The Accidental Boilermaker

Today was Jameson’s thanksgiving feast at school. His classmate Trevor’s mom took our picture. She almost got Jameson to smile.  Jameson ate most of his turkey, two rolls with butter, and all of his dessert.  At the bus stop we got to meet Freedom, Evelyn’s friend McKenzie’s new foster puppy. She was so adorable!

Tonight was the Fantasy of Lights Winter Wonder Dash 2K. We have driven through the fantasy of lights every winter since we moved to Fort Wayne but this year we ran. We signed up for the dash kind of because Evelyn and Jameson missed out on running the Fort4fitness and because it just sounded like fun. We took lots of pictures at the start. Running through the lights was very cool. 

Evelyn did not have school today. Thousands of teacher gathered in Indianapolis to protest for things like better funding, higher pay and less teaching to the standardized tests. Evelyn’s school district decided with so many teachers requesting personal days to attend the rally that it was safest to cancel classes. Evelyn and Jameson both wore red/pink in support of public education. But Jameson still had school, so we dropped him off. Evelyn was so excited to see her former PreK teacher and then to go get donuts at Tom’s. After donuts we played a bunch of boards games and read some books before picking Jameson up.  In other news I bought these microfiber turban towels for Evelyn to help get her hair dry after bath. I wish I had thought of the idea sooner, the towel worked so well. I bought a two pack thinking maybe I’d use the second one, but now I think I will have to share with Jameson. 

The outdoor ice skating rink opened yesterday!  We went with out friends Tamber and Natalya.  Originally they had invited us to their house for dinner, but then Paul (the husband/dad) got sick.  It was a great day for skating.  The rink wasn't too busy when we first got there, but it did fill up fast. Jameson did really well.  Nate had him practicing skating all on his own. Evelyn did well too.  She was a little wobbly at first and generally stuck close to the wall the whole time.  She had a couple good falls too. Jameson usually doesn't pick Nate over me, but when it comes to skating he wants his dad. Waving to the zamboni.

We took a trip up to Michigan this past weekend.  Evelyn and Jameson were so excited to see their cousins and so excited to eat french toast sticks for breakfast. Legos were a big hit too, but maybe even more fun than Legos was playing in the snow. Not sure I've ever been sledding in November. Other indoor fun activities included board games, just a little bit of screen time, movie time, and reading books together before bedtime.

It was a busy busy Saturday.  My dad and I signed up to be vendors at a craft fair held by Jameson's school.  My dad sold paracord bracelets and I crocheted pumpkins and leaf coasters. We were modestly successful.  The craft fair seemed very busy; we had lots of shoppers stop at our table.  I sold all my coasters (which really surprised me) and a good number of pumpkins.  Enough that after accounting for all the yarn I bought I profited about $50.  That said, I don't think we will be going into the craft fair business. While we were busy selling, Nate took Evelyn and Jameson to ballet and then to Millie's birthday party.  He came by school to see how things were going before taking the kids home in order to rest a little before trick-o-treating. Sarah, Harper, Willow, and Violet came over to our neighborhood for trick-o-treating which was lots of fun for everyone.  We had Captain America, Anna, Elsa, Minnie Mouse and Tinkerbe...