Happy Halloween.......

Here's a few pics of the little munchkins in their Halloween outfits the last few years....to compare LM and G in the same costume....

First injury.....Miss G

Scenario: At the Commissary today around 11:30 am .....surrounded by retirees (yall know what I am talking about) trying to edge me away from the yogurt to get a better view of the activia.....
LM: Achoo, (with a cold--mind you I don't normally take my sick kids to the commissary but we needed stuff and I won't ask a sitter to come and expose herself to my sick kid) ......but he covers his mouth like he is supposed to and a bunch of snot comes out in his hand.
Mommy: scrambling with the ever so important french vanilla creamer in my hand (much needed for the ever so important coffe I have now started drinking since becoming a mother of two--absolute necessities people)....I am reaching for a tissue at the same time I drop the creamer into what I thought was the basket part. ........ IT WASN'T! It was my daughter's forehead. How great am I? The french vanilla cuts her head on the plastic and leaves a bump the size of a kiwi .....
Miss G: begins waling hysterically
LM: tells me "you hurt G mommy" and begins waling while snot is still in his hand and face.
Mommy: drops my purse all ove rthe floor looking for a tissue and sanitizer to wipe all down with....and I start laughing hysterically. HYSTERICALLY! (at this point all of the retirees begin to wonder if they are witnessing a breakdown, a crazy woman or will they ever get me and my waling kids out of the way to get to the activia)
So that was the low point or the high point depending on how you look at it. Miss G is fine and I feel really bad that her first real battle scar came from my coffee creamer. I guess I should start taking it black.

Monkeying around.......

We attended our Halloween party this weekend on base and LM was a Monkey and Miss G was a frog.....a hand me down from her brother. We are utilizing the costumes as many times as she will let me until she begins to have an opinion. Judging from her attitude when I feed her it won't be long. She may be a little independent ! Wonder where she gets it ;)

Anyway, LM partied with his buddies and had a good time collecting goodies in his pumpkin. He went through the Haunted House and said "wow, mommy it's dark in there ". It was fun and I enjoyed seeing him run around but I had to dangle a cookie in front of him to get him to leave.

Lately he has been so hilarious. A couple of times he has hit his sister on accident and as soon as she starts crying he starts waling just like her which in turn causes her to stop and look at him as it to say "what's your problem, I am the one who got hit". But at least he cares that he hit her and always apologizes.

The poor dogs have been taking a beating lately. He is fascinated with them and chases them all over, lays on them , checks their teeth and ears just like mommy and wants to help me let them in and out. He has become quite clever at teasing them with food and I have been cleaning up lots of drool. We are working on that and how it's not nice to tease--so far it's funny b/c they chase him and try and get what he is offering and he doesn't see it as not nice. Anyway, enjoy the pics of my little mono y rana.

how is it possible???

like i just said to a friend in an email --how is it possible that Bono is still hot after all these years? ???? Or has J. been gone too long?? Nah, always thought he was cute--love ya babe ;)
Went to breakfast/coffee with a friend here today and asked for a to go coffee cup(J. you'll love this)---pardon me but doesn't starbucks do this all the time?? I recycle, I buy organic, I do my part as best I can--I have even broken down and am using those reusable bags at the grocery store except when I need bags for dog "stuff" we'll call it. As we asked for these cups the waitress made a comment about it filling a landfill or some nonsense.......seriously? Can't I recycle it? If I can't recycle it then why are you using it to serve coffee..... Now I may not just out of spite. Don't judge me, lady! And attached was a seed pod to be planted.... Okay that is my rant about the northwest hippies for today.

backyard shots

upside down LM













Miss G post sneeze














Beau drinking water
















LM picked me a flower





















LM in the sunshine

Can you believe this??

Those of you who have lived here will not believe that it's this late in October and the weather is this beautiful. Beautiful enough for me to be rolling around in the green grass with my son outside in the afternoon. God is really providing us with some great weather here in the PNW lately. He is providing in so many other ways it's too many to count as well but we are enjoying this little blessing as we push on toward winter. I know, dear Spain friends you don't believe me but these pictures have been altered in no way ;) , it's the real deal. We are especially grateful for enjoying this beautiful view on these wonderful sunny days as we are still watching sailboats and seaplanes come in and out. I was able to take some great pictures of the kids today in the evening and we had fun playing with the dogs outside and came back in to a picnic in the living room (aka : mommy didn't want to cook so we ate sandwiches and fruit on a blanket in the living room). The pics are random shots--first one of LM in the backyard today in this sunny weather......I'll post a better one later. My random pumpkin shot by the front table, three big dogs all trying to fit on one bed even though we have three beds, profile of mommy and Miss G, LM with his pumpkin top when we carved it--BT tried to eat it ;)

I'm not understanding you.....

So I sometimes have a hard time understanding the words LM is saying. Not unusual for a two year old but he is VERY articulate and I have always understood about 95%of what he says. However, when I don't understand him I ask him to repeat it and if I really don't get it I say "I am sorry buddy, I am not understanding you". Right ? That's a normal response. So , in the last few days he has had a new response when I ask him to do something. For example: LM will you please pick up your trains?

