Though you wouldn't know it from the silent blog, life has been full and busy through October and November! Delia gives me regular reminders to write a new post! :)
I'll start with some small talk about the weather. Our weather did its usual thing this year-- staying triple-digit hot late into the season, until one day it got dramatically cold for a few days! I think the drastic drop in temp made our color-changing leaves extra beautiful this year. Around Thanksgiving time is when we get the best color. It always feels late, but it's always worth the wait.
Halloween weekend was busy for us, so the costumes were figured out at the last minute. Delia threw this together and cracked us up!
Lots to be thankful for this year! We thank God especially for the people he has brought into our lives this year-- for my reunion with an old teaching partner who I love, for the new church staff who have been such a blessing to Dave and our church, for new high school friends for the girls, and...for another who I will write about at a later time. ;) We felt the Lord bless and keep us as we celebrated his goodness this season. Thanksgiving in preschool is a sweet time. One of my mom friends sent me this, showing I made their family's Thankful Pumpkin! Thanksgiving Day was lovely for our family! One of our new pastors preached, and then we shared a fabulous feast and a day of fellowship and games with some dear friends.
(When you are so in sync with your co-teachers that you unintentionally dress alike!)
But, mostly fall was full of friends! Every weekend square on our calendar had some group activity written on it. Ella learned to shoot rifles and handguns at a Harvest Party in her friend's orchard/barn (above). She proved to be a good markswoman! Delia donned pink with her friends for a football game (below).
Both girls hosted parties at our house. Ella held a "Presentation Party" where everyone came with a Power Point slide show answering a goofy question she handed out in advance. Topics like "Which of my friends would survive a zombie apocalypse" or "Predicting my friends' futures" or "My friends' arch-nemeses". Dave and I hung out and enjoyed laughing hard with this creative, hilarious, super smart bunch!
Delia hosted a Friendsgiving Dip Party. Everyone brought their favorite dip to share, with fondue as the dessert. They too played silly games and filled my home with laughter.
Bowling dates, birthday sleepovers, a night of praise and worship in the cozy barn of one of Delia's friends, and Ella spending each Sunday through the month of November practicing the Messiah with the friends she decided to sing it with were a few of the other opportunities to connect this month!
Probably my favorite time of the day is after dinner-- when the girls sit down together at the dining room table to work on their homework with a mug of hot chocolate. I'm washing dinner dishes and making the next day's lunches, we're playing "Crazy DJ" with Alexa, and we're laughing about the day's events, chatting about life, and dreaming about the future. These sweet, everyday moments are numbered, I know, so I'm trying to take them in and cherish them.
Our biggest news this fall is that our March play is already cast! It's a favorite: Pride and Prejudice! When the girls auditioned, they had to fill out an application/contract stating what other commitments they had, etc. When asked to identify what role they most were interested in, Ella wrote a whole page essay on her love for her all time favorite literary heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. Annd...she landed the part! This will be such a phenomenal way for Ella to end her high school drama career! We're pretty delighted the Delia gets to play her SISTER, Kitty! The cast is a fun one, and though practices won't start for a while, they are already working on their many lines and group texting about what fun off-stage shenanigans they plan. (A little documentary about the making of? An in-character appearance on a float in our annual Almond Blossom parade??) We can't wait to watch this one come together!
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