Holidays and Roosters and Ponies, Oh My!

• Julian turned 2 today! I'm so thankful that he was able to get his breath into his lungs on that dramatic entrance in to this world. Now that I've been sleeping next to Julian for the past 2 years, he has a bit of sleep apnea, like his mama and breaths much easier on his side, like his mama. Maybe he took awhile to get going due to apnea? Who knows. Maybe babies having a hard time getting going should be held on their side to breath? I don't know. We're so glad he chose us to be his family and we love him more every day. I really love him more today, now that he's sleeping in his own bed. Its so nice not to have a skull, elbow or heel pressing into my spine all night.
• The air is thick with frenzied madness of costume preparation. Gone are the days of dressing up for Halloween night, not we must dress up every day, for a week ahead of time. We're each preparing three costumes . . . wings to be made, boots to be found, wings to be repaired and hats to be re-fitted. Francesca made a kangaroo baby to go in her pouch and dressed in her kangaroo costume all day. Bouncing on the furniture abounds.
• Thankful that Eve, the Halloween fairy will kindly visit and take all the candy, leaving a gift. My dental insurance will be thankful, too.
• Our new rooster seems nice, but I'm still weary. He's begun attempting to hump the hens and falls off of them, they turn around and give him a good pecking and he runs away. I feel like I'm watching a little teenager out there and wishing that he's gay and friendly as opposed to horny and aggressive like our last rooster.
• Our pair of ponies should arrive Friday. I'm secretly hoping that this will suffice as my insurance to never have to take my children to Disneyland/world/whatever. I know that sounds so Mr. Burns, but Disney drives me crazy. Thank goodness my children don't have a clue what Disney or any of that crap is. Pony rides galore in two days and counting. Francesca is pretty certain that she is going to just get on and ride away, all the live long day. We shall see. If her confidence during her last two riding lessons is any indication, we will probably have to keep the ponies under lock and key.