Life's a Ditsch (DEE-ch): THREE MONTHS??!! (pictures)

Holy Moley, three months without posting. Guess I will summarize and hope that it is short and sweet. I guess I will break it down by the month.

October:

Well, Of course we had fall and Halloween so that was exciting. The kids got to trick or treat two times so they really enjoyed that. Larynn and McKayla were punk rockers, Logan a dinosaur (big surprise, I know), Garrett a Lego and Brooklyn was a pirate princess. Also, we celebrated Brooklyn's 2nd birthday. Well, kind of. Her party wasn't much of a party as 99% of the guests couldn't make it due to the death of my cousin, Dave Schultz. His funeral was the same day as Brooklyn's party. But, Grandpa Dennis and Grandma KK came and we had a great time, just the same. Plus, our house was stricken by a bout with the flu.

November:

We enjoyed Thanksgiving in Wisconsin this year so Larynn could visit her dad. The holiday fell on my fathers birthday this year, so it was nice to spend it with him. Larynn is no longer in tumbling. She was threatened that she would be pulled out if her grades didn't improve for 2C's and 2D's by report card time. She did pull them up to 2B's and 2C's which I was thrilled about, but at P/T Conferences, I discovered that she had forged my signature on 2 tests that were to be taken home and returned with PARENTS signature, so I pulled her out. Now, we just have Logan tumbling, He is really enjoying it. His first competition brought a 4th place finish, the second her received 2nd and the latest one he was awarded 3rd place. Next year will be really busy with THREE tumblers. Well, as long as Larynn has her act together.

December:

We are getting ready for the holidays. Of course, this is our favorite holiday of the year. Everything is so pretty and joyful. I started Christmas shopping the day after Christmas last year, and continued throughout the year, so that made it much easier.

Next week, we will be planning a trip to Wisconsin for Christmas. We were hoping to spend Christmas with Shawn's sister and husband this year, but didn't realize it would be a 10 hour drive from Wisconsin. There is NO WAY Brooklyn would ride (happily) that long, so that got tossed out, unfortunately. She isn't much of a traveler. Two hours seems to be the maximum. Trips to Wisconsin are bad; trips to Kansas are even worse. I couldn't imagine tacking on 4 more hours. No way. We'll see what the rest of this month brings. Hopefully a potty trained two year old, but I won't hold my breath...

...So much for short and sweet...