Here is a cute story from this past weekend. We were in the mountains (a post forthcoming about this too....) & Randy & Jeremy had taken Jackson (4.5) & Kaleb (3.5) with them to get some lunch. Once they arrived, Kaleb noticed pumpkins for sale on a display. So here is how the story went....
K: Look, there's a pumpkin patch!
J: No... that 's not a pumpkin patch, Kaleb.
K: Yes, it is.
J: No, it's not.
K: It is a pumpkin patch!
J: No, it's not.... (going for reinforcements...) IS IT DADDY?
Randy: No, buddy it isn't. A pumpkin patch is where the pumpkin's grow. Those have been picked from the patch & brought here to be sold.
Kaleb talking off to the side to Jackson: So, where did those pumpkins come from?
Thinking & Pausing........
.......
J: I know! Those pumpkins came from JESUS! Right daddy? Those pumpkins came from Jesus!
Randy: Yep, they came from Jesus. (Well, God, technically, but he didn't go there!)
K: Do you know who Jesus is?
J: Yeah, i know who Jesus is....
K: Jesus is GOD!
J:I know that, Jesus is GOD! (turning to Randy....) Jesus is God, right, daddy?
Randy: Right.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
pizza night
I meant to post this days ago... but time gets away from me! It seems lately that we have a pizza night every week (maybe not EVERY week, but at least every other!) The boys LOVE it when i make homemade pizza & Jackson even asks me for another pizza night for days after. I think the child would eat it every day if i let him. He knows when i bring out the bread machine (for the dough) that is is pizza night! The best part of pizza night? No complaining! I can throw almost anything on it & they will eat it with no complaints! So i do! I hide a little spinach puree under the cheese on top of the pizza sauce. I throw on bell pepper or red peppers if i have them. I throw on feta cheese, turkey pepperoni, tomato slices, canadian bacon, etc etc. The ONLY thing i can't put on there (so far in my discovery), is mushrooms. Jackson can find even a diced peice of mushroom even in spaghetti sauce, so i can't put it on pizza either. (How can he be our child? We both love mushrooms!) The kids also love to watch it bake. I turn the light on to the oven & they do this every few minutes....
(excuse the almost bare bottoms.... my boys don't like to nap in pants & this was right after a nap that went long (thankfully!))
Costume Party
Tonight, we all headed out to a halloween party that Randy's boss' put on every year. Since this is our first year with the company, we didn't know what to expect since it was technically a halloween "costume" party. There was to be a $100 reward to the best costume but even so, Randy & I didn't dress up. But we did dress the boys up & they enjoyed that! We just used what we already had on hand for dress up, so Jackson was a cowboy & Eli wore an army "flight suit." I don't know the technical name for that, but Randy kept calling him "Top Gun" (even though i think that was the airforce - but that is just details, right?) Here they are, all ready to go...
Once we were at the party, it was COLD! They had lots of food & fires going, but we were still COLD! They boys ended up wearing coats over their costumes & the cowboy had & sunglasses were ditched almost immediately! Jackson was a little unsure of the electronic witch that was stirring her pot & cackling as we entered & a little unsure of a few of the costumes at first, but after we got him fed & the hostess gave them each a bucket of halloween candy, they loosened up pretty well!
If you are wondering who took the prize for the best costume... she won it hands down.... drum roll please...... who is she dressed as?????
You got it! Governor Sarah Palin! It was such an awesome costume that i couldn't help but to pose next to her! Who wouldn't want a picture next to the governor? I asked her if she had any idea her costume would be so popular & she said that no, she was in fact a little nervous about showing up in it. Apparently though, the majority of the guests are Republicans! I guess this is one way to find out!
She wore a pin that said "Election 2008" & another that read "McCain/Palin" & carried a gun & a baby. The baby was wearing a pin that said "God Bless America" - it was a GREAT costume! We of course, voted for her! (pun intended! hee hee)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Jackson's Day
This morning was a scheduled field trip for Jackson's preschool class & since i rarely get to spend time one on one with him anymore, i decided to take Eli to Mema & Grandad's & just spend the morning alone with Jackson. We had breakfast at Dunkin Donuts (a real treat as i usually shun these kinds of foods for him!) We both had a pumpkin flavored donut & split a large milk. It was pretty yummy.
