Toothless Wonder

H lost his other front tooth this weekend, making that his 6th one to lose in a very short amount of time. And his new teeth are coming in, but not quite fast enough. I love this stage, at least until his new gigantic top teeth come in. =) He looks so cute, and now has a little bit of a lisp when he talks~ so cute.

And, to be a braggy mom for a bit, I have to tell you about his baseball game yesterday (that I missed, go figure, because I was working at a craft fair). H hit a home run yesterday, and scored two other runs (He didn't earn the nickname "Homerun Harrison" for nothin'), AND got the first game ball of the season. Way to go buddy. You rock!

Busted!

Ahh, Halloween candy. It's that time of year again. I am loving the fall-ish weather so much that I decided to go ahead and start decorating today (procrastinating big time on some other stuff I should have been doing). I had bought some bags of candy corn to use as decoration (I don't like them, and figured the boys probably wouldn't either(wrong!) and poured them into this candle holder...thought it would look all fall and Halloween-ey. Not 5 minutes after Hunter woke up, he found it and went to town. He being the sweet boy that he is, did offer me one too...

Adventures in "Scootering"

It is SO BEAUTIFUL outside today, so I thought we'd take advantage of it and walk to Harrison's school to pick him up. Hud thought it was a great idea as well, so we loaded Hunter in the stroller, grabbed his super cool Spiderman scooter, and off we went. Well, sort of. There were several stops along the way (he quickly went from telling me "This scooter makes me so happy, Mom!" to "I don't like this scooter anymore." in about five minutes. Thankfully, it's little so I could just store it in the basket of the stroller, and we continued. We also counted (and stopped at) every single fire ant bed along the way. And worked on our balancing skills as we walked along the curb. Fascinating stuff when you're a four-year-old little boy. Finally, about 30 minutes later (the school is not even a mile away) we made it, dropped Hud off at speech, and I sat down outside the door with Hunter. Before I knew it, Harrison had picked up Hudson and we were together again for the long walk home. We decided to stop off by the library for a couple of books, and then stomped on all 17 ant beds on the way home. I had another confirmation that I was made to be a boy mom when I realized that I was just as fascinated by those crazy fast ants as the boys were. A good day.

Never Underestimate the Power of a Dum-Dum Sucker

There's a certain hour in our house that I've affectionately nicknamed "the witching hour." :) It's that time of day that everything seems to fall apart, and it always happens around the time that I'm making dinner. Today seems to be a particulary bad case. Hunter had pooped for the second time in one hour, but was polite enough to come and tell me (think it's time to potty-train?), and Harrison and Hudson were fighting over who gets to wear a tupperware bowl on their head (you can see from the picture that Harrison won that one), all the while I'm online trying to come up with something new and creative to make with chicken. Oh, and Hunter was insisting that I carry him all over the house. AGHHHHGHHHH!

SO...I pulled out my saving grace~ suckers. Those little balls of sugary goodness never fail me. Call me a cop-out mom, a bad mom, whatever. My house is quiet, I've found my recipe, dinner is cooking, and I'm now blogging. Dum-Dums=Peace. :)

First Day of Preschool

Today was the first day of preschool for Hud and Hunter, and they were both so excited! I have to admit that their mom was too. :) They both got GREAT teachers this year, and I know they are going to have an awesome year, learning, playing with friends, learning a little independence, and then seeing their relaxed and refreshed Mommy so happy to pick them up!




Hudson came home with lots of papers he had cut and colored, and was beaming with pride. :) He gets to have his first show and tell on Thursday~ has to bring something that starts with the letter "A". He said he wants to take an ant. We'll have to see about that one. :)




Hunter is in a class that requires he sit at a table (no high chairs) and sleeps on a nap mat. I had my doubts on how that would go, but Mrs. Kim said that all 10 kiddos slept on their mats today. Very impressive. He was so proud of his Sesame Street lunchbox, and marched into that room like such a big boy.

All in all, a really great day!

The Gift

I have been missing Momo and Dandy big time this week. Everything is reminding me of them lately (which is a good thing) and I want to see and talk to them so bad I can hardly stand it. I think they must somehow know that, because this week I believe they sent me a little gift, a reminder of them maybe. This vine was given to me by them a few years ago. It was taken from the vine in their backyard. We planted it when we moved into the house a couple years ago. It has always been pretty, but never has it bloomed this much, or been this beautiful. I feel like this is a reminder from God that Momo and Dandy are happy and that they are with Him...I'm thankful for these "breadcrumbs," the little things left behind that bring comfort when I'm missing them.

Today's Blog is brought to you by the letter "E"

Had to post this one. Hud and Hunter were having lunch when Hudson started laughing and said, "Look mom, an "L"! I looked at his legs under the table, and sure enough he had made an "L". So I asked him to make another letter, and he chose "E". Please excuse the Handy Manny underwear. :)You never know what to expect with this kiddo...one of my favorite things about him.

Oh, and if any of you want to hear about his new "superpower", give me a call. I just can't bring myself to blog about it, but it's pretty funny. :)