Super Saturday

Ian slept in until 10:30. My body won't let me sleep past 8:00 anymore. We got to spend 2 hours laughing and playing with Seth.

I got to hear him say, "Thatsh sho aweshome!" many times and he asked me if his feet smelled like roses.

Went to a birthday party for a girl in Seth's preschool class and got to see him take bowling very seriously. Got to meet some pretty cool moms too.

Dropped Seth off at my sisters and went to eat and visit at our neighbors. They have twin babies and they were baptized at their church today. I'm grateful for good, fun, normal neighbors.

Came home to discover that someone had cut the Christmas lights in our bushes...again. Yes, it is officially a crime in my book and the perpetrator will be caught. Oh yes. He/She/They will be caught.

FHE Idea

This is what we did for our activity for Family Home Evening last Monday. I got the idea from my friend Angela's blog, but since her blog is private, here's our pics.

It's a fun idea. We didn't really tie it into the lesson but you could easily. I would suggest leaving the marshmallows out for a little bit before you build it because ours were a little too soft at first. I did take the toothpick out of Ian's mouth right after I saw it but I thought he was funny how he acted like it was no big deal he put it there. Do we have a redneck on our hands? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

So big!

Ian is growing up too fast. He's already getting his own cereal in the morning. It's actually kind of nice because now I can sleep in. :)

Big Brother Tison

My brother and his wife just had baby number four! A boy!

Hopefully his older brother Tison goes a little easier on him then he did on Ian.

3-2-1 Liftoff!

I don't know if it's because I grew up here or not, but I love to watch the shuttle go up. I never get tired of seeing it and always get a little teary-eyed. All of the launches are cool, but the night launches can't be beat. It is as bright as dawn when it goes up.

Amy planned a bonfire on the beach so a bunch of us went and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and had the perfect view. The kids had a blast digging in the sand and running around.

Halloween

I love Halloween. It's the start of the major holiday season. My plan was to do a Halloween craft a day with Seth, even if it was a small one, but we didn't quite make it. We did a lot of fun ones though and I'm geared up for December.

We kicked off the trick or treating with the Fall Festival at church. Seth was running around from booth to booth and car to car.

Then we went trick or treating on Halloween with the cousins in their neighborhood. We went to our neighbors across the street before we left and they gave Seth a some glow sticks. It was so thoughtful and Seth loves glow sticks. Seth dressed up as Obi Wan Kanobe (Star Wars fans, correct me on my spelling if that's wrong) and Ian went as a football player, in case you couldn't tell) Are they not the cutest boys?

Tagged

Janet tagged me with the 6 Random Things About yourself blog, so here it goes...

1. I like to read and learn about nutrition and the human body. I don't incorporate the things I learn into my life but it's fun to read about what I should be doing.

2. I have celiac disease. Not fun, but not the end of the world. In fact, I don't like to call it celiac disease because people may feel like they need to avoid me. It's a gluten(wheat)allergy. I'm no fun to go out to eat with (unless you just want me there for conversation and not to watch me eat) and I don't do well at dinner parties. I feel amazingly better than before my diagnosis and it is really a healthier way of eating. Hence, my obsession with learning about health and nutrition. 1 in 133 people have it and most don't know it.

3. I love rice! I eat it at least once a day sometimes twice or thrice. Low carb diets don't work for me since my favorite is beans and rice with a tall glass of almost frozen milk. Sometimes I like to add ice cream to my milk, so no low carb for me thank you very much!

4. I am an entrepenuer at heart. I have so many million dollar ideas I can't decide which one to do so I don't do any! :)

5. I've attended 4 colleges and working on a 5th.

6. I want to be a motivational speaker. I don't know in what capacity yet. Perhaps I could speak on nutrition, starting up a million dollar company, the many ways to prepare rice, or how to get the most out of a college education without getting a degree.

I tag Gladys, so she will finally give us an update, Heidi, since she's new on blogspot, and Jennifer, since she's new too and only has one post. :)