September (Non-Sports) Wrap-Up

Fall is heavy on the sports in our house.  Even without Abigail being able to play anything this year it still keeps us busy, busy.  Aside from sports – here’s our September recap…

Sept 6 – MOD Pizza opened near Justin’s work and offered 50% off pizzas during their soft opening.  Of course we had to take advantage. 

Just a few weeks ago (Nov 17) we had our very own MOD Pizza open in Snoqualmie Ridge.  You better believe we took advantage of the discounted soft opening days and will happily support it even at full price.  Yum!

Sept 9 – Our annual ROA meeting didn’t land on the best weather day, but we can’t pass up a party that includes a free BBQ dinner, balloon hats, and all you can eat ice cream from the Schwan’s ice cream truck.  It was fun to have Abigail’s friend Megan with us.

Sept 14 – Since Abigail maxed out our insurance this year with her knee I was all about getting everything taken care of we possibly could – physical therapist, dermatologist, allergist, and any other –ist I can think of.  Today we hit up the allergist to check in on her food allergies.  While we waited there was a fun little toy Abigail and Drew played with.

They performed a blood test that came back positive to peanut, peas, walnut, hazelnut, pistachio, pecan, cashew, macadamia, almond, brazil nut, shrimp, crab, lobster.  With a low reaction to egg, mollusks (clam), coconut and pine nuts.  They advised us that we could consider an oral challenge to the items she tested low on to see if she could integrate them into her diet.  I thought it would be great if we could try to get the egg off of her long list of allergies.

So we returned on Nov 17 for her egg eating challenge.  Abigail wasn’t thrilled about the whole having to eat straight up eggs, in small doses, spread over several hours.  We actually misunderstood just how long the process would take and both depleted our phones over the four hour long process.  It was worth it in the end because Abigail passed.  Bring on the eggs!

Sept 18 – Drew often comes downstairs wearing the craziest outfits.  Today it was feetie jammies underneath a otherwise normal outfit.

One day last week he came down in an old pair of Jason’s corduroy pants – backwards, with a glow in the dark, too small skeleton pajamas shirt (in December!)  I pointed out that his pants were backwards but Drew didn’t care.  He wore it all day even to the YMCA.  I figure if and outfit is that bizarre it must be obvious that he child self-dressed, right?

Sept 26 – Today would have been my Dad’s 88th Birthday and marks 19 years since his funeral.  Perfect excuse to enjoy some delicious peach pie in his memory.  Oh how I miss him!

Sept 28 – We had a gorgeous fall this year with unseasonably warm (and dry) temperatures.

Drew and his little friend Grey love playing outside when the weather is nice.

I truly love where I live!

Sept 30 – As we turned onto our street on the way home from soccer games today we spotted something running across the street.  When it stopped I was shocked to see a bobcat prowling along a neighbors porch.  I had my camera with me so I quickly took it out and had Justin roll down his window so I could take a picture. 

I posted it on our neighborhood facebook page and it quickly spread to a community wildlife page.  Pretty awesome / scary.  He did not look friendly at all.