Then we headed over to the dollar tree since we had about 45 minutes to kill before leaving to meet the group at the pumpkin patch. I told Jackson he could pick out one thing & he changed his mind on every aisle! He finally settled for a tablet of Cars stickers.
Then we headed out to a pumpkin patch in Wilson's Mills. They took us on a hayride with this tractor & dropped us out to pick out a pumpkin. This looks like a big hayride, until you put 3 classes of 15 kids each plus 3 teachers & a parent per kid & what you really feel like is a sardine.
Each child got a hat as a souvenier, but they went ahead & gave them out before we took off on the hayride. Jackson already has a cowboy hat, but he was still pretty excited about it.
Before the hayride got full again, a fellow mother took another picture for us after she saw me struggling earlier i guess!
Then the tractor dropped us off at a haymaze where Jackson wasn't too sure about going in without me, but got brave & decided to follow his peers....
After the haymaze, each kid got some snap peas to feed some farm animals. They were all in a pen together- a miniature horse, a donkey, & 2 goats. One goat in particular was quite abrasive & got pretty much all the snap peas. He was such a glutton!!
This sign didn't give much reassurance & they were posted EVERYWHERE!
The last stop of the field trip was to a very large blow up pumpkin where a nice lady read them all a pumpkin story. Then jackson & I headed off to get a drink (since it was 87 degrees out!) before heading back for one last photo op on the way to the car. 
It was such a nice morning with just my j-man & me. I think he enjoyed it too because he held my hand a LOT throughout the morning & on the way home the dialogue went something like this:
Mama, thank you so much.
You're welcome buddy!
I had such a dood (good) time.
Me too buddy, i had a great day with you.
I love you so much mama.
I love you too, buddy. What was your favorite part of today?
I liked the hayride. You liked it, too?
I liked it all, but i thought that goat was pretty silly, buddy!
Yeah, it was pretty silly, right, mama?!
Right!
A weekend of fun
This past weekend, we went to Wilmington for the weekend. We had not been there since our beach week back in the beginning of August. We decided to go because Daddy was heading there to fish with Uncle Jeremy who was camping there about 5 miles from Nanny. Since we were going to be either home alone or there with Nanny & Daddy, it was a no brainer. We headed out at 9pm (yep you read that right, 9pm) Friday night after attending a friend's wedding in Raleigh. Daddy fished in the terrible rain all day saturday & then again most of the day Sunday & spent the evenings with us. While he was out, the plan was for Nanny to make halloween costumes for the kids but that plan changed once we realized that nothing was all that tempting in the pattern books. So i decided to dress them in things we have at home & save the money to use on other shopping expeditions while we were there. The kids were great all weekend as Nanny drove us around since we were left without a vehicle! Thank goodness Nanny already had carseats, since Daddy had to pull the boat & take his truck. This is a synopsis of what we did:
First things first- we hit mommy's favorite local restaurant- J. Michael's Philly Deli. The boys enjoyed the water fountain out front (even though it was raining!)
Then we went next door to the Learning Express & i got the boys these ADORABLE buckets for trick or treating:
Then, since we were already on that side of town, Nanny suggested we go to a place called "Old Time Pottery." I had never been here (or heard of it) & we ended up spending 3 HOURS in here & way to much money. But the kids were very patient....
Eli zonked out about halfway through the store & so nanny got a pillow & rug from the houseware dept & we made a little makeshift bed!
It must have been cozy because he slept for about an hour and a half!
Jackson decided to smell the artificial flowers & told us they smelled SOOOOO good!
This was about when his patience was wearing thin...he had just said, "I'm weady to doe" (i'm ready to go)
Back at Nanny's, the boys discovered a poor unsuspecting lizard on the broom stick... it was cute to see them try to touch it.
Sunday morning, we headed to church....
The boys got a little energy out in the church yard before heading to lunch.
We met up with Marie & Kaleb for lunch since they were on their own also, since Jeremy was fishing with Randy. We went