Halloween partay, lake time, and kickball!!!!

I have been in a zone of savoring life, really honing in on slowing it all down, and enjoying what comes, and the moments that I GET TO live in:)......it is a gift that is not lost on me ever......and this week I found myself really in the moment with my class and my class even more than usual.......and I was walking the playground during recess, and a kid from my class was chatting with me, and he was asking why one part of our field is overgrown.....and it is a place where we used to play organized games.....but it is not fully dry.....and they eventually let it grow over to keep everybody out I am guessing......but we have plenty of other field space....and I was suddenly transported to my elementary playground.....a great game of kickball in full swing......and remembering that while I did not love sports back then.....that I did really enjoy......so I decided that today my class will play a game of kickball....team building will take place, and old school core memories will be formed:) I am excited to see the gifts it will bring during our Fun Friday time, a time they get if they do their weekly homework!

I also have been planning my Halloween party for my I Got YOU gals:) It will be this Thursday and I am using the room at my church......we will dress up, and eat pizza, and play.....and this event is a give back from me.....no charge......just allowing the girls to hang and decorate pumpkins together too! Again more presence......and reveling in LIFE.......LIVING........and I suppose sharing things that felt that way to me as a kid, with the kids I serve.......and then this weekend I will also be hanging with some of my favorite ladies by a lake for the night while my own kiddos hang with their dad.....and I am looking forward to that too:)......the truth also being that I could happily take to hibernating in my bed for the weekend after a hectic couple of weeks lol:) But spending time with my good friends and catching up seems just perfect, and can we talk about this fall though! It has been so easy on the eyes, and I am so excited that the weather will be amazing! And when I was initially invited I wasn't sure it would work......it originally wasn't their dad's weekend, and my parents are away.....but due to some circumstances, it fell into place.....and I trusted that if it was meant for me it would......and while I feel I have felt really ALIVE in this chapter and have learned better the art of living if you will;-) this week felt like a new tier of that.......a new level of it all......a presence that was palpable......tonight we have a football game with our best guy......and next weekend I might be hatching a little fall hiking escape for my kids and I, we shall see:) Happy Friday! Three day weekend yes please:) Enjoy:) xoxo