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I hope you had a very Happy Halloween and take your time with the TR. We're all here and we're not going anywhere. BTW, I guess you came into Baltimore to see Toy Story 3 on ice? If you did, you were only a couple of blocks away from my office!
Thanks everyone, I hope you all had an enjoyable Halloween! It felt like a great Halloween for us, except Erick came home too tired from work to help take Skyler Trick-or-treating with me(we were nice and let him sleep until we came home, although I did sense Skyler's dissappointment that Daddy was home and wanted to sleep). I feel like I haveHalloween Hangover today, maybe from walking through our entire neighborhood with Skyler, and just feeling tired. I was falling a sleep in my chair watching The Saints game with the rest of the family at 9:30 and had a child not ready for bed yet(and he didn't touch any of his Halloween Treats except for his non-candy treat of Halloween Mr. Potato Head from us).
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I hope you had a very Happy Halloween and take your time with the TR. We're all here and we're not going anywhere. BTW, I guessyoucameinto Baltimore to see Toy Story 3 on ice? If you did, you were only a couple of blocks away from my office!
Thanks Melissa. We actually saw Disney on Ice at the Patriot Center (George Mason's Stadium) in Fairfax, VA 2 days before it went to Baltimore.
Thank you Susan for the belated birthday wishes, and thank you so much for the kind thoughts Melissa & Holly. Sorry everyone. I haven't been meaning to neglect you or my TR. We've been busy around here. And no such luck for now on the Insurance Extension so Skyler's last Speech Therapy Session is this Friday after his Neurologist appointment. I had an alright actual Birthday Day until Skyler gave me a headache throwing his hard toys at the back of my head. We actually celebrated it Thursday night and went out to dinner the 3 of us.
All I can say is I have nervous butterflies in my stomach about Skyler's Nurologist Appointment on Friday. Skyler & I today had a nice day trip to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and spent the majority of the day at Boyd's Bear Country where he Adopted a Puppy and named him Brees(after Drew Brees from the New Orleans Saints). Sadly we still can't get a real dog yet, but this one he is handling quite well. We also did some holiday shopping too for DMil, DM, & Myself, as I have collected Boyds Bears since I was little(I collect the Resin ones). They have some great deals there too. Today they were lighting their Christmas Tree and had a live Reindeer there to pose for pictures with(Skyler was too timid for that, but I got one taken of me with Scotty the Reindeer). We also saw the Grinch and a Character Bear and Skyler was excited to shake their hands. Wealso made Skyler a Boyds Bear which he's getting for the Holidays. That place is way too cute for words. I hope you all are doing well and I'm so sorry for neglecting my TR. I will get my rear in gear on it.
Thank you so much Cam, Susan, & Cheryl for the pixies for Skyler and us for Friday. I have to keep making myself listen to Bob Marley's Song "Everything is Gonna Be Alright" and get the lyrics implanted in my head as that's what I need to go into Skyler's appointment with, not being the big worry wort I am(although isn't that a Mom's job anyway?).
At least we know Skyler has come a long way since starting Speech Therapy and we may just have a lot of homework to do with him until January, but if that's what it takes, this Little Mama Bear is up for the challenge.
Thank you all for hanging in here with me. My days with Skyler feel never-ending since Erick has picked up more hours at work and it'sgetting to the busy Holiday Season. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.
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