Time Warp

So, the end of October is upon us. I still cannot believe this month has passed so quickly.

I remember thinking at the beginning of this month to not forget my mom's birthday. (I am notorious for forgetting b'days and am always late with birthday wishes.) My mom is the greatest and deserved to be remembered on not only special occasions - birthdays, anniversaries and such - but on "just because" occasions as well! She was able to raise three girls (sometimes by herself...Pappa Bear was in the Navy and gone for some signficant periods) to be productive members of society. We was (and is) and parent, mentor, and now friend. What I learned from her, I am using to raise my own little one (I hope I can do so well.) Well, she called yesterday to say "hi" and that she had a great b'day. OMG....I was speechless. I had totally and utterly forgot....not just my usual late....but not even on the radar forgot. 50 lashes with a wet noodle forgot! UGH! So horrible! She was, of course, gracious and understanding that life sometimes takes over but it is a wake up call to get life's priorities back in place.

Tonight is Halloween. We are not big holiday-type people. We use these sorts of occasions to spend time together. With little one nearing two now, we are trying to use these occasions for more family fun. We actually broke down and got her a costume yesterday (a very cute goldfish outfit.....half price because purchased so late). Well, she wants nothing to do with it. At first, she would not even be in the same room as her. (I believe she thought it would eat her.) We put the costume on ourselves (ok...a bit small for us but trying to get her to see the fun in it). We also put it on the dog (who gave us the "I'm not having fun" reproachful look...as we are laughing ourselves into silliness). While we are getting closer to little one touching the outfit, we are still a ways from her wearing it. Oh well.....it has been a fun family activity.

Have a great day!