Its Hard Work

Well its definately not summer around here anymore! For the last week its been in the 50's (some days it makes it to the 60's but not warm enough to count)! Its getting cold! I even had to turn on the heat! Can you believe it?!? I've been hearing in AZ that it just stopped making it into the 100's. How am I supposed to make it through the winter if its only fall and I'm freezing? Hopefully my blood thickens up really fast (too bad they don't make like a pill for that- it'd be a lot easier). Anyways, in Erie you actually have to do things to get ready for the cold weather and none of them include covering your plants with sheets like we do in AZ. We have to switch out our screen doors (check), pull up all your flowers (check), get new wiper blades (check), find warm blankets and sheets (check), and move all your kids toys inside (check). I kinda like our new screens. All you do is switch out the mesh screen for a glass panel. I did it all by myself while Cody was at school this week. I was pretty proud of myself. I like it because it keeps the house warmer and it looks a little nicer to look at. Keeping them clean is going to be a challenge though. My basement now looks like a park. Its kind of fun. Rilyn is in heaven since it's been over a week since she's been able to go out and play. From what I hear we have like 7 months until we can go outside again! Thats a long time! I'm supposed to run in a 10K in a few weeks and I'm a little worried because its been so rainy and cold I haven't been able to practice much. I don't want Ri out in the cold. She doesn't need to get sick again! Hopefully I get some more runs in in the next few weeks. Some other big news at our house is that Ri is getting bigger! I had to move her up into size 3T clothes! I can't believe she has grown so much! I'm pretty sure she was only in size 2 for like 6 months. She is just getting so tall! All of her 2's we're turning into high waters. We have more warm clothes in size 3 so it works out good. Hopefully she slows down enough to wear these for a while! I don't know what happened to my baby! I wish she could just stay little forever! This is my big girl playing her new princess game. Thank you Grandma and Pops she LOVES it!