This year for the Fourth, we used one of my vacation days and visited Laura’s aunt in Loveland, CO. We left Friday and returned last night.
While we were there, we spent plenty of time enjoying the weather, had lunch in Wyoming, fed the chipmunks in Estes Park, and stopped by Casa Bonita on the way home.
About a week ago Kaden graduated from a crib to a toddler bed. We’ve barely slept since.
Disassembling the crib
New Bed
Ready for bed
We switched from the convertible crib to an entirely new bed because we found out it had been recalled along with all other drop side cribs. We lucked out and got a full refund rather than having to sell it for less.
We celebrated Thanksgiving twice this year by having our own dinner Wednesday and with Laura’s mom and family Thursday. There wasn’t much excitement except for a mean game of dominos with her grandparents.
Laura always wanted to camp out for Black Friday so last night we slept in the Best Buy parking and got her a $700 laptop for $500. Continue reading →
Laura’s birthday was Friday so we got to eat out plenty of times this weekend. We skipped presents this year since she wants a laptop for Christmas, but she did get her favorite kind of birthday cake.
We decided not to trick-or-treat this year since Laura and I do not eat candy and Kaden is too young for it. I worked most of the weekend so we didn’t hand any out either.
Laura carved Kaden’s pumpkin and her car ended up getting vandalized in the middle of the night. She came down with the flu Sunday and I have a lot to do at work so this week looks pretty uneventful as well.