Tear

This past weekend we took down the crib. I caught Luke doing flips in and climbing out of it. This caused me to have visions of him breaking his neck-so the crib was promptly taken down. I don't usually get sad when mile stones are met. I was glad to be rid of the high chair, and so excited when Kaleia graduated to a booster seat. But, this time it was sad to haul the crib out to storage and to watch him sleep in a little toddler bed. He actually has been sleeping at night and napping during the day in it. He even stays in his room and doesn't bang on the door to be let out.

So for the first time in 4 1/2 years there is no crib in our house. Tear.

Halloween

This was my very favorite Halloween so far. When Kaleia was 2 we made it a whole 3 houses and then she was done. Last year we didn't go trick or treating because by the time Halloween day came we had already gone to three Halloween parties and were done with Halloween. This year we went to a great neighborhood. FYI golf course neighborhoods always give the best candy! Each house was decorated and almost all the people were in costume when they answered their doors. So fun! Kaleia was very excited to knock on the doors and Luke was happy to run after her with his bag and say, "tweet tweet" at each house. We lasted an hour and then decided to end the night while everyone was still in a good mood and not sleepy.

Pumpkin Patch

Can Time Stop Please-just for a hour?

Had so so much fun today at lunch. We grabbed Subway and headed for this fun park near Jordan's work. We were the only ones there and had a blast. Jordan and I got on these little (how to explain?) rocking horse things on wire coils that rock every which way. Well I guess we were a little to big and were leaning almost on the ground in every direction we leaned. We both ended falling off hysterically laughing. Luke ran over crying thinking we were hurt (my sensitive concerned boy). Kaleia climbed the highest she has ever on the dome of ropes that is 2 stories tall. This park is so much fun with tuns to do. Rock walls, slides, ships, spy glass', etc. I didn't want the lunch hour to end.

Play Dough Fun

First Day Of Pre-School

Kaleia started pre-school last month and is loving every day of it! I kind of was back and forth deciding if I was going to enroll her in a school or not, but am so glad that we did it. She is having so much fun and is experiencing many new things each week. Here are a few pics from her very first day.

the poo nap

I went this afternoon to Luke's room to get him up from his nap.

I walked into a very stinky room.

Upon further inspection I realized he had painted the crib, his toys, his dog, and himself with poo. Thus calling for an emergency bath, load of laundry, and full scale washing of all toys.

The first of 3 new posts...

Last week I thought it would be fun to go to the zoo. However, when we got there Kaleia thought it was a "better idea" to go to the play park across the street. This made me uneasy. At a zoo they would be contained in the stroller but a play park? Running around? and me alone? I tried to convince her the zoo would be more fun but I was told she would be the best little girl at this play park. So we went to the play park. It was cheaper and worst case scenario I thought we would leave fast and I would be out $8 bucks. So we went and...IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. They were both really good and Luke just fell once-well it was a tumble/summer-sault down a winding slide.

Helping me cook...

On this day I thought I'd be a good mommy and have my children help me make dinner. Something I never had Luke do before. Let's just say it was a good thought in theory. A hot stove, raw ingredients, 2 children, and NO COUNTER SPACE, are not a happy recipe. But they did look dang cute in their aprons and the next time I try both at once it will be a no-cook meal.

Luke's 2nd B-Day

We had a swim party for Luke's 2nd birthday! We had a yummy BBQ and made homemade ice cream for dessert.

Luke is so loving. He always wants a hug or to sit in your lap. He loves balloons and his little stuffed dog, which he is very attacted to. He likes to study things and has a very short attention span for learning. I will sit down and ask him questions (where is your ear? can you say...., etc.) and by my third question he tells me no and runs off to play. His favorite toys are his cars, espeacialy the loud ones, and the cars from the movie "Cars". He loves to be outside and still is putting EVERYTHING in his mouth; sand, dirt, bugs, etc.