busy days

Haven't written much recently because we've been so busy with projects, etc. Here'a recap of the last 2 weeks. Trevor took a week off of work--and in that time we reorganzed our storage room, even putting the food storage in order of date, painted our bedroom, and took a trip to Missippi. (MOre on that later--I'll write about it when I post some pictures.) Then home to get ready for Halloween. I was in charge of Max's class party--was so involved in what I was doing for Max's class that I completely forgot to pick up Emily from school that day! oops! poor kid. The kids had a blast trick or treating. Trevor and boys dressed as ghosts of civil war soldiers. Ginny was a fairy princess of course and Emily dressed as her favorite book characters--Olivia Vertigo and Suzie turquoise-blue. We had TONS of kids come by our house trick-or-treating. I ran out of candy at 7:30, but remembered I had some gumballs left from Max's school party, so for the next half hour every kid that came to the door got one tiny gumball. Felt kind of silly, but at least I didn't have to turn my light off. That's the most trick-or-treaters we've ever had.
I started a new session of my music class this week. Only 4 kids in the class, but I also have an evening class starting soon that t has 5 kids. We're starting to advertise for the class I'll be offering in January at Mozingo music. That will be a higher end music class--with book/CD/and instruments included, and of course also higher price. Also, have been working hard on exercise--did yoga with Elise 3 times, and went walking once at the YMCA. Trevor and all the kids started their Tae Kwon Do lessons this week. I think Trevor was more excited than any of the kids. Ginny and Sam were a little nervous, but I think they'll like it once they get going.
Last night and this morning we painted 2 of our bathrooms. The hall bathroom is a rusty red--and our bathroom is cream and sage green. They both look great. This afternoon I helped Emily clean out her bedroom--she was desperately in need of mother help, although I was actually impressed that we only had one large garbage bag and a bag the same size of stuff to give to goodwill. I've also been working on decluttering the whole house this week. Where does all of this stuff come from?! We were going to clean the garage this afternoon, but I think I'm too tired to start another major project this weekend. Maybe next week! I think I need a nap--but it feels good to have a few of these things taken care of.