Just a weekend at home

This past weekend we just spent at home working on the house and cleaning. Nothing really exciting. Abby did her best to help clean and help Tim in the basement. She also got to ride on the lawn mower with Tim and get some outside playing in on her swing set. Just a normal weekend at the Schmidt house.

Abby's Halloween costume came in so I tried it on her to make sure it fit because you never know with her sometimes and sizes. The hat was snug but the bottom is plenty big. This wasn't the full ensemble so there will be more to come for the actual Halloween day. She wanted to be a duck and Tim was hoping it would be more like a mallard, but they don't exactly make those. It was funny because she didn't want to take off the bottom piece. She just looked like a fuzzy yellow M&M running around until I finally made her take it off.

Abby is not exactly Beethoven but she really enjoys playing the piano. Little does she know piano lessons are in her future and she'll probably grow to dislike the piano but for now it's still fun. You might notice the black eye. It was Abby Vs. The Nightstand and the nightstand won. Needless to say she now has a CD player in her bedroom so she doesn't use our alarm clock to play her CDs. Less tripping over the dog beds that way.
Just reading some notes.

This weekend is the Roots & Blues BBQ Festival in Columbia so hopefully we'll make it downtown to enjoy some music and BBQ during one of our basement breaks. We went last year and it's a good time, plus downtown Columbia is always fun to walk around with all the small shops. Then Mizzou plays Nebraska at 7pm on Saturday, and our church has their Oktoberfest celebration on Sunday afternoon so it will be a busy weekend if we hit all the festivities. Hopefully some good photos to come from that.