Quick Videos

This first one was the 2nd time this happened, so I had to get it on video. You see, my car is my stage, and my dance floor. I guess he's picking up on that as well! HAHA.



Thisone is what happened after I told him his cousin Fletcher was coming in tomorrow.

Halloween Weekend

Beauty in the Common Things: A good doctor. As a kid, I had to wait almost an hour just to get to the little room, then wait again to see the doctor. Now I get in the doctor, have time to flip through the front part of a People magazine and I'm in! Then I sit in a comfy room and see the doctor pretty quickly.

Listen In: My boys are playing hide and seek this early Saturday morning.

View from Kitchen Window: We are finally getting our new fence today. Looking forward to getting that done.

Last weekend we went back to our old stomping ground for SFA's homecoming. First stop was the big bonfire.

The next morning, we met friends for the annual homecoming parade. This is the first one I've actually been a spectator at. I've been in a few back in the day, but it was fun to watch and see Grant enjoy it. Here is the Yellow House's (the Church of Christ Student Union where Daniel and I met) float. The theme was "Lights, Camera, Axe'Em!", a Hollywood theme. The float is along the lines of Jurassic Park.

Here is Grant's favorite part, the Lumberjack band.

Daniel's sister, Erica, is now a freshman at SFA. She met us at the parade.

That afternoon, Grant and I had a great nap while Daniel and his Dad, and sister Erica went to the football game. We saw many friends that we miss and their kiddos. That night Erica showed me her dorm, where is actually where I lived, and is actually named after a relative of mine. This sign was on the wall of the dorm, and I thought it was pretty appropriate!

I learned many lessons while in college, some good, some not so good, and some just plain stupid, but I bet I'm not alone. In the end, I got my degree hanging on my wall, met life long friends, and met the man God made for me. Ok, enough of the reflecting...lets get back to the subject!

That evening we went to one of my favorite restaurants, one that I crave quite often, Szechuans Chinese Restaurant. Thanks to my in-laws for going with us, even though they aren't big Chinese food fans. In college, my friend Matt and I used to hit this place up about once a week and definatley before going to look at Christmas lights (an annual event for us). In this picture, Daniel is eating what the call the PooPoo Platter. Its basically some meat items with fire in the middle. Fun to say and fun to eat!

My sister went to SFA as well and we have mutual friends at the Yellow House. We were able to spend some time with them as well. Here is Vivian and Daniel hanging out. I love how they both have a little smirk on their face.

Speaking of Vivian, my mom sent me these pictures of her and Grant playing one day. Aren't these the sweetest. I'm confident that Grant will be a great big brother one day.


Ok, back to the weekend, we left SFA early to be back for Halloween festivities. First stop, Trunk or Treat. Mimi went with us while we left the men at home to watch the World Series. Grant wanted to wear his rooster costume, but it was covered in pizza sauce from children's day out. I found a train whistle for him to use with this conductor costume, so he then got easily excited to wear that.

We ran into Christine and Eric while we were there. Their little monkey kept trying to eat the Play-Do.

From there, we headed to another church's festival. Here is Grant checking out his finds.

Oh, those dimples!
The church had many games for the kids to play.

We were glad to see Corbin who invited us to come. They are so cute together!

Grant patiently waited for his turn to ride the horses. He kept turning around to me and saying, "It's my turn, Mommy."


Grant finally got his turn and he seemed like a natural. Of course, I had to pull him off as he was screaming for more.

Overall, it was a wonderful weekend. Nothing better than friends, family, and candy!!!

On This Farm There Was a Rooster...

Grant's Halloween costume was already purchased when we found out that Children's Day Out was having 'Noah's Ark Day' and he had to dress as an animal. My wheels got to turning and I knew I couldn't spend too much and it had to be simple as well as cool and comfortable for him to play in. I asked him several times what he wanted to be and he answered rooster (or as he says, 'woosta' in toddler talk). So to accomodate those dimples of his, I went out to seek the best way to make this costume. I have minimal sewing skills that I learned from my grandmother and home ec in high school. I have sewing machine I got for Christmas last year that I've used to hem pants during softball season, but nothing major can be done by me. So with the help of the internet, my mom, and the October edition of Parent's magazine, I came up with this mix to make an adorable and functional custom.

I started with a bright yellow $3 t-shirt from Wal-Mart, a white toddler hat from Ebay, and white sweatpants from an internet store.

I got white and yellow felt and cut 'feathers' basically in the shape of a leaf.

I cut a rooster comb out of red felt, stuffed it with pillow stuffing and sewed it to the top of the hat.

I made chicken feet by using orange felt and pillow stuffing and sewing it on the front of the sweatpants.

I sewed the felt feathers along with white craft feathers to the front of the shirt, making sure to cover the blue shark. I sewed it all by hand so it could be easily warn again with the feathers off. Grant wasn't interested in trying it on when I was done for a picture, so I conned my unhappy husband into doing it!

It took a while to convince Grajt to put it all on (and I had to take some feathers off around his neck) but we got it on and he loved it!

He ran around his classroom screaming "cocka cocka doo!"

It was a hit and Grant was one happy customer!