October began with my 35th birthday and a really yummy Whoppers cheesecake:
I was really dreading this birthday, mostly because, burned into my brain, is the lecture in medical school where they told us that the risk for birth defects starts increasing more significantly after 35. I can remember trading glances with all the girls in my row--I know we were all feeling like we were still going to be stuck in that lecture hall at age 35, and really didn't need any more reminders about our biological clocks!! Anyway, I sort of had that deadline in my head--despite the fact that I take care of plenty of healthy babies born to mothers over 35--and I'd been struggling with the idea that our family is complete and thought I'd spend the birthday in tears. But I didn't!! And 35 hasn't been bad so far at all. :-)
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The following weekend, John and I headed to Gainesville to watch the UF-LSU game:
Heeeeere come the Gators!!
Our offense really struggled during the first half. But I spied this rainbow and decided to take it as a sign that we might still have a chance (mostly because it was behind the LSU fans so they couldn't see it!)...
...and we won!
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The next weekend, we went to the fair at Port Orange Family Days:
Anna won a trumpet. Luckily, it didn't work very well:
And, after much begging, Will and I rode the ferris wheel. Those fair rides look so rickety, so I was pretty much scared to death during the entire ride, but got so tickled when Anna kept calling it a "steering wheel."
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The next weekend, we went back to Gainesville for John's ten-year medical school class reunion.
The kids (and Alexiya) enjoyed all the food:
The barbecue was so nice this year, with snow cones, popcorn, face painting, and caricatures. John and Will posed for a picture:
And Anna got her face painted:
Fierce girl!
John went to the game with his buddies, while the kids and I headed to Blountstown to visit my family. We stopped by Grandmama and Granddaddy's house to give them a preview of Halloween:
Grandmama, Granddaddy, a great white shark, and a little hammerhead:
I love stopping for lunch in Gainesville on our trips to and from B-town. This time, I took the kids to Maui Teriyaki. Rachel and I used to walk there often for dinner (especially while we were living in Mallory Hall), but it's been years and years since I had a chicken bowl. I thought it was time to remedy that.
The old one was knocked down, so we went to the new location on SW 34th St. Anna was ho-hum on her meal, but Will loved it. He's pretty decent with the chopsticks, too:
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For the last weekend in October, I flew up to DC to stay with Missy. We had some plans:
Yep, we took on the Marine Corps Marathon, the first marathon for both of us.
Before the race:
We were tired at the end, so I forgot to take pictures. It was a really, really fun race and, despite the Frankenstorm (Hurricane Sandy) bearing down on us, we had pretty decent weather.
The weather turned much fouler overnight, so Missy and I spent most of the rest of my visit holed up in her apartment knitting, which was perfectly fine by me. :-)
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I arrived home in time for Halloween. We dressed the kids up and took them to the Fall Festival at their school.
This picture cracks me up--that evening sun was brutal:
They played lots of games and won a few prizes:
And, of course, there were lots of bounce houses.
My flying sharks:
Then we did some trick-or-treating until Anna announced, "I so tired!"
And that wraps up October!
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