Little Sickies

 November 1st was All Saints Day. Ella dressed up as a toddler version (not very accurate, but the best we could come up with) of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. Saint Elizabeth was a queen who worked with the poor. 

 I made Jeff pot roast with potatoes and vegetables last weekend. He was one happy fella!

 Ella has been more crazy than usual lately, probably because we've been mostly cooped up at home. She's not one for sitting still and likes to be on-the-go, so I know its been tough for her. I have been trying to come up with creative new activities for her to try (thank God for Pinterest) but none keep her attention for very long. I have a feeling it's going to be one long winter. 

 Our sweet Nicholas has not been feeling very well the last several days. He's not doing awful, but definitely has some sort of cold virus. Ella has it too and runny noses are in full force around here. You would never know Ella is sick, but poor Nicholas has periods of the day where he needs to be on bi-pap (and sometimes oxygen) for several hours because he has so much excess mucus in his nose. Boo. We hate it. If you all could please pray that he gets to feeling better by Saturday, we would really appreciate it. Saturday is the Polar Express train ride that Make-A-Wish Oregon invited our family to attend. We really, really, really want to go because we know both kids will absolutely LOVE it, but we won't take that risk if Nicholas isn't back to baseline. 

Doesn't his sweet face just capture your heart? We love him immensely. Go away, yucky cold!

Also, today is election day. Did you vote? I did. I have to work tonight so I will probably miss most of the campaign coverage, but I have faith that the right candidates will be elected and the next four years will bring good things to the American citizens.