Fall Break

This has been a rather slow and boring fall break which makes it perfect!  My plans were to do absolutely nothing!  We stay so busy with soccer and school so this has been a much needed break.  We did take the girls shopping for Halloween costumes.  Ava chose a vampire costume (which really doesn't look much like one) and Elia chose a gorilla mask????  Elia really hates Halloween and I am not quite sure why a gorilla but oh well.  Here are some pictures of when we shopped:

Of course, Carol and I had to get our nails done:  (I chose a burnt orange color for fall.)

Ava has decided she wants an electric guitar for Christmas.  I do think she is going to be my musical child!

Miley got a much needed bath!

I love this picture of Miley.  It is almost hard to tell which is the front and which is the back.

Of course, no fall break is complete without cleaning things out.  I managed to clean out both girls' rooms and closets, the playroom, and the playroom closet.  The worst room in the house was Ava's room!  Here is the work in progress:

And the cleaned out after:

Here is her cleaned out closet:  (I ended up with 6 bags to take to goodwill from her room alone.)

The kids have enjoyed playing outside over fall break.  I think they have played in the cove every day of fall break.  Our cove tends to be the gathering place for all the neighborhood kids and football games.

Our last real day of fall break brought a trip to the dentist for me.  I am one of those people with a phobia of the dentist.  They always find something wrong so I have managed to avoid the dentist for almost 3 years now.  This was not a good idea, and I highly recommend going to your cleanings every 6 months.  I had to have 2 very painful cavities filled.  Then I go back in a few weeks for a crown, followed my 2 more fillings.  A good lesson learned about seeing your dentist on a regular basis.  Here is a picture of me with my mouth all numb!  LOL!

Fall break also brought Elia's birthday party and soccer, of course.  I will blog about those in a separate post.  It's hard to believe fall break is almost over and we are starting our 2nd nine weeks of school!  Christmas break will be here before we know it!