October has been a fun month. We have continued our push toward sustainability. Seems to be our new hobby. We visited Siembra farm and learned about growing crops with sustainable methods and maximum nutrition, we researched and constructed a composting system, researched chicken keeping and designed a coop, and started making our bread from scratch. We are hopeful that solar panels and a classic car converted to electric are in our future. Those are in the "someday" file for now.
We had a nice trip down to Arcadia to visit Grandma Janet and Papa Bob on Janet's birthday.
We took Everett to her first pumpkin patch,
first Gator football tailgate
and first classic car show, the Ocala Pumpkin Run.
We took Everett out on Halloween to see the trick or treaters in her bumble bee costume but she fell asleep in the stroller, so we'll save first trick or treating for next near. We dressed up for a Halloween party as characters from a commercial for dish network with huge cowboy hats and long mustaches. It was pretty funny, but it turned Brokeback mountain pretty quickly. We had a play date with Greg, Jenn, Noah and Eli. It was fun to introduce the little ones. She got her first injury this month, a busted lip, but recovered like a champ. Patrick and Laura were upset about it for way longer than she was.
Her favorite things this month include pulling the ceiling fan pull cords to turn on fans, practicing sitting up from her belly by herself, scrunching up her nose, blowing raspberries, finger feeding herself and dancing when a toy plays music. She belly crawls everywhere now, so Patrick put in a banister across one side of her play room to contain her a bit. She has discovered she can get to electrical cords so it is getting tricky to walk away from her for a minute.
Our fridge died but we got a new one that we really like. Patrick has been working hard to get the "build" done for the release of Republic, a new wireless phone provider.