First of all, Matt and Colleen's party was amazing. I discovered Jager and Mt. Dew are delicious together and it also makes me hate black licorice a lot less since that is exactly what it tastes like. A big thank you to them for having everyone out. We really appreciate it. The LARP was also a bunch of fun and I look forward to any other parlor games in the future. During the party, Emma was really good. She even sat with Kori for a while and played peek-a-boo with her blanket, which she's never done before. I was amazed. Then she took a really long nap so Brian and I got to mingle and not worry about her. She also broke a glass during the game, which I felt terrible about. I was stunned she managed to do that. Next time we're totally getting a babysitter.

Speaking of babysitters, our problem seems to be that family members are always busy or live too far away and it's expensive to go hire someone we've never met. However, we may have a solution for that here soon. More on that later. :)

Tonight Brian and I are going discount Halloween shopping! I'm very excited about this. My goal is to get a few wigs or other random stuff. Then Castle and How I Met Your Mother are on tonight! W00t!

Emma was supposed to have the second part of her flu shot today, but they are out of the injectable ones for her age, so we have to wait and call back later in the week to see if they get any more in. Stupid flu scare.

Friday Brian, Emma, and I are taking a day vacation to Galena! There is so much I want to do while we are there! The shops usually all close at 5, so there isn't always a lot to do later. We will probably be back for LARP unless we are exhausted, it'll just be late.

Thank you, Omara, for this video: