I think I am behind on blog posts. Or maybe not. Honestly, I am a bit of a mess. I am perpetually exhausted. I am very tired of making meals. (Can a family exist on baked goods alone? I might be willing to test it, for science of course!) Everything feels like an ordeal. I am kinda a curmudgeon …
So when Boeden got excited to decorate for Halloween, I did not exactly share his enthusiasm.
I don’t like when the front of our house looks messy….and our Halloween decorations are sorta hodge podge, 22 years of skeletons, spiders and bones all thrown in big Tupperware bins! And when it comes to decor- let’s just say Boeden’s aesthetic is a tad different from mine. But the other day, I came home to discover Boeden had gone up to the attic and brought down the bins of Halloween decorations. And he had started decorating our front yard. He was so proud of himself, and I had to stop and remember that I do indeed still have an 11 year old. I think having older kids, I tend to focus on the bigger issues….and maybe the bigger kids. 😧
Like Bensten’s learners permit which required 7 trips to the DMV (because a TBI makes getting a license VERY difficult, despite all the documents from his physicians!) And, you can’t email the documents- you have to fax them. WHO HAS A FAX MACHINE these days? I truly detest the DMV. Bensten and I now joke that we both have DMV PTSD!
Or figuring out how to get Lil a blood draw in North Carolina. We take for granted all the labs and hospitals near us. She needed her Pyruvate levels checked (she has mitochondrial issues, and this is a key marker). She made the appointment at a lab near campus, fasted, got 15 vials of blood drawn, returned to campus and THEN got a call that the lab doesn’t do that type of test. Ummm. And then they asked if she would like to come pick up her vials of blood…like she could shoot the blood back into her vein?!!??! Funny enough, after an entire day of phone calls, we found the one lab within an hour of her that would do the test, and they will have to send her blood to Chantilly VA!! (You know my first thought was just to fly her home, but I know that would have been an extra expensive blood draw!!)
I guess that’s why I feel cranky. Even the simplest tasks seem to be multi-step ordeals these days!
And don’t get me started on traffic these days. What is the deal?
See, I told you I am a cranky old lady! Maybe I will be a witch for Halloween.
Anyway, sometimes I forget that Boeden is still a little guy. Well a “little guy” that wears a mens size 8 shoe and has outgrown children’s clothing entirely- he’s in men’s size small clothing!! So I have to remind myself that he is a kid who still revels in celebrating every holiday! So if you drive past our house, or come to pick up baked goods, you will see a very festive front yard! Mostly Boeden’s brainchild, but the scare crows are our joint effort!
We will be baking next Friday (10/25) and then we will bake on Wednesday Oct 30th for Halloween. Both menus will be available for order beginning at 2pm Friday!
xo,
Heather
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