Friday Morning Coffee Catch Up

On By Erin @ Cracker Crumb LifeIn Coffee Catch UP

Hello everyone!! I am drinking my coffee today out of one my new favorite mugs, this one by Danica Studios. I am on a personal quest to replace my mugs with only ones that make me happy, which might sound absurd but..it’s the small things in life, right?

I just wanted to start this post today by saying my blog is my politics free zone.

I don’t think I have shared Halloween with you all, and I want to. So let’s throw this post right back to October!

The Saturday night before Halloween, Wyatt and I went to the Jack O’Lantern journey at the Detroit Zoo. Billy was supposed to go too, but he hurt his ankle working on Wyatt’s ramp that day, and wasn’t going to be able to manage all of the walking we were going to do. I was a bit nervous about taking Wyatt on my own, which is weird because I am not generally like that. I think because it was going to be dark so fast and I had to drive home through the city at night, but despite being a bit nervous, we went. And I am so glad that we did. We missed Billy of course, but Wyatt and I had a complete blast. We stayed so much later than I anticipated. We were just having such a good time together.

We came home in very high “spirits” and had lots to share with Billy. We bought these tickets as part of a package deal with their Christmas lights display, and now I am looking forward to holiday lights!

The next day was more Halloween shenanigans, with a visit to my dad and stepmom’s house. My stepmom had arranged a whole cookie and cupcake array for the kids to decorate (and eat). She had all of the candy decorations all pre-cut and in little bowls, frosting made, even edible eyes! It was really cool and the kids had a blast. Little Hurricane girl even sat on my lap and made cookies with me!

As you can see, the kids thoroughly enjoyed the day.

After all of our pre-Halloween activities, we were so excited when the big day finally came! Wyatt wanted to be a snail, which turned out pretty good if I do say so myself! I went as a mushroom and Billy wore a shirt with morels on it that said “I’m a fungi”. Lol. We cracked ourselves up.

Phew and now we have made it through Halloween!!

Finally, Billy and I celebrated our 24th anniversary on the 4th! We are old y’all. Wyatt’s grandma watched him for a few hours while we went out for sushi. We went to a place called The Goblin in Detroit (you know I loved that name) and ordered the Penguin tray to split. Now, the Penguin is supposed to come with a cute little rice penguin. But I wanted the panda that comes with the Panda tray lol, and the very nice owner made sure that I got a panda. I am weird. The employee/owner guy was super nice. We really enjoyed chatting with him. The restaurant is small, with maybe six tables total, but does a brisk carry out business. And the sushi was absolutely delicious. We will definitely be returning. And luckily it is not too far from where Billy works, so it would be very easy for Billy to pick up sushi on his way home. We had such a great time together and we need to go out the two of us more often.

Those are all of the big things that happened. We also had slow days, days where we just did school and therapy, sat outside in the sun, painted, played with our menagerie of creatures. And we even added two new babies, two little African clawed frogs that we named Hurkel and Durkel. They are so derpy, I love them.

And now for some random photos!

And that my friends is all for today! I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!

20 thoughts on “Friday Morning Coffee Catch Up”

  3. I’m glad you decided to take Wyatt to the zoo but sorry got hurt and missed it.

    When I moved into the house I’m living in now I did that with my coffee cups because I had a ridiculous amount of them. My favorites are the one my son had made for me after my soul dog passed away and one has “MOM” on it that my daughter bought me.

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    There is no way you’ve been married for 24 years!!! You look like you’re only about 24! But, happy, happy anniversary to you and Billy! Your zoo is really smart to sell packages like that…combining Halloween and Christmas. I don’t think the Indianapolis Zoo does that even though they do events for both holidays. But, I haven’t really checked the zoo out for years. I used to buy yearly memberships for my grands when they were younger. Your stepmom is really creative and did a fabulous job for the kids. I would enjoy something like that myself! Love your mushroom outfit, too! And, I would agree that Billy is, indeed, a Fun-gi!

    Have a wonderful weekend, Erin!

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    1. Um, you are now my new best friend!! Lol. Thank you!

      I thought it was really smart too! And they were open ended as far as dates with that package too, so we are not locked into a date. We can just go on one of the dates they are having it. We love going to the zoo, but for some reason this year we have been… oh wait. The ramp project. Lol. I was like why haven’t done as much this year and remembered. A lot of our time was spent on the ramp. (well, Billy’s) So it was worth it to have a summer and fall of being at home.

      She did such a great job! It was really fun. Hurricane girl really enjoyed eating all of the frosting, she was cracking me up. And thank you!

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  6. First of all, happy anniversary! That’s fabulous.

    And it looks like your lead-up to, and then Halloween, was filled with fun. I couldn’t decide which activity I liked most because they were all fun. I wonder if Molly knew about the zoo thing — the boys would like that. And your time with you dad/stepmom looks well planned and delightful!

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    1. Thank you!! We were very busy lol. It was crazy! The zoo had two different type events this for Halloween – this lights display and a trick or treating one. They will do the lights again at Christmas and it is really fun. And the price is not terrible compared to other events that time of year either.

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  8. Halloween at the zoo looks so fun! I’m sad Billy couldn’t go but glad you and Wyatt were able to have a good time. When we were in New Orleans we used to go to the zoo all the time – especially on the holidays – and I miss living close to one! Love the Halloween costumes! Wyatt’s came out so fun. Love the cookie/cupcake setup and it looks like all the kids had a great time.

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    1. It was so much fun! I was a little nervous but once we got there we just had a blast. Hands down one of my favorite days of the year – although I did feel bad about Billy. Don’t tell him I had so much fun while he was at home with a sore ankle.

      Did you live in New Orleans? I love that city. One of my friends lived in New Orleans her whole life until she was maybe 24/25 and moved up here to Michigan with her husband. I know she misses it everyday.

      And thank you! That was a challenge he set for us for sure. Lol.

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