Fall is in the air!

And it's cold. Already. The first freeze usually doesn't come till the end of November here, well tonight's low is 30! It does get us more in the mood for pumpkin carving, though. This year, since Brenden knows shapes, we thought it would be fun to let him draw the face to be carved. I asked him what shape he wanted the eyes, he said triangles. So, he drew triangle eyes. Then I asked him what shape he wanted the nose & he said circle. So, he drew a circle nose. Then he drew a perfect little smile :) Here he is drawing the eyes...

Here is what the pumpkin looked like...I finished the bottom of the mouth, and added a tooth!

While Daniel was carving it, I gave Brenden his little pumpkin & some finger paint, which he enjoyed...

Pumpkin, on his head, being cut open...

Doodle & Daddy...

Brenden wanted his turn to take a picture...look out Bubba, he's doing pretty good :)

Doodle & Mom...

We had our first fire for the season! Love it!

Doodle & Easton enjoying the fire...

We made fun memories tonight!

Weekend What-not's

Our weekend was pretty uneventful, which was nice. My parents & Bubba's girlfriend came over to visit Friday night. Bubba is in New Orleans for like 6 days. He works for Starbucks, as a barista, but goes to school for photography. They are having the big Starbucks conference this week in New Orleans & asked him to come photograph the whole thing! Thought that was pretty awesome. He IS pretty darn good, if I do say so :)

Daniel was pretty sick this weekend. He did try to get sympathy from me-didn't work very well-sorry punkin. I did surprise him with his favorite lunch though! He had a fever & everything he ate, came back up. So, I'm guessing it was a stomach bug. I pray Brenden doesn't get it. He is feeling better today. Brenden & I went a few places together & had lunch together, & we always enjoy that. He's my little date ;)

My mom wanted to keep him Saturday night, so he wouldn't get sick from Daniel (that was her excuse anyway...I'm sure she just wanted to steal him for a while :) ) Daniel was on shift Sunday, so I had the whole day to myself! I didn't wake up till like 9:30, went back to sleep at 2:00 & got up at 5:00. Just laid around the house & read my book (The Shack). It was a great & much needed day-thanks mom!! I did miss my little man though :)

Gonna be a pretty busy week. Beginning of the Holidays, non-stop from here. This week, we are carving the pumpkins, making caramel apples, doing goodie bags for all Brenden's classmates, going to my mom's company Halloween party (which is always amazing), Halloween parade at Bren's school, & then trick-r-treating! Happy Halloween!!!

just ramblin'

5 posts in 6 days, what am I thinkin'!?! just a few things that have been going on...

1. easton (my chocolate man) had an awesome dinner last night. daniel cooked steaks out on the grill. brenden took a plate out to him, to bring them in. well, brenden got side tracked or something & as daniel put all three steaks on the plate, it tilted. the steaks landed on the back patio. as this was happening, brenden asked daniel what they were, daniel said "it's steak, it's what we're having for dinner." not two seconds later he says "well, it's what we were having." haha!! it was too funny. all we could do was laugh, i mean what can you do? by the time i was getting the camera, easton had scarfed that down like no other. as we were at the table eating our green beans & rolls, he came in, mouth wide open, just smilin'!

2. daniel made his hot sauce last night. atleast we had some of that for dinner. oh & i made double chocolate ghiradelli cookies, so we had that too. guess dinner wasn't so bad, huh?!

3. brenden is learning so much. it's amazing! we can talk with him about anything & everything & he just takes it all in. we could have conversations with him all day straight & he'd be just fine with that. spanish...wow, in a couple months he will know more than daniel & i do. now, he likes to say colors in spanish rather than english. it's so cute hearing him say verde! when i picked him up from school yesterday, the director stopped me on the way out & said she would like to talk to me. great...who's butt did he try & look at this time. she said they have an opening in the preschool 2 class (he is in preschool 1), & she asked his teacher to decide who she thought was mature & ready enough to be transferred to the older class. she chose brenden! we are so excited! we will begin the transition next week :) they do this school like a regular school, so in august they move up to the next "grade," but he'll be headed there early, i guess. he has only been in this school since june! she said, he'll do preschool 2, then pre-k, then on to kindergarten. whoa, nelly!! time's movin a little too fast! :) he'll be in kindergarten in 2yrs?!? so proud of him.

4. i'm already done with the cold weather. yea, it's been one day, but who's counting. bring on the heat!

