Fryday Contest

One of my favorite blogs to read in all of blog-land is My Charming Kids by MckMama.  She is now the proud mother of 4 small children, known in blog-land as Big Mac, MckNugget, Small Fry and MckMuffin.  The youngest, MckMuffin, was given no chance to live in utero, but is now alive and thriving!  Anyway, MckMama is having a contest to give away a free custom-designed blog header and some cool camera stuff.  All I have to do is link back to her blog!  :)  So here you go, MckMama!  Love your blog!!!

Aaron's Field Trip

Well, after much hard work trying to get this video clip downloaded from our camera (without losing it!), I have it on my computer, but can't get it to post!  I'll have to ask Drew to help me figure it out (when he's not sleeping!).  The original field trip conversation started a week ago Thursday (Nov. 6), and Aaron is STILL talking about his field trip today.  That evening during dinner, he started talking about going on a field trip in an airplane.  He had no destination, but plenty of ideas about what we could bring and what we will do.  In case you are wondering, he still hasn't come up with a destination, but we are going on a field trip! 

The following is an excerpt from the field trip conversation that I wasn't able to record on video:

Drew: Can we ride kangaroos?

Aaron: No....they live in the animal spot.

D: Why not?

A:  They live in the ark.

D:  We don't have tickets for the ark.

D:  My elephant wets the bed at night.

A:  We can bring diapers.

Justin:  Did you remember to bring wipes?

A:  Yeah, for my monkey.

D:  What about for my elephant?

A:  No, just for my monkey.  But....um.....ummm....ummmmmm.....the kitchen  can't fit in our airplane.

D:  What about a smaller kitchen?
A:  Yeah.

D:  Can we have a campfire on the airplane?

A:  No.  Just a little tiny kitchen on the airplane (holding thumb and finger very close together).  We might take your pillow away.

D:  Why?

A:  I will not take your pillow away.  I will take Mom's pillow away.  "Mom, I gonna steal your pillow!" (much laughing and giggling)

D:  Can I bring my swimmies?

A:  Yeah.  We might go saw bears.  WE MIGHT SHOOT SOME BEARS.  THEY MIGHT CRAWL ON US AND BITE US!!! (said in very loud excited voice!)  But we might go hunting.

J:  Do bears live in the woods?

A.  No.  Up in the mountain.

Zachary:  Are we going hiking?

A:  No.  We might take the TV with us.

A:  We might take the windows with us.

D:  We're taking the windows with us?

A:  Yep!  And we might take doors.  Ummmmm....we might go to a nicnic (picnic) at the park on our field trip.

D:  Can I bring my ants?

A:  No.  They might eat all our chocolate.  Then we might buy some more.

And all of that conversation was about 5 minutes of a 45+ minute discussion about Aaron's field trip.  Trust me, it was all that good!  :)

The other really cute thing Aaron has been doing lately is wanting Drew or me to throw him over our shoulder like a "tock a taters."  (sack 'o taters)

I really couldn't make this stuff up if I tried!  You should all have a 2-almost-3-year old!  But, you'll have to get your own!  This one is ours!!! :)

Nancy

New look!

In honor of fall, I decided to change my background!  What do you think?  It's different from my previous one, but I like it lot!  

Tomorrow (Saturday) we are planning to do some chores, finish the laundry and maybe bake some cookies.  For now, I am really tired and ready for bed....

Nancy

We voted!

Well, Drew and I voted today...we each had to wait a little over an hour in line, but it was a beautiful day, so the wait was not bad.  The church where we vote has a small playground where Justin and Aaron were able to play for about 30 minutes while I stood in line with Caleb and watched them.

In other news, I made fresh green beans for dinner (as opposed to frozen).  Aaron especially was so fascinated watching me clean and cut them.  He eagerly put a large forkful of beans in his mouth and said a big "Mmmmm....mmmmmm.....uh.....dem berry ucky!"  I wish I had captured the facial expressions to go with the words!

