Busy in Bethlehem

Today summarized our month of October. In one day, we had to go to a tournament football game for Nicky, go to the Bethlehem parade and watch Kairi, run home and pick Kai up, run back to the house and try to squeeze in trick or treating before time was up, and then get ready for another week of school. We even had to miss church, much to our chagrin. (We only let Nick join football because games were on Saturday, but since we thought this might be the last game of the season, we thought we should let him go. Turns out they had one more game, but we didn't know that at the time. He did miss his football banquet for church though. WHY oh WHY must they not respect Sunday morning???)

At the parade, we met a wonderful family who seemed to have marchers in ALL of the Bethlehem schools. We cheered and clapped for all of the bands, as we usually do. When they saw us standing up and getting excited that it was FINALLY time for our band, they asked the name of our child. When we told them, all 20 or so people in their family just cheered their heads off for Kairi. It was GREAT, and really a reminder that families everywhere probably have the same crazy schedules we do - but we all do it all for our kids.