Where does time go?

Honestly, I cannot for the life of me figure out where time is going....it is breezing by so fast! Halloween whooshed by and it is already time for Thanksgiving. Wow! I remember the days and years going by so slowly when I was younger; counting down the days until each Holiday or break from school. Now it seems like every time I turn around Alex has a day off for some holiday or other. Especially when he gets off for EVERY holiday, including Rosh Hoshanah and Yom Kippur and things like that. I actually found myself doing a little Christmas shopping yesterday! I guess it's good to start a little early, but I also know if I didn't start now Christmas would be here before I could blink and I would still have most of my shopping to do. But I often wonder if the days go by as slowly for my kids as they did for me when I was younger. I hope so.

On the other hand it does seem like forever ago that I actually gave birth to my kids...these crazy kids who have become my world, my everything. And other major events like ringing in the new millenium, 9/11, my wedding (there was a time when Scott and I weren't together?). They do seem like forever ago.

To update on our family.....Halloween was very busy and a lot of fun too. We started our day early, getting Alex off to school, then taking Analeigh to a friends house to play while I went on a field trip to the beach with Alex's class. We got to dig around in the salt marsh area while the tide was low to look for living things, which the kids were great at spotting and putting in our bucket. Unfortunately, I got a little too brave for myself and picked up a fairly large crab which reached right under himself and grabbed onto my thumb for dear life. I thought he might take my thumb with him if I pulled him off. One of the other adults that was chaperoning helped me pull it off and, thankfully, the crab left my thumb where he found it. Oh, it hurt though. And scared poor Alex to see his Mom with a crab clinging on to her hand! It was quite the story to go home with. After the field trip I picked Analeigh up from the friends we rushed to get some lunch then hurried back to Alex's school where they were having a "storybook character parade". Alex dressed up as one of the characters from his favorite book series- "Magic Tree House". After school we had a short break before getting on the Halloween costumes to go trick or treating with some friends. When we arrived at our friends house to start on the candy hunt, we realized that somehow Analeigh had made it there without any shoes! So Scott took her back home to get her princess slippers while Alex and I went ahead with our friends. We got home right before 8pm and the kids had even more fun giving out candy to the kids who were still out running door to door than I think they had doing the trick-or-treating. Next year maybe we'll just stay home and hand out candy!

Time has flown by since Halloween with playdates, soccer games, dance lessons, walking Bella, Doctors appointments, etc., etc., etc. Oh, and to add to all that I started working--teaching preschool at the YMCA. Analeigh gets to go too, which is fun for her, and good for me. Scott stays extremely busy at the hospital...I think they're going to owe these residents a few years of their lives back after this. But at the same time he loves what he does, which is not something everyone can say about their jobs.

I love bedtime...when time seems to slow down for a few minutes and we have family scripture time and prayers together. It is a great reminder of what is truly important. I am so grateful for the time I have with my kids and Scott and to be able to teach my children values and self-worth that are not found in the world very often.

Have a Very Happy Thanksgiving!!!!