Chocolate and Pink!

Three sisters in their matching chocolate and pink shoes!

We've had a busy day. Woody didn't get up quite as early as he has been...maybe he will sleep longer now that it is cooler and the fact that sometimes he doesn't go to bed quite as early as he was when he was working.

I got up fairly early...but probably not early in my husband's eyes! I got clothes into the washer and started deciding what I will pack. Woody has put some of his clothes on the guest bed in anticipation that they might hop into the suitcase. I had school with the three girls. Abigail decided that she would stay with us while the rest of her family went to check out yard sales in the area. After she finished her school work, she and I headed to the shoe store in the hopes of finding a pair of shoes to match her sisters'. And, as you can see by tonight's picture, we were successful. When the girls came over to have their shoe picture taken, they stayed for a while to play. And, Woody got some more of the 10 hours of slave labor out of Abigail! She helped him make tuna salad...she chopped the celery with a special chopper that we have. It ended up being sort of a "Tom Sawyer job," as she convinced Joy that it was fun to do...so she and Joy took turns pushing the top of the chopper down. Graham also came over for a while to finish up a project that he was making for Joy for her birthday. Elijah was over for a while too. So a busy morning and afternoon!

Woody got underway with vacuuming the family room...but it is still a work in progress. He has read quite a bit today and he also did the grocery shopping...this time concentrating on food to take on our trip. I miss getting to do that part of preparing for a trip. I can't imagine that I won't "have" to make a WalMart trip just "on principle" tomorrow!

Happy October!