Date with my favorite girlfriend

I love this girl so much. She is such a light in my life. She got to choose a date for us. She wanted to go shopping for school clothes (for the first time!!!!) and McDonalds.

She isn't even gone yet and I already miss her.

Shopping with Dad

We went shopping at the store that sells the village pieces with dad. He gave us a budget and let us pick what we wanted for our villages for Christmas. I started my village last year after we split up mom's village.

4 kids, 4 piles

It was really fun. :) And I'm excited for my sweet little village pieces!!

Grocery shopping

We had a major shopping trip yesterday!  Sydney and I shopped for the remaining 3 weeks in October.  It took a couple hours, 2 carts and almost the entirety of my grocery budget, but hopefully I won't have to go back until November! Sydney was pretty much an angel. .. thanks to one of grandma's store suckers. And then she is always my big helper. She loves to bring in the grocery bags with me. :)