This weekend was so busy that I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday. I know you missed me. Just admit it.
Do you feel better?
Before I start the post, I want to thank Uncle Zac for the wonderful treat bags he sent the kids for Halloween!
They spent about 1 hour going through it and lining up all their candy. Thank you Zac - that was very sweet.
Yesterday started early with the set up at our local Apple Festival. We got permission from our selectman (which is like a mayor, but our town is small) to have a Finley's Fighters table at the Apple Festival to raise awareness and talked to people about LCA. Plus we were allowed to sell our goods, which was great.
The apple festival is really well attended. We were told they make 1500 pies. The festival runs from 9am until they run out of pies. They were out of pies around 11am! Amazing. The line started around 8am - before we even arrived to set up. The pies are homemade and so yummy. Like I said - this is one of my favorite weekends in our town. So much fun small town stuff to do.
We talked to a ton of people at the festival. We handed out a lot of information on Finley and LCA, and our Fund. We collected quite a bit in donations. We sold some shirts and wrist bands. The biggest hit though? My grandmother's homemade cookies. She made pumpkin and chocolate chip. We had about 10 half dozen packs of each to sell. They lasted about an hour. Next year I know what we need more of! My grandmother was so excited they got sold. Her cookies are awesome.
Mat and I got to talk to many politicians - state, national, local. Republican and democrat. With the elections right around the corner, they had tables there as well. We got to tell them how much we need our BESB (Board of Education Services for the Blind) and how much we depend on them. We told them about our little girl and getting more awareness about LCA, blind children, and blind children in the public school. They listened carefully (we even got our picture taken with the national rep.). I cannot thank our selectman enough for introducing us to everyone he could find. We really appreciate being able to tell people about our cause.
So it was a great day. Finley was a trooper - she stayed the whole 4 1/2 hours and greeted people and ate yummy food. Arlington stayed too. It was cold, but not terrible. By 12:30 - the festival wound down and we packed up and came home. I look forward to doing it again and again. This first year is always the hardest. But once people know more about us, we will become a regular household name.
After we came home from the festival, my mom and I and Arlington changed and left for New York City. My cousin, Kirsten, in in the Broadway show - Elf this holiday season. She had some comp. tickets and asked if we would like to come in and see the show. I am always up to see a free show, let alone one that Kirsten is in. Arlington was very excited.
We left for NYC, and hit the American Girl store before the show. Can't go in the city and not go to this store if you have a little girl. The stuff is expensive, but the store is really cute and fun to browse.
We met Kirsten at the theater and got the tickets then headed to dinner. The show wasn't until 7:30, so we had time for a nice dinner. We had great seats, and the show was really good. If you are able to get to NYC this holiday season, make sure you see
Elf. It is only running until Jan. 2. They did a great job and Arlington loved it!
We hit some traffic coming out of the city, so we didn't get home until almost 2am. That was a little rough, but we slept in this morning. Arlington fell asleep as soon as we left the city, but my mom and I stayed up the whole ride. I am glad we don't live that far.
Today we have already been trick or treating. We decided to take the kids to our mall for their annual trick or treating. There were 100's of kids there, and it was really fun to see all the costumes. Each store was giving out candy, so all three kids got some serious loot. What I liked about this is - 1)it is in the daylight. 2)it is indoors (it is really cold today). Arlington and Mat went trick or treating this evening in the neighborhood, but trick or treating in the country can be......tricky. (ha ha). It is really dark (which Arlington loves) and the houses are super close together, so the littles never make it far. So Finley, Cainan and I stayed at the house to hand out candy.
I wanted to mention that this past Friday was also really fun in our town. We have our annual book sale from our library. I think it was over 20,000 books, if I remember correctly. They are all books that were donated to the library and the library uses this sale to make profit. They always do really well, and people line up to get in. We took the kids, and got 100 children's books (chapter books included), 10 adult books, and 1 video for $30!!! It was amazing. We have been having fun going through the books with the kids. I love this weekend!!!
So that is all. Tomorrow I will not be at work because I will be going to have my knee checked. I bumped it on the treadmill - well the thing fell on me - three weeks ago, and I now have a large fluid build up. fun fun. The doctor's have been keeps a weekly check on it, but they feel like now it needs to be drained. So I have that appt. tomorrow. I will have to rest it for 24 hours. We don't have school on Tuesday (election day) so it worked out well.
(Cainan was a bit tired after Trick or Treating)
Tomorrow is Mat and my anniversary. We will be married for 13 years Hard to believe. No big plans, but we will be spending the day tomorrow (he is my driver for the doctor's office). Doesn't that sound romantic. I am sure every couple wishes they could spend the day together in a doctor's office. I know you are jealous.
I will talk more about our anniversary on Tuesday! Don't forget - this coming Thursday is the Spaghetti dinner for Finley in Connellsville. Please plan on attending! It is only $5 a person and all proceeds go to Finley's RDH12 Fund for Sight. There are going to be 12 baskets to win and a WONDERFUL trip to the meadows! You can't miss it!!! Please attend. We appreciate your support.
Don't forget to continue to check our our two websites
www.finleyfighters.com and
www.rdh12.org. Mat will be adding a lot of new pictures soon!
See you Tuesday!
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