And the other BIG news of the day, Caleb has his second tooth!  The bottom left tooth in the front finally broke through today.  Poor guy has had a stuffy, runny nose for over a week, a bad cough in the last couple of day and has just been miserable.  We elevated his mattress and purchased a warm mist humidifier to use with Vick's vapor medication yesterday.  The combination has really helped him sleep better.  I put him down for a nap at 4:00 this afternoon and he is still asleep now (at almost 10:00).  I'm just letting him sleep it off! :)  He hasn't exactly had very restful naps and bed times the last few days.

Zachary had a great day at school today.  He got a smiley face this morning for having all smiley faces on his seatwork on Friday.  That got his day off to a good start!  :)  He is so excited about reading.  He is speeding through all the library books that we bring home and is working his way through the bookshelves of books that we own.  Zac read finished reading his first short chapter book this afternoon and was so proud of himself!

Justin and Aaron had fun playing with play dough this morning.  I typically like to reserve it for an outdoor activity, but today was fairly cool (at least this morning), so I let them play at the kitchen table.  All in all, they did pretty well.  Justin made cookies and a teddy bear, and Aaron made "ars cream" (ice cream).  They had lots of fun!

Time to run.....little man has finally woken up and is very decidedly hungry!

Nancy

Not Me! Monday

Each week on Monday, we are allowed to be brutally honest and live to tell about it!  It's called Not Me! Monday and the original post can be found on MckMama's website here.

I did not arrive at home from picking Zachary up from school (with Aaron and Caleb riding along with me) and pull into the driveway and sit in the van for 2 or 3 minutes explaining to Zachary and Aaron that Justin had gone to work with Daddy for the afternoon and therefore would not be home to play.  I further did not get the little guys out of the van and into the house and come back to the van for more things before realizing that Drew's truck was parked in the driveway the whole time!!!  I had pulled in right next to the truck, stared at it through my whole "It was Justin's turn to go work with Daddy - you will have a turn another day" speech, and never realized that they were in fact back already.  Wow!  I'm so glad I did not do something like that!  I mean, if I had, where would my brain have been???

I have not wondered for the last two days why Caleb was getting unusually fussy around 6:00 pm or so.  I then realized tonight that his "clock" is still running on Daylight Savings Time.  He was ready for bed!!  :)

I am not currently so tired that I can barely keep my eyes open to finish this post......Goodnight ya'll!

Nancy

Dressed Up!

Even though we don't go Trick or Treating, the kids enjoy dressing up and passing out candy to those who come to our house.  We had several groups come, and the kids all had a great time.  They were so excited about passing candy that they didn't even let the kids get to the door.  They opened the door and ran down the sidewalk to meet them.  :)

Zachary loves Georgia Tech football!  Way to go, Jackets!!!!!!  

(Can't imagine where he gets that from!)

Ever the outdoorsman, Justin decided to be a cowboy.

All he needed was a horse!  :)

And Aaron.....

Aaron wanted to be a servant.  Yes, you read that correctly...a servant.

Apparently, he has been listening very well in Sunday School and church

and knows that Jesus was a servant, so that's what he wanted.  

Wow, what a kid!

And here's the whole gang.  Aren't they cute?!!!!

Nancy

Bath Time Fun!

For the last year or so, the only person in our house taking baths has been Caleb.....until this week!  We had to ban baths in favor of showers when there was more floor (and walls!) getting wet than boys.  But, Justin was given a set of Thomas the Tank Engine bath toys for his birthday, and this is the result.....

Three silly monkeys having fun in the bath tub!

One very unhappy monkey in the bath tub with his brothers.  Contrary to what it may appear, this very unhappy face occured only when I pointed the camera in Caleb's direction.  Once the camera disappeared, so did the very unhappy face and out came the laughs, smiles and splashes.  It was very funny!  I wish I could have gotten some video of it.  :)

All in all, the kiddos had a great time in the tub and I was able to clean their bathroom!  :)