Robert received an award and well deserved recognition for his hard work on a case in which a father and son were arrested for meth distribution; this was the case that we had to cancel our Miami trip for since Robert had to testify so it was an even more satisfying end that we had imagined!
We had actually planned to leave to go camping the same day that he received the award so we delayed our trip and headed up Saturday morning to Ventura KOA. We were meeting three other families up there, all with kids, and it was a blast, per usual.
Nellie is growing up so quickly and is such a little hoot and delight (most of the time!); the stuff she says and the faces she makes have has cracking up all the time. She doesn't realize it but she's really such a little entertainer.
She started SCATS gymnastics this month and loves it so far, although she doesn't understand why they're not going to Get Air trampoline park (?)...I then realized that they did that for summer camp; so now I am wondering if she really likes gymnastics or if she just stuck with it for a month to move over to SCATS because she thought she would get to play on the trampoline, I wouldn't put it past this smart little girl!
Mila is really enjoying Hope View and has accomplished so much in her learning, she's reading so well and still really enjoys math. She has made a couple of good friends and it's so cute to see them together.
She received another Hope View Hawk Award where she was acknowledged during an all school assembly.
She finished out her club soccer season, winning their last game; she played amazing and I think we were both happy that this chapter is behind us now.
Robert and his friends went to Philadelphia for their annual football trip (Patriots @ Philly) and he had so much fun. He said that Philly was a really cool city and everyone was so nice. He did say the actual game was colder when we were in Kansas City, which is hard to believe!
The girls and I kept busy while he was gone, with them looking most forward to sleepovers every night in mom and dad's bed. That lasted one night when there was no room for me and I was woken up just about every ten minutes with someone moving around, kicking me or stealing all the blankets.
This was Robert's longest trip so far and the girls were super excited for him to come home (me too!).
Both girls had a Thanksgiving party at school but neither Robert or I were able to attend; luckily the girls have some good friends and their moms sent over some pictures.
Thanksgiving break was a whirlwind of lots of play dates and Frozen 2.
We spent Thanksgiving in Palmdale, where the girls had the time of their lives during an unexpected snowstorm. We ended up taking Roscoe with us and he wasn't as excited.
When I told the girls there was going to be a chance of snow they were so excited to "make snow angels and have a snowball fight;" I told them that likely wouldn't happen and they would be lucky if they could go outside and stick their tongues out to catch snowflakes. Imagine our surprise when we were driving up and hit a huge snowstorm!
Once we finally made it safely to the house the girls barely spent any time inside! They made snow angels, built snowmen and had multiple snowball fights. We were in our warmest clothes, which wasn't much, and they only time they took a break was to come in and warm up by the fire.
Mila even made a snowman all by herself!
We closed out the month with Charlie's birthday party at the beach. It was chilly but definitely not as cold as Palmdale!
What we're looking forward to in December: Nellie's birthday, CHRISTMAS! Nana and Papa arriving, followed soon after by the Brown family and a fun filled winter break.
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