Change in the air yet again!

Wow it's been almost three weeks since my last post! I don't usually slack this badly:-/. I have been quite preoccupied, I guess! What have we been up to . . . Canadian Thanksgiving with friends, pumpkin patch with friends, Christmas shopping (yep you heard right, almost done!), getting ready for Brian to switch jobs. Yep, if you haven't heard, Brian is changing jobs! He is making the move over to Facebook! He starts on Monday, so I guess it's okay to announce it now (he can do his own post elaborating on it if he wants to, although I doubt he will:-S). It means a lot of change for him, which he doesn't love, but sometimes change is good and necessary! Is it because Amazon is as bad a place to work as the New York Times article you made have heard of depicts it to be? Not really. Facebook has a great reputation as being a fabulous company to work for. There are some cool perks at Facebooks - more stat holidays, free food (they would have had me at the free food, and apparently GOOD free food, too!). Brian will be off to Menlo Park, CA for a few days training this Sunday night, and then he will go back the first two weeks in December (yikes!). And now you know why I am right on top of Christmas prep! Let's just say I will be otherwise occupied in December. He gets back and like a few days later we leave for Honolulu, so December is going to be a crazy month!

I feel like I'm babbling, time to focus now. Speaking of babbling, Nathan has become quite the chatterbox in the past month. He just talks and talks and talks . . . and maybe it feels like he talks a lot because Adam doesn't, but seriously! I love him for his curiosity and observations, but I have to admit there are days we are driving somewhere and I would really like nothing more than for some peace and quiet:-/. He's a smart little guy, that's for sure! He's going to be Emmitt from the Lego Movie for Halloween and he looks pretty cute in his little sweatsuit and homemade Piece of Resistance (I did my best, I am no craftswoman!).

I bought Adam a policeman costume for Halloween but so far he has only put the jacket on while at school. I am hoping he will put the pants on for at least a photo op before trick or treating (which of course will not happen either, but you know, gotta try!). Lynsey is going as a mermaid. At first she wanted to go as a Minecraft guy, but I couldn't bear to spend $20+ on a cardboard box for her head that would be uncomfortable and hard to see out of. I would have liked for her to deviate from the princess theme she's had going on the last few years, but at least it's not a blonde princess this time:-/. She is loving her piano lessons which is kind of a nice surprise! She also just passed another level in her swimming lessons, so she is almost ready for swim team! One more month of lessons and she will be good to go:). So proud of her hard work!

I think I will leave things there and try and do another blog post with all the pumpkin carving/Halloween/Lynsey's birthday pics in another week or so. Wish Brian luck on his new job if you can! And add him to your Facebook, now that he works there he needs to learn how to use it lol!;)