Sometimes you need Red Wine while Potty Training

I know it has been, oh say, 7 months since I last wrote something. So let's start with pictures.
This is Macy from this week... she has been sick so we have been killing time with baths.
Here are some Halloween pictures. Aunt Marie lives by us now so she came along for the Parade and Trick or Treating in Hoboken.

Here is one of the favorite costumes we saw. I have no idea who this guy is but I thought the pirate/parrot thing was cute. There are some more favorites below. They were all in the parade so I have no idea who any of the people are :) hope they don't mind.

Nana with the girls! She came to visit for Halloween/Birthday celebration. Aylah was tinkerbell and Macy was a bumblebee.

Another favorite costume. Annie with the dog, butler and nanny.

The man with the yellow hat and curious george!

She is getting so big! Collecting her loot.

Mommy and her little bee.

Josh and I went to Boston for my birthday gift from him... I might have just turned 30 but don't tell anyone.

A Family pic before Josh and I went out to eat on my birthday. We had the "appetizer" of a yummy chocolate cake so we could celebrate with the girls.

So we have had some incidents with our bathroom lately. Two weeks ago Aylah accidently dropped a jar of red nail polish on the floor of our tile bathroom. It got everywhere, rug, tile, grout. I salvaged the tile, the rug was a bust and the grout has a lovely red tint to it. Wonderful.

Last night Macy was using the bathroom (we are potty training- and doing pretty good but still not all the way there) and Macy in a flourish exited her spot from the potty and did a spin in her nightgown (she will basically only wear dresses for us or pants with her red pj tutu) and knocked over my glass of red wine on the counter I had just poured. And guess where it landed. Yup, all over the exact same spot the red nail polish had landed. This time the rug was in the garbage but it did get all over our clothes, tile, tub, and oh yeah the grout. So now we have some lovely colored grout... so I need to do some grouting. Already talked to my dad so I think I know what I need to do. But that will probably wait till the dead of winter when we are inside and bored.

Aylah is in school and loving it. She goes 5 days a week from 8:30-12:30. She is currently learning how to write her name in lowercase, printing numbers 1-10 and learning to read the color words. They are also working on their Winter (i.e. Christmas) Show. I know because she is singing Rockin Around the Christmas Tree incesantly. Oh and the Pledge of Allegiance. We are excited to go watch her on December 6!

So I signed up to take the New Jersey Praxis exam to become a certified teacher in NJ. My certificate expired this past June from Michigan. And I am beginning to try to figure out what I want to be when I grow up and stop being a stay-at-home mom. So I figured this is a good first step. So December 7 I am taking the Elementary Ed and Child Development Content Knowledge tests. Wish me luck.

Let's see, Macy next. She is a spitfire. She went through this super long phase, ok, her whole life, of being really whiny but the past week or two... something magical happened. She is slowly becoming much less whiny, lots less tears and breakdowns. It seems too good to be true but I am loving it! She really is a sweet little girl, waves to all strangers on the street, copies her big sister in everything from singing songs to playing school. I love spending one on one time with her while Aylah is in school. She is my little helper at the grocery store. She walks around with this gigantic backpack on and helps me "put things" (throw them) into the cart.

Josh is doing well. Super busy as usual but still likes his job at New City. They started a new site of the After School Center at Vroom St. EFC this Fall. It is actually the church we go to. It sounds like things are going pretty well there and they have a long waiting list for kids that want to attend.

Thanksgiving this year will be our little family and Aunt Marie. We have a great menu planned and I get to teach my big sister how to cook... should be fun! We love having Marie close by. She is super busy in grad school but we love to see her when it works out. She even watched the girls last weekend while Josh and I went to Boston.

And then it's just a few short weeks till Christmas and our 2 week vacation home.
So that's the life update... looking forward to seeing lots of you soon!