November, where did you go?

Where to start...
November was a whirlwind. Did it even happen? =)

The dork in me creates a monthly calendar that I post on the refrigerator with appointments, visitors, what our meals will be and birthdays. Before the month even started, I knew it was going to be hopelessly busy. We actually had something on the calendar for 25 of the 30 days. YIKES! But, through it all we enjoyed a visit from GG and Monny, a visit from Aunt Pipi's, and a nice relaxing Thanksgiving with my family in Oklahoma. Sadly, amongst all of the fun, my dear Grandpa Joe passed away. He was a wonderful Grandpa and will be missed! I am so grateful that we were able to fly up to IL and be with my extended family to celebrate his life.  We learned that the concept of death is a little more than a 3-year-old can comprehend.  Mya would continually say, when will Grandpa Joe come home from the hospital? And when we would explain that he was in heaven, her response was, when will Grandpa Joe come home from heaven? That's when we learned that maybe sometimes little white lies are the best thing for them.  The most memorable being when she visited his gravesite and asked, what's down there? I told her there is a treasure box full of all of Grandpa Joe's happiest memories down there.  She liked that, and it was a little easier to comprehend then the reality.

All in all, we had a nice November and looking forward to the rest of our December!

Oh, are you asking...did you complete your 30 day challenge? The truth, no.  But, I was able to do a different hairdo for the first 12 days of my challenge. And still try new ones every few days, along with perfecting the originals. Mya now sits relatively still while I fix her hair and she enjoys the fun new dos!