Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere

Good morning. The sickness is officially out of everyone's system. Mia still gets coughing fits from time to time, but no more stuffy noses, so that's wonderful. We had a pretty good week as well. She's learning new letters to write and all kinds of facts about bats. I always enjoy hearing her tell me what she learned at school, and I always ask her what was her favorite part. It always varies. From "hanging with Kailee at recess" to "Show and Tell", every day it's always something different. She's She's got a field trip this week at the New Berlin Fire Department that I will be going with her to. She's pretty stoked. I am too. Should be a lot of fun. Wednesday, I spent about an hour working on free kicks and PKs while she was at school. The weather was perfect so the session was quite enjoyable. Wasn't bending the ball as well as I was hoping, but a few bent nicely.

Friday, Mia went to the movies with Jill and her family to see Hotel Transylvania 2. From what I was told, she loved it. When I got home from work, she was passed out. Always a good sign. Saturday, we went to a pumpkin patch place down the road. Jump houses, games and of course pumpkins. She had a lot of fun. The weather was perfect as well. She did a ring toss, find the key in the hay, and bounced in a bounce house. Later, we went over to a bon fire/house warming party at a friend from Carroll College (or University if you wanna be technical). It was a lot of fun catching up and swapping stories. Mia was a good girl with her Grandparents and when we came back, they had green face paint on. Mia gave them monster make overs. This kid loves Halloween. Sunday, I cut grass and worked as Jill and Mia went over to the Betty Brinn Children's Museum. From what they said, it was a lot of fun. Not real big, but they had a great time. Mia loved the "fix the car" place where she replaced a muffler, changed an air filter and filled the windshield wash. She also enjoyed the bakery along with all kinds of other fun activities.

Lots going on this week. Field trip on Wednesday, Chelsea is back in action on Saturday and I'm going to see local hometown heroes Maritime at the Cactus Club for their record release show. I'm pretty stoked about it because I haven't seen them in a lot time, and they're just amazing live. I was supposed to have a Flood meeting (Torrent supporters group) at noon, but it looks like we're not going to have a good turnout. No big deal. Still need to pick up a few items for my Halloween costume and purchase some pumpkins for our annual carving.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!