Steven had Monday off because they worked the Marine Corps Marathon the day before. Then they had Friday off to celebrate the 238th Marine Corps Birthday. Which is not actually for another couple of weeks, but his unit was celebrating early. It was hands down, one of the more fun balls that we have gone too. I'm a sucker for the ceremony part of it. The detail does such a great job!
Part of the ceremony is for the oldest Marine present to eat some of the birthday cake and then to pass it to the youngest Marine present. I always enjoy the laughs when they tell how young the youngest Marine is. This year, he was a full decade younger than me and had enlisted only last year. It always brings great laughs to the room. Our speaker was funny and short. I actually enjoyed the DJ this year too. Usually they play a lot of music that is hard to dance to. Not this year, he was busting out the classics and mixing them with other fun new songs. Steven even stayed for more than his one slow dance song. Words can't explain how excited I was about that. My girlfriends and I were able to dance until our feet hurt. Which I am told I am now a lightweight officially. I didn't last that long. But it was still a lot of fun.
Olivia apparently wasn't horrible in the childcare center. But she wasn't star pupil either. We dropped her off while she was still asleep in her carseat. We were so excited she was asleep too. Until they told us that we had to pull her out. On top of that, we couldn't leave her favorite blanket because it's a hazard. Steven and I looked at each other and our jaws kind of dropped. Mostly because we knew the workers were going to be in for a long night. So we pulled her out. She started to wake up and although I wanted to sit there and say goodbye, I knew it wasn't the right call. So we passed her off as she was still rubbing her eyes to wake up and quickly exited. The word from a friend is that when they dropped off their kid, she was screaming and everyone could hear her. Oy vie. She was all smiles when we went to pick her up though. They said there was a lot of walking the halls and she was in an umbrella stroller being pushed around when we picked her up. The stinker wouldn't take a bottle, a sippy cup, or a food pouch while we were gone. So I felt guilty that she hadn't eaten in quite a few hours when we picked her up. She ate like a horse once we were home though. Unfortunately she enjoyed some new germs while she was there and now has the runny nose and cough. Poor kid. I've probably emotionally scarred my kid. Steven's optimistic she wont remember it though.
So that was last night. But earlier in the week, it was Halloween! Wednesday night we went to our church Halloween party. They call it a trunk-or-treat. After the dinner and activities, everyone goes out to the parking lot and trick or treats from their decorated trunks. It was so much fun!! Olivia won "best pre-nursery age costume." I'm one proud mama.
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