaced ha. 


With Connor and Paisley!



Ms. Suzanne always has the cutest set up and loves the children. 


Trick or treating by way of golf cart is cheating but we do it anyway!


And all of our buddies in the hood had theirs out. Or a Polaris like some! ;)


Best part of the night was Grady begging me to go to one specific house that he knew about. They had a super long chute that they put the candy down in. I ran him over there while Molly Anne counted and swapped candy next door. He got two full size Twix bars and he flipped out he was so happy. It made the homeowners night too! It was joyous and what Halloween is all about!


And yes Grady had a costume change midway through the evening because he was soooo sweaty as a dinosaur. Allllll of the candy! Soooo much. 


And alllll of my pumpkins are down inside and the pumpkins on our front porch are going to be history when trash gets picked up next. 

Also, I never carved pumpkins with my kids or took them to a pumpkin patch this year. Just ran out of time and it didn't happen. They didn't seem to care and honestly I don't think they noticed. So maybe we shouldn't put all of this pressure on ourselves all of the time?! 

Randoms for Thursday

I've been on the hunt for dresses for a trip coming up and I really cannot find anything I love. Isn't that weird? Maybe because of the change of season. Anyway, here are some things that are making me happy this week. 

ONE - drawer dividers. Super easy to use and I am so excited about them. Separated sports bras, workout tanks, chill tanks and tanks I don't wear a ton. 

And shorts I love, shorts I don't wear much, tennis skirts that aren't lulu and tennis skirts that are lulu. Haha!

TWO - I took this pic to send to my friend but this is a big happy. I have really loved using this bag. It has a long strap too. 

THREE - a great under $50 gift for someone you love. 


FOUR - shorter hunter boots for your wish list? I love this special blue color. 


FIVE - simple sweater yet has some zazz 

Menu This Week

Sunday - appetizers before church (aka a bunch of frozen stuff in the air fryer)

Monday - Bacon, Leek and Cheese Quiche (sooooo good and so easy but full disclosure I made this on Sunday because we had baseball on Monday night, just reheated)

Tuesday - Egg Roll in a Bowl (will brown meat in the morning when the kids eat breakfast to save time after work)

Wednesday - ground beef tacos with avocados of course (same thing, will brown meat in the morning)

Thursday - Halloween - mummy (crescent rolls) wrapped hot dogs before flying out the door to trick or treat!

Friday - out!

Halloween Weekend

On Friday afternoon, my office had the most adorable event where all of the children come trick or treat. My kids have loved this tradition! 

Look at grady down there as a dinosaur!

 

Saturday morning at the baseball field with a big W in playoffs!

Kevin was at the hospital with his mom so the kids and I did some errands. I'd typically do these during my lunch but my schedule has been wacky lately due to spending time at the hospital. It was nice to get this stuff knocked out. They got to have a macaroon at Whole Foods so don't feel too badly for them haha!


And picking out things she wanted at Lululemon sooooo adding these to her Christmas list. 



Saturday night the four of us went to Inizio for pizza. Sooooo good. The evening got exciting when I saw flashlights in our backyard. I had heard a bunch of "kids" earlier so quickly figured that out. They were running from a neighbors house when the parents got home and found booze. They even jumped our fence which is not short. Probably about 15 kids. I told them they picked the wrong yard since ours is so muddy and it had just rained! Kinda funny. 

Sunday I went over to the hospital in the AM. Then Kevin and I swapped. Kids sang in a chorus concert at church last night. Easy little weekend. 

20 Minute Red Curry Basil Oil Garlic Noodles

I made this recipe by Half Baked Harvest last night and it was super good. The kids loved it. I only used one tablespoon of the red curry paste. Yum!!