lacy.lynn: The (almost) best month of the year! (September)

What We Did -

Brian and I had a day date for our anniversary. We got our favorite breakfast, and went to some small shops to look at records and crystals and tarot cards. We had a biking playdate. I took the girls night swimming in our apartment pool. It was super fun, but also had the unfortunate timing of being a day when it had dropped 20 degrees overnight. Still fun, but chillier than expected. I worked a shift at Barnyard Friends at the State Fair. The kids and I met up with my mom at the Ogden Dinosaur Park. We had a cook-out in the canyon with friends, a playdate with Jeremiah and Shannon. We took an aquarium trip for Norah's birthday. The kids had a weekend in Malad so we could have a whole weekend in Park City! I followed it up by flying out on Monday for Minneapolis for my very first work conference.

Inspired by -

My fall nostalgia cd. (age of adz by Sufjan Stevens).

Watching -

Task Master. Masterchef. Glow Up.

Reading -

Seance Tea Party -(a very sweet YA graphic novel that deals with grief and changing friendships.) Halloween books to the kids. I tried to start a book and had somehow missed that it was about two young sisters going missing and had to nope out IMMEDIATELY.

Thinking about -

My work conference at the end of the month. Fall activities I want to do. This viral house tour and a kitchen couch. How Jason Mantzoukas will probably never date me because we have a 15 year age difference.

Listening to -

Age of Adz (see above). The Twee Spotify playlist.

Researching -

Dressing for your Venus sign. Cute ghost art. Magnetic Fields lyrics.

Organizing -

Packing lists. To do lists. The kids closet.

Cooking + Eating + Drinking -

Drinking - (hot) coffee with pumpkin spice creamer!! Eating - a baked good hopefully! Cooking - very little! Sorry about your lack of vegetables children!

Grateful for -

Traveling safely, making a couple friends at the conference, Ashley introducing me to americanos a few months ago, the muddy buddy cookie I got at the Mall of America.

What the girls are into -

Norah - losing teeth, being excited for her birthday, making lists (my heart!!), being worried about the environment.

June - wearing costumes to preschool, NOT being interrupted, writing letters and her name (my heart again!!!)

What Everett is doing -

Finding ways to be cuter every day. Doing pratfalls off his elephant car. Adding on to his noise repertoire with ghosts, trains, and buses. Pretending to be a cat. Being so happy just to be included.