Lately, I've been able to spend more time with my family! It has been great. I think it is because we have not had very many meetings lately. We had parent/teacher conferences, but I spread them out over the whole week, so it wasn't too bad. Since I didn't have them back to back on Thursday, I was able to get plans done for the next week! Confession: That week was the only week I had my lesson plans done before going home on Friday! And I wasn't able to do it for this next week either. I just finished them while Ethan was taking his naps this weekend. I guess as long as they are done, right?!

We had fun this week with Halloween! Ethan was Cookie Monster! He went trick-or-treating for the first time. It only took him 2 houses to figure out what to do and (most importantly) why! CANDY! I think he is permanently ruined now! He used to never want to eat candy or sweets. Now he asks for candy several times a day. We are rationing his candy pretty well though!

I'm now bracing myself for this next week. I have a 4-hour class on Monday night and am teaching a 2-hour workshop on Wednesday. These are both things I have put on myself and will enjoy them. I will just have to be a good time manager to get everything else done!

Well, I hear some breathing behind me. It must be Ethan up from his nap! We're going to Battlefield Station Family Hobbies to play with some trains this afternoon!