5. tuesday night, we went to one of the new stores (belk) by our house, to buy brenden some new jeans. there were two ladies walking towards us as we were walking down the main walkways inside to get to his section. he was walking right in front of us. he stops, puts his hands up & says "stop! people getting' in my way!" yea, he says this to the ladies. guess they were taking up more of the isle than he thought they should. we just kept walking... i guess, since he got ALL his looks from his daddy, then he gets the attitude from his momma! just wait till he starts driving.

enjoy the rest of the week!!

Need a weekend from the weekend.

Yea, it's Wednesday, & I'm just now getting around to talking about the weekend we had. Oh well, I think it took me that long to process it. We were going, going, going. A couple stores were having a grand opening right by our house, so we went there first thing. Did a couple other errands, then went to Grapevine for the Butterfly Flutterby. The Monarchs are migrating to Mexico now, & they do this event every year at this time. Brenden likes butterflies, so I thought it would be fun. We enjoyed it! Here is his envelope with his butterfly in it, getting ready to be released.

On top of Daniel's shoulders, trying to open the envelope to release the little guy...
Here is Brenden's butterfly!!
Then he also got to see the train pull in, which I think he enjoyed more than the butterfly activities :) After that, we did lunch, nap, shopping & more errands. I'm wore out thinking about it again.
Then, Sunday, we went to the fair. Again. Were there 10 hours. It was closing day & we had a blast. This time I only had fried cookie dough (again), fried oreos, & 2 watermelon drinks. I think I did pretty good! I also rode the Texas Star Ferris Wheel. Which is ginormous! I've gone to the fair every year of my life, more than once & have never ridden it. Probably because I am not too crazy about heights. But, Brenden was so excited to get on it, so I did it for him. We were all able to ride in the same "cage." Here is my mom, Jessica (brother's girlfriend) & my brother. Daniel, Brenden & I were sitting across from them. Brenden loved it. I don't know what it was like. I had my head almost buried between my legs clinching onto anything I could with my hands.
Then, Daniel & Bubba got on a ride together. I don't even know how to explain this thing. It had a G-Force of over 5! It went upside down, round & round & inside out! Serious.
Here they are being flipped around...
And upside down...They love stuff like this. Whatever floats your boat!

Here is Brenden on one of his rides. Look at the half naked mermaid, with her hair covering her boobs. Think that's appropriate for a kid's ride??

Already excited about the fair next year!

Gone. All. Gone.

This was Sunday... (don't ya love the devil eyes)

This was Tuesday...

My hair. is. all. gone. 7 inches off. Gone. But give it a couple months, it'll all be back :) I love that my hair grows so fast. Every year I am able to have a wild hair in me & chop it all off & by the next year, it's grown back, longer than before.

Phone. In the gutter.

Not kidding. This...

Went in this...
Brenden & I got home, went to check the mail like always. I had my phone in my hand. Along with my purse, his backpack & my keys. I was opening the mailbox, when my phone fell out of my hand. I froze (& held my breath), you know, as if me being still will make my phone freeze & not fall into the gutter. Well, that didn't work. The back popped off (stayed up on the street) & the rest of the phone fell into the black hole. I was lost. We don't have a home phone. Only our cell phones. And, of course... Daniel is on shift! Surprise, surprise. You mean, something happened & Daniel wasn't home to help!?! Yea, he seems to be on shift every time he's needed or when something unusual goes wrong. Although he was home this weekend when a little gecko was in our house :)

Anyway...how am I going to get this thing out? Went next door, used their phone. Called Daniel to let him know I don't have a phone. I said "I have a fireman & he's not going to come help get my phone!?" Little Man said "maybe a police officer will come help!" haha Daniel wasn't too sure what to think of that :)

The neighbor called her son & he came & climbed into the gutter & got my phone!!! YAY! I was so thankful. In the meantime, Daniel had called the fire station close to our home & asked them to come help me! I thought that was awesome! So, um, they were already on the way when the boy had gotten my phone out. So, we got to say hi to the guys anyway :) Here they are leaving the house...

It was a pretty eventful 30mins. Then, my parents called & I found out the bottom floor of their house flooded from the washer. Fun. Ok...I have to go make my neighbors (and firemen) some cookies...

totally not planned

Doodle & I wore the same exact thing today-and I seriously did not plan it! As we were getting in the truck to leave this morning, I looked at his outfit & then at mine...um, this is a little weird. Both had on a navy shirt, brown pants & brown shoes.

Don't ya just love the peanut butter mustache he has :) Before we took the picture he laid down his little black & decker hammer he has, and as we were standing there, he said "I want to hammer your butt." Nice.