Friday Morning Coffee Catch Up

On By Erin @ Cracker Crumb LifeIn Uncategorized

Hello everyone!! Today is looking like a low key, read under a blanket rainy day! However, I don’t think my ten year old will let me do that all day. Lol. Maybe I can get an hour or so in though this morning. I did promise him that we would go out for our mother-son book and cookies outing today, which will be fun. The rain will make it even better I bet.

I feel like so much has happened since I last did one of these, which apparently was October 24th!

We carved pumpkins, which is always a tradition around here. Wyatt had a very visceral reaction to touching the pumpkin insides which could have been disastrous, but he held it together. He was very excited to carve them though, and was cracking me up giving his pumpkin kisses before he carved it. He is a super goofball. Last year for Christmas we had given Wyatt a set of Makedo tools (which he loves) and we learned that they are also useful for pumpkin carving! They are designed for cutting and creating things out of cardboard but it was good to know we can use it on different things!

Our Jack O’Lanterns from top to bottom – Wyatt’s smiley happy one, Billy’s classic version, and my dragon/lizard.

The next day was Halloween! Wyatt visited Billy at work in his costume for Billy’s Halloween work party. They go big there for Halloween! Wyatt ended up being entered into the costume contest and won. He was very embarrassed however from all the attention. Ten is a hard age! He did enjoy visiting and they know him there obviously from Billy and from Take Your Child to Work Day. Billy and some of his coworkers dressed together as minions; I didn’t get his entire costume in a picture although it was really cool.

I mean, his costume is pretty amazing. Billy did such a fantastic job making the Toothless head and the rest. I was in charge of the Hiccup/Wyatt while Billy did the rest. Wyatt absolutely loved his costume. My little viking. And strangely, this is the second time that Wyatt was a viking – the first was when he was one. This time it was his choice though.

We went trick or treating a few hours and a nap later with his cousins, my brother’s children, Mermaid Girl and Little Bit. Mermaid Girl was Coraline, and she looked amazing as well. Little Bit was Elsa, but we had a little excitement and tears earlier when she fell face first onto the pavement and scraped her nose up horribly. Poor baby. She didn’t let it slow her down or diminish her joy of trick or treating though! Although she did have a really long much deserved cry beforehand. She loves Wyatt so much though that she was distracted from it when her parents told her that he was on his way over. She calls him Wy-ee and was waiting at the door and windows for him. It is so sweet and warms my heart!

We had some much needed downtime after the whirlwind that was October! We did however, teepee my brother’s house for their anniversary on the 2nd. Kids need a little good old fashioned mischief sometimes.

And then my brother is set to repay us, I know it because he was mad he missed when we went out for our anniversary on the 4th! Lol. He had thought we were waiting for the weekend but instead we went out on our actual anniversary. His kids were disappointed they didn’t get to return the favor but I assured him there will be plenty of future opportunities.

Billy and I actually were celebrating our 25th anniversary. I have known this guy a long time I guess! We started dating at 17, got married at 24/25 and here we are, much grayer, a few more wrinkles on our faces, but still all in love and all that sappy stuff. He is my guy and my other half and I have known that since the summer we started dating. We didn’t go big for our anniversary, we didn’t have much time available, as it is hard for us to have anyone watch Wyatt but we went out for dinner together and I was so grateful for it and for him. He surprised me with a unique gift as well. He had bought a silver Indian spoon, that depicts a shadow puppet or puppet, and he built a shadow box for it to hang in. When you shine a light on it, the shadow is cast on the inside of the box and it is really cool. He is so clever! He also got me two little anniversary red cherry shrimp for one of our tanks. (Ok that wasn’t really part of our anniversary but I am saying it was lol)

We went to HopCat which is a place I have been wanting to go, and we had a blast. It was a very fun vibe there. Although my hair looked terrible. I decided to straighten it and it was so bizarre looking.

And that is it for now! I will have more to share soon!

I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!

15 thoughts on “Friday Morning Coffee Catch Up”

  1. There’s something extra wonderful about the loves that start so young! I may not have married Mr until I was 36, but I was 17 when we met and knew right off he was something special 😉 hehe

    I am a little in love with Wyatt’s costume! The Toothless head. The whole vibes. No wonder he won! 😀

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  3. Joanne's avatar Joanne

    That book and cookies outing sounds fun! I love the hang out inside and under the covers when it’s cool and rainy too. I literally gag when carving pumpkins… that inside smells and feels so awful. All the costumes look great. It sounds like you had a wonderful anniversary celebration.

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  4. marsha57's avatar marsha57

    We started off with that kind of day, and then the sun came out…weird! I do love a rainy, cloudy day when you can just stay in and be cozy. I love the idea of repurposing his costume…would it work over his bed, or would that freak him out if he woke up in the middle of the night (it probably would me)?

    Ok, I got you beat. Mike and I started dating when I was 15, and he was 20. I had had a crush on him for several years by that time. He was my best friend’s brother’s best friend. I used to spy on them when they worked on their car as I could see them out my bedroom window. I got ratted out when his best friend’s older brother told Mike I wanted to date him. He hadn’t seen me in a few years and decided that was a good idea. We got married about two weeks after I graduated from high school. I do sorta regret that but not too much because my life would have been so different. I wouldn’t have had the kids I have which means I wouldn’t have the grands I have. Life is funny, right? We celebrate 50 years in June! I honestly can’t wrap my brain around that! Oh, and I love the spoon and the handmade holder! Renaissance Man, I’m telling you!

    Have a fabulous first November weekend, Erin, Wyatt, and Billy!

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    1. I wonder that too! It would definitely freak me out. I think if we put it farther away, maybe so he doesn’t see it immediately it might be ok.

      Aww I love that story Marsha!!! Hilarious that you used to peek at him out the window. Lol. So cute!!! I know, I look back at the choices I made sometimes and think about what could have been different, but at the same time wouldn’t change anything because I wouldn’t have my Wyatt.

      And just about halfway to 50 years!!

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  7. That outfit of Wyatt’s is amazing! You’re all so clever and inventive. And happy 25th wedding anniversary! I met Mr Liz 24 and a bit years ago so YOU WERE ALREADY MARRIED THEN – that’s something! We’ve only been married 11 years and everyone assumed he’d got round to asking me, which annoyed me as it was me who wasn’t keen on marriage. Anyway. I’m glad I didn’t marry the man I met at 17/18 though we were engaged for a bit.

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