TGIF

Was I the only one that noticed that it was dark out at 7AM yesterday? Just overnight. Fall is here. It did remind me that I have to get my eyes checked now that night time driving will be required. It's funny, but driving to work yesterday I realized that I don't drive in the dark during the summer, and rarely went to bed after dark. Weird.

Not exactly sure what the weekend holds for us, but I do know that it is another soccer Saturday tomorrow morning. As I state every Friday, soccer is the highlight of our week.

Yesterday, Mom, Sissy and I dropped the kids off at Grama's (spun the wheels driving out of Grama's driveway) while we had an afternoon of Target and happy hour. What a treat. Target was great, and for the first time since Christmas...I didn't go down the toy aisles. It was surreal. I didn't have to run Asa to the bathroom two or three times, I didn't have to tell him a million times that he doesn't have enough money to buy a toy and I didn't have to tell him to quit rolling on the floor because it's dirty. The silly thing is...I missed him. I missed his input on telling me what shoes to buy, what soda's to buy, what smelly lotion to buy and missed his Blue Ranger moves that he does in front of the cart, where I nearly run him over a dozen or so times during the shopping trip.

The break was nice and made me thankful that I have my little family.

This fall will be the firsts for a lot of family events. Valentina is home. Her first trip to the pumpkin patch, her first trick or treating and her first Thanksgiving. She has added so much to our lives. I can't put in words how much I love that little girl. I am really trying to make fall a better time in my life and looking at that girl....she can't help make me smile.

I'm a bit upset at myself for explaining "compromise" to my son. It seems that he wants to compromise a lot. With me. For everything. I ask him to brush his teeth at night "Mum, how about we compromise, I will brush them extra long and good tomorrow in the morning if I don't have to do them now". At dinner, "Mum, lets compromise, I'll eat dessert now and eat dinner after." At bedtime, " Mum, how about we compromise and you can read me extra books tonight and not as much tomorrow night". And my favorite, "Mum, let's compromise. I'm just so tired to put my toys away tonight, you can do it tonight and I'll do it tomorrow. "

Well, I'm off to pick up my kid, do Friday house cleaning, check Facebook (new hobby by the way) grocery shop, hopefully take a nap since Asa woke up at 6am and maybe hit the library later.

This was a worthless post, but I do it for Sissy:)

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