October came and it started getting cold really quickly. The children progressed from a thick fall jacket to a winter jacket by the end of the month. It’s only a matter of time before the snow pants come out!

In October we went out a couple of times to farms for apple picking, pumpkin patches and general fall activity. We also made a trip down to Niagara over the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday (I had to work on the Monday). Thanksgiving was also at the end of the week that Apollo celebrated his third birthday so that week was hectic, with events every day.

Halloween landed on a Saturday this year so Halloween events were actually on that day instead of spread out over the previous week (except for his schools since Apollo doesn’t go to all of them on Saturday). Apollo got a couple of new costumes this year, but Jovian made due with Apollo’s hand me downs.

I transitioned my phone from the Nexus 5 to the larger OnePlus Two this month. The goal is to replace the need to carry around two phones and it seems to be doing OK in that respect (it’s not perfect). Hopefully I can also use this phone for awhile instead of upgrading as the transition process is kind of a hassle.

I’m still slowly collecting Hearthstone. I’ll never complete any sets (too hard to get the Legendaries) but I still get enough new cards that it’s worthwhile to grind every week. I accumulate 4-5 packs a week and I open them all on one day for increased highlight, although it also brings increased disappointment if I don’t get anything substantial (new epic or legendary) within those couple of packs.

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