October was crazy!!
New York
I went to New York to see my sister.
To help Ryan out with the kids, my mom came to my house and stayed there while I was gone.
Unfortunately, the day I left Ryan got sick and came home early from work. He stayed sick the entire time I was gone and was still slightly sick when I returned. My mom is a ROCK STAR because she took care of everybody while I was gone. Go Nonni!!
My view from the window, we were above a storm and it got crazy adn this is what it looked like most of the flight. It was not fun going through because all you saw were clouds and then bam the ground. Luckily our pilot knew how to fly and land through the clouds.
My sister lives in the city and has for awhile but I've only visited her in Hoboken. Since I've visited her a few times already, our main goal was just to hang out, watch movies, eat lots of greasy, non-nutritional foods, and of course to go shopping.
My favorite memories of my trip
1. Visiting Chelsea Market
We were very hungry when we arrived so we saw it, took a picture, and then went to a Mexican restuaurant to go eat food. We will definitely have to go back when we are not so hungry so we can check out the different shops and food places. It was such a neat place to go!
2. Macaroni Bar
We happened upon this place by accident and Tamara had heard of it and she loves macaroni, so of course we had to check it out. They served macaroni by itself and other various macaroni concoctions. We of course had to have just straight up macaroni. I thought it was okay but was glad to do something so uniquely New Yorkish.
3. Observing a protest
We in a Crate and Barrel store and looked out the upstairs window and observed a 10 minute long group of protestors walkind down the street. They were armed with signs, shirts, and police. It was kinda crazy!
4. Wicked
We were able to go see the Broadway show, Wicked. It was absolutely amazing. I loved it! I wouldn't mind going to see it again.
5. Bed, Bath, and Beyond
Tamara needed some pillows so we headed to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. It was 2 stories and gigantic!! I had the most fun on the escalator because they had one for your basket. You pushed your basket on it and it took all the way to the top. I thought that was the coolest thing ever.
6. Walking around
I've been to New York but I never went out and about by myself. Tamara had to work one day while I was there so I was able to just wander around. It was raining at one point, so I did hang out a beautfiul church for a little while, but I was also able to do some shopping. It was crazy and fun at the same time. When Tamara got done with work, we met up and kept shopping.
7. Breakfast
One morning, Tamara made me breakast. We had eggs, bacon, and biscuits and it was great because she made her sissy a home-cooked meal in her apartment. It was sweet and delicious!!
I had an awesome trip and can't wait to go back and see her again.
Corpus Christi
We went to my mom's house in October when they were finishing up completing the work on our house. We spent several days in Corpus and the kids got to play and enjoy the weather. They especially loved using our old blocks, which were some of Mom's old blocks to make buildings and roads.
Z's first pigtails! (Ignore the scratches, the girl likes to injure her face, almost always has several scrapes, bumps, or bruises on her face!!)
Deep in thought
Cheese
Thinking and planning
My mom's church had a Halloween trunk or treat so we dressed up and went to it.
Batman, who refused to wear his Batman costume but instead preferred the Batman shirt and Tinkerbell
Mama and Schroeder
Why am I the only one smiling?
Checking out the candy buckets
Halloween
When we left Corpus we went to stay at a hotel a few days while they finished up everything at the house. Our first day back was Halloween. My kids have never gone trick-or-treating in any neighborhood because nobody really handed out candy in our other neighborhood. Our new neighborhood does up Halloween like crazy. People have golf carts and trucks pulling flat-beds. We went with the neigbor kids from across the street and had a blast. My kids only let me take one picture before we left.
Schroeder still wouldn't wear his costume but we did convince him to wear his belt and cape.
That wraps up October!
