Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! As for myself, I am tired y’all. After Wyatt’s bummer summer I was going all out for a fun fall. I might have gone too far because I am exhausted. I don’t say that much honestly – I am a push through, I can do it kind of a person. But even I recognize right now that I need a huge break, so I am taking the weekend slow and being lazy, starting today. I have been making mistakes here and there because I am just worn out, and I need to recharge! However, despite how tired I am, I am so happy that I have created these moments and memories for Wyatt, and that we are making really good progress in therapy.

I left off last time with Billy and my date night, which was a blast. Then Wyatt and I spent the week going to therapy and having school, and Wyatt worked so hard at therapy, as always. He is getting so strong! In fact, this week we had a big milestone. Wyatt stood assisted for the first time since his surgery!!! It was a huge moment for us. His therapist said that he has gained enough strength now that we can start doing more standing exercises with him. Our home program right now is very time consuming, but every second of it is worth it.

To celebrate, Wyatt and I had another mother-son book outing. I definitely am going to do this once a month with him. We had so much fun. First, we went to the library and picked up some books there, then we headed to the one of two bookstore stops. The first was Another Look Books, a used bookstore near us. I took some old books with for me trade in credit, and Wyatt picked a few books, and I chose a cozy mystery. And after paying, we still had $16 dollars left in store credit! (you can only use $10 in credit a visit)

Our next stop was Brooks Books, and they were all decked out for Halloween, as a haunted bookstore. They had fake books set in place that would ease themselves out of the shelves, candles hanging from the ceiling, all kinds of gadgets and decorations. Wyatt loved it! We picked out our books, then bought treats from the tiny little corner cafe they have. I had the Campfire Curse latte, and it was delicious!

This was just the tip of the iceberg for our weekend though!

On Saturday, Billy and I spent the day working on Halloween things – Billy working on Wyatt’s costume while I made spiders for our Blackbirds party, which we had last night. I only burned my fingers from the hot glue a million times, but it was worth it. The kids had so much fun playing with them. I am getting ahead of myself though! Later that night, we went to my brother’s house for a backyard screening of Disney’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the old Donald Duck cartoon with Witch Hazel or Broom Hilda or whatever her name is. It was an evening of chaos but family, and it was a great night. Even with my youngest niece tossing a fairy garden home into my lap that was filled with hundreds of ants, who took exception to being tossed. And then when we got home, the pumpkins we put up outside were all lit up! Billy had put solar lights in them before hanging them and they look super cool!

The next day was another very big day! We had a Blackbirds guided nature hike on Belle Isle in the morning, followed by the Zoo Boo at the Detroit Zoo in the evening.

The hike was so fun. It was a great easy way to get our kids out into nature, and the nature center on Belle Isle offers all of their programs like this free of charge to schools and groups. They have a mission of getting kids outside and learning and exploring, and they do such a great job with it. The kids had a blast walking around, looking for bugs and snakes and at the end they were able to be imaginative and make their own bugs out of arts and scraps and bits of nature. The only downside was that it was a million degrees out.

We had just enough time to get home, eat, rest up, change, and head back to Detroit. The Zoo Boo was so fun. Wyatt told us a million times how happy he was, and thankfully, it was cooler! Not cool enough for Wyatt to wear his costume though. We made do though, and he wore his shirt that says “Just a boy who loves snails”. So I guess he went as a boy who loves snails – so, himself.

Which takes us to this past Monday! I had an eye appointment, we had school, the week continued, then Wyatt, Mermaid Girl, and I went to a special “Magic Potions” class at the library which was super cute, and it was awesome to hang out with Wyatt and Mermaid Girl like that.

Which brings us to our Blackbirds Spooky Not Spooky party last night! Fellow moms Shawnna and Nicole and I planned out the party and got all the stuff together and it turned out fantastic if I do say so myself. All the kids had so much fun!!! I loved loved loved seeing all of their happy faces and hearing their laughter. I didn’t get many photos because I was crazy busy but it was an awesome night.

And now, we are back to the beginning. Just me sitting in bed, typing this, drinking coffee. Wyatt is next to me watching some tv. I think we both need a break this weekend!!

And that is it from me today! I hope that you all have a great day, and do something that makes you smile!