At the end of September, Austin and Brian bought me a new car and it was a minivan! Brian and I have known for a while that we needed a minivan. The Escape is too small with two kids on long road trips. We had no room to sit in the back with them and if I had the two umbrella strollers in the trunk we really didn't have any trunk space either. We kept telling Austin that he had to go buy mommy a minivan. Brian did all the work online finding the dealership with the best price and then on Saturday morning we all went and picked it up. He ended up getting quotes from 15 dealerships and working the pricing to about $4k below the average selling price ($1200 below invoice). Despite the pricing set ahead of time, we were still at the dealership for 2 hours because of paperwork in financing. We finally got the 2014 Honda Odyssey though! As we were leaving the dealership Austin ran out screaming "I just bought mommy a new van"! It was so cute!
Many people do not like/want minivans. I think with kids (especially two) you need a minivan. It is an awesome vehicle. I think it is my favorite vehicle ever! The Odyssey is a great van. Our van has a moon roof, leather interior, heated seats, back up and right side camera, lane departure warning signaling, and Bluetooth (that actually works with my phone). I love it!!!
We have continued to have illnesses in our household. Sydney got over hand, foot, and mouth, but then Sydney and Brian developed a GI illness. It was about 5 days of diarrhea. Luckily Austin and I did not get that really. But we ended up with a terrible cough. It has now lasted 3 weeks. We are starting to get better but the cough is still there. We shared it with Brian about 2 weeks ago. He still has it bad and he can't sleep at night because of it. Austin developed an ear infections 5 days ago. He is now on antibiotics. Then yesterday Sydney was diagnosed with croup and wheezing. She now has the same cough. She got a shot of steroids since she is a terrible medicine taker. It is only the start of sickness season. Yuck!
Nana came up to visit with the kids a few weekends ago. The weekend she came up I had already had tickets for our fall festivals. The first one was at Patterson Farm with the local mom's club. This was our first time to Patterson and it was great. We had a beautiful day for it. We went and picked apples and then the kids played. We also went on a hayride. We had a lot of fun.
After lunch we came home and Austin took a nap. Sydney should have napped too but she refused. After nap we went to our second fall festival at Luther Farms. We went there last year and had a great time. This year it was about the same. It had a nice long hayride. Plus they fire pumpkin cannon that goes for miles. It is something to see. Nana and Brian took the kids into the petting zoo. I can't handle that. I don't like to watch them touch gross things around the animals. We learned last year it is best if I wait outside and don't see it. It was a really fun day.
Nana was able to stay with us on Sunday too. We went shopping and then hung out around the house. She is going to make Austin a Mickey Mouse blanket. Austin is going to love it. He picked out the material himself. We all had a great time. It was sad when she had to go back home.
Last Saturday night we went to Boo at the Zoo with our friends Keith and Lisa. Austin and Kaitlyn are best friends so we decided to go together. We had a lot of fun. The weather was a little cold but at least it wasn't raining. It rained all day but stopped around 5pm. It was perfect. Austin ran around the zoo a lot. This year he is Mickey Mouse since that is what he loves right now. He is a very cute Mickey Mouse. Kaitlyn was Minnie Mouse. They looked so cute together.
Lisa let me borrow a lobster costume so Sydney wore that. Sydney made a very cute lobster. I also have a cat costume that I got at a consignment sale in the spring. We have a lot of Halloween activities planned so it's good she has two costumes. I love this time of year. It is even better with kids. We are having so much fun!
The next week is filled with Halloween activities and then we are off to Disney World! I can't believe we are going so soon. I can't wait to see Austin's face.
By the way, we finished the playground. Brian took a day off work and we sent the kids to school so we could stain it. It took both of us about 9 hours to finish, but we got it done. Now the swingset is complete and ready for winter! Next year it just needs a roof.
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