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 Got this in the mail today. These things always make my day better. 

Today’s Events

The newest employee of Home Goods! What a handsome guy. 

I went on a run for the first time in over a year. Holy Moley that was tough.

Took the Jules out on the road!

Lucy spent the day with Mitch at work. It was take your Lucy to work day.

Halloween

We had a quiet Halloween.  Natalie and Lucy went trick or treating with Cameron and Julia tagging along walking with them.  They got a fair amount of candy but definitely a different kind of year, we only had the doorbell ring twice. They seemed to have a good time and I was glad that they thought it seemed somewhat normal.  

Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz

Two really cool teenagers

Glenda the Good Witch of the North

A bunch of athletes who used to compete in high school

Cookie Dough

The other day Mitch bought some cookie dough at the store.  Is it a sickness that the kids just wanted to eat the dough instead of make the cookies?  We are a bit odd.

Lucy’s Birthday

Lucy turned 9!  How can this be?!?  What a sweet fun girl.  She keeps us laughing with her quick wit and funny personality. She is literally the best.  She made me a wish list for her birthday presents and it was so cute.  A perfect mixture of little girl ideas and trying to keep up with her sisters.

I'm going to be honest.  Some of the decorations weren't my best work.

Lucy wanted a ballerina outfit that fit.  Apparently the last one she had was a size 4T.

We surprised her with a piñata.  Unfortunately her mother was too lazy to make one and bought one instead after about 4 hits the thing broke, but not broke open, just broke and fell to the ground.  Not like you would hope for a piñata.  I am going to go with it was the thought that counted. 

Lucy had a very specific dinner all planned out for her day.  Fettucine chicken, with sweet corn, sour cream and onion potato chips, pink fluff and Italian sodas.  

She also wanted to crave pumpkins.  Which worked out really well, since ya know we needed to get that done.  She wanted to do it ALL BY HERSELF which is also a score in the old, tired mom book.

Happy Birthday my sweet girl!