Oh I think August was in there somewhere too :)

Well this is a back-dated post because I noticed that as I begin my rapid decent into old age, the details of events are not so fresh in my mind and having this little blog here to keep stories and pictures for me is coming in pretty handy.

I just have to actually ... you know ... BLOG.

So in an effort to waste time I should be using to address Christmas cards or make gifts, I'm going to go back in time and try to remember what the crap happened a few months ago.

On Labor Day this year, a friend of mine had an AWESOME birthday party. This is actually not that friend lol, but it IS a very cute picture of me :)

This party was one of those back yard BBQs where you just don't leave ... for like 7 HOURS lol. We came for lunch, we stayed for dinner ;) It was SO much fun.

She's a cake designer and made this cupcakes for herself ... and the stand ... and the hanging candy decorations! And oh my were they GOOOOOOD :)

Later that night, the hubs and I actually got to get out for a little alone time :D After the kids were in bed, Teen stayed up late to sorta keep watch over the house and we took a cab downtown to our favorite cowboy hick bar and had a GREAT time together :) We find a corner and sit and talk for HOURS with NO interruptions and it is just heaven. Totally makes dealing with the dramedy we have goin on at this place worth it ;)

Later on in September, I went with my friend E and her 3 sweet boys to Discovery Kingdom! It was a weekend that DH could stay home with The Boy (who was in A HUGE amount of trouble) and I was able to take Lil Miss, just she and I :)

This girl LOVES her some roller coasters ;)

She also just ADORES these boys :)

And they love her right back!

My favorite of the shows is the Dolphin show. It is SO entertaining! The trainers really put on a great act!

But then it was back to rides!!

That is one of my favorite parts of the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, you have a great assortment of rides, big and small, and then a ton of animal shows and exhibits!

You can't get it all done in one day so it's AWESOME that we got the season passes this year :)

This was like our 4th or 5th visit this year if you include Magic Mountain! There is just SO much to see and do there! We even saw penguins!!

;)

The only real incident was when Lil Miss decided that butterflies are from the devil ...

One tried to land on her (or flew 20 ft above her) and she FREAKED.OUT. It was the funniest thing ever lol. And every time I see these 2 pictures, before butterfly freak out, and during butterfly freak out, I laugh and laugh. ;)

While she pulled herself together, Boy#2 requested that *I* take him on the gorilla ride :) HOW could you turn down that face?!


Then we plotted our next move ...

And spent the rest of the late afternoon in the Looney Tune park :)

The rides there are set up just for them and are all close together so they were just running from one ride to the next!

They barely even knew we were there!

It was so much fun getting to go to the park with E and her boys, hopefully we get to again next year!

In other September related news ... Teen turned 14.

Yeah, that's right. 1.4.

I can't even articulate what an amazing young woman she is turning out to be. I always knew she would, mind you, but it still just AMAZES me how great she really is :)

She is so sweet and so loving. She is so good with kids and genuinely LOVES being around them, ANYONES kids! I hope someday she realizes what an awesome teacher she would be and embraces it. Right now she aspires to be a fashion designer. I did too at her age, and if she chooses to pursue it, I'll support that choice. But I think she would really enjoy teaching and I KNOW she would make a huge impact on her students. Maybe one day she'll see that too :)

Instead of a big ol party this year, her dad and I decided to go in together and get her a computer as a gift. She's using one for most of her assignments now and I don't share well.

It was time. lol

I decided to go ahead and let her have a few friends over on her birthday since A. She was here, and B. The hubs wasn't ;)

We just did simple pizza and cake and sleepover and they had a BLAST :) Teenage girls can be so simple sometimes ;)

In late September, some friends and I met up for another MNO. I LOVE these opportunities to escape the house and enjoy an evening with as much laughter as I can take!

We all got together at a restaurant next to a movie theater to have dinner and drinks before seeing "The Help".

It was a great night, my sides were on FIRE by the time we left for the movie! Can't get enough of my girl time :)

And that was about it for September lol. I'm sure there was more but honestly it took me FAR longer than I anticipated to get used to having all my little ones in school all day. Not complaining of course, it's just a different phase of life and it's taking some work to figure out what to do with it! I didn't get done HALF of what I hoped to ... and then I discovered Pinterest ... and managed to get even LESS done. Anyone who knows of it, knows EXACTLY what I'm talking about.

I am getting used to things though, so hopefully I will have SOME kind of routine going on soon!