LM : " say it again please"

Mommy: I repeat the phrase

LM: (very serious )--"Mommy, I am not understanding you"

How clever is that? Just to get out of doing something he is pulling one of my lines. What a stinker!

He also spied some trains that Mimi and Paw paw sent that Mommy was rationing out for good behavior. They were high up on a shelf in his closet. Unfortunately I didn't hide them very well and when he saw them he decided to get his stool and go after them climbinb up to the shelf. This is a kid who is scared of some slides so I thought it funny that he was so motivated by some trains that he climbed up like a monkey on the shelf to try and reach them. Again, just so cute he is killing me :)

Sunday at church he absolutely REFUSED to go to Sunday School. Full on pulling on the door not to go in-=hanging on the door frame screaming. So fine, got Miss G into the nursery and took him to church with me. He was fascinated........for about 10 minutes and began wiggling in my lap, talking , etc. Finally , he looked up at me and whispered "Mommy, I would like to go to my church now". Being the mean mommy I am I made him sit with me the entire time as he wiggled and rolled around on me while he was bored to death in order to teach him that he couldn't go back and forth. Pick one, stay there. We'll see if my sinister plan worked next Sunday.

In other household news Miss G is bouncing away in the exersaucer now and enjoying it with that big gummy grin.........Speaking of that big gummy grin it will be no longer. She has her first tooth coming in on the bottom peeking through. It is almost exactly two years to the day that LM got his first tooth. I am excited but sad b/c I LOVE that gummy grin. She is so precsious and just smiles most of the time. I am enjoying watching her grow and kick and play. She is learning new expressions and talking more and more everyday. I hate daddy is missing so much but we are making many new videos for him to see. Such sweet babies. But speaking of Daddy we are so proud of him and his service--he is doing a great job on his IA and we are just so very proud of him and of all of those serving our country. We are about halfway there in the IA and now down into the countdown ......who am I kidding we have been in countdown since he left ;)

It's the most wonderful time of the year......

Okay, so that is normally Christmas but I love fall. The crisp air, the sun warming you up as you step out--wait that's all year round here in WA. We went to a farm tour last weekend, did I mention that? Not sure if I did. We saw alpacas , horses , etc. This weekend we went to a pumpkin patch and participated in hayrides, barrel rides, donkey petting, milkshake drinking (oh wait , that was mommy) , and pumpkin picking..l. not to mention H and I almost peed our pants laughing so hard at the ballon bounce house and how in the world to get our children out without letting all the balloons out. Don't ask , it's complicated :) LM had a blast with his friends and even found Annie the lab again this year...he was much more fascinated with her, the pigs and the donkey Rosita than anything else. It was the most gloriously beautiful day we could have ever asked for. Bright sunshine all day and it wasn't as cold as predicted so we had to take a few layers off since I had LM and Miss G dressed as if it were Antarctica. I can't help it I am from the south. Anyway, fun time was had by all and here are the pictures to prove it. :)

the gang

asleep on the farm tour












LM and Mommy looking at the horses















Our little diva



















Yummy toes


I know, I know I didn't have my camera withme to get this picture but I'll get copies but refer to my friend's blog --it is hilarious-- www.babybearsmomma@blogspot.com . Trust me it's worth it.


In the meantime, Miss G is a hungry monkey and grunts until the spoon hits her mouth and tries to grab my glass and food when sitting with us at the dinner table. She is singing and talking a lot too. It's so cute! LM just keeps repeating his new words-- that's ridiculous, mommy.


Enjoy the new pics!

Seriously........

I can't believe I just went to the door with a Zoe sticker (sesame street character) on my shirt and sweet potatoes on my shoulder......the UPS man probably thinks I am a lunatic. It's pretty sad. I have been busy prepping for our wind storm tonight and getting flashlights and firewood ready. Could be nothing but at least I will be prepared. At least it won't be too cold so we won't really need to bundle up too much if we lose heat.

Miss G's new food

Miss G. is trying a new food.....and loves it. I can't keep either of my children full these days and they are eating me out of house and home. Miss G just started rice cereal not long ago but we went ahead and added a few orange vegetables to the rice cereal and she is loving it and sleeping much better b/c she isn't hungry all the time. Poor kid was fussy and I guess she is hungry all the time so now she is doing much better. She also rolled over several times today from back to front. She loves it until she can't figure out how to get back over on her back :)
I took LM out to a farm tour here on the island and it was fun. We started off with a breakfast date with some friends from Spain that are moving here soon (yeah) and then went to a few farms. We attempted a pony ride but LM would have none of it. We paid and petted the horse and when I tried to put him in the saddle he clamped his legs shut and started crying so we nixed that idea quickly. We made it out just in time before the rains came and hopefully we'll be able to do another farm / hay ride again next weekend too.
One SEC game down today with a win and hoping another one too :)