As I am designing our Christmas cards I added "to following our everyday adventures on this blog..." then I realized that I might need to update the blog for that to be true. So here I go!
1. Day-care- We found out in October that our current day-care's contract was not being renewed and a new day-care would be starting January 1st. No big deal, we had seen a decrease in enrollment numbers at the day-care and I am sure the people who decided on the change had their reasons for it. October 30th we were notified that the current day-care would be closing the next Friday (11/7). One week notice. We were lucky and the new day-care moved up their start date to 11/16, leaving us with just a week without child-care. Nick and I each took a couple vacation days and Grandma Greving came down for a day as well. Wouldn't be a huge issue, except that we were leaving for vacation the following week and it was a lot of time out of the office (and using the Grandparents for care) all at once. But... it worked out and we are loving the new day-care! It is amazing that you don't realize how bad things had gotten until you experience something better. Neve loves the new center, the teachers seem really nice and it is so much cleaner! Just a lot of drama and stress to get there.
2. Halloween- we had Doc McStuffins and an ENT Doctor in the house! My dream is that these professions stick in the long term (well, maybe more the ENT doctor vs. the Disney cartoon character). The girls had a blast trick-or-treating with the neighborhood kids. 20 of us and counting (2 more were in their mommy's tummy's at that time).
3. Vacation!!!!!!! Nick and I took an amazing trip to Jamaica the week before Thanksgiving. We stayed at an all-inclusive in Ocho Rios and had a great time. I read four books, Nick read one. Days were spent on the beach, by the pool and in the ocean. We went snorkeling, kayaking, and took a ride on a glass bottom boat. We also slept in as late as we wanted (and all night) and didn't wear a watch the entire time (which was sometimes a struggle for me). Nick ate all the seafood he could get his hands on, including what must have been decent lobster because we went to the same restaurant twice and he ordered the same thing (typical for me, but not for Nick). We hit up a speakeasy bar and enjoyed some amazing live music. Had a couples massage on the pier with the waves of the ocean crashing against the rocks (very relaxing) and just plain enjoyed spending time with just the two of us (adult conversations!). An added bonus was that I am 99% sure they filmed the finale for the upcoming season of the Bachelor at our resort!
4. The girls must have had a decent time with the Grandparents while we were away because they didn't seem to miss us much. They ended up with an extra morning with Grandma Greving since the snow storm kept her in Des Moines overnight. They enjoyed that.
5. Holiday time- I cannot believe Thanksgiving has come and gone. The house is decorated for Christmas and all the gifts have been purchased. The girls are excited and Neve thinks every day is Christmas- but doesn't understand why she cannot open the presents under the tree. Buddy the Elf is back and the girls are loving it. He has only not moved once thus far (which is pretty decent considering this Mommy tends to forget about him a lot).
6. Ellie lost her first tooth! We were downstairs watching the Nebraska/Iowa football game. I heard Nick tell her to get a Kleenex (I thought she had a runny nose). Next thing I hear is him telling her she is bleeding. She walked over with a nice little hole in her mouth and a very big smile on her face. She is officially growing up.
7. We went to Disney on Ice the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We were in the box that work has with a co-worker of mine who has a little girl in school with Ellie. I called Ellie "Ellie" and the little girl asked who that was... I guess she goes by Eleanor at school so people do not know who "Ellie" is. As we were talking later, she would now like us to call her Eleanor and not Ellie. Neve quickly joined the trend and would now like to go by Genevieve. I am not complaining, I love their full names! It is just hard to remember. Oh, the girls LOVED Disney on Ice. We have a trip to Disney World planned for next year and Neve is a little confused as to the difference between Disney on Ice and Disney World.
8. Once again I am not sure where the year has gone. We have had a lot of adventures and tons of memories--- but it seemed to fly by. Ellie is almost half way done with kindergarten. And Neve is that much closer to starting kindergarten. Time can start to slow down any day now. Until it does I will remind myself to enjoy every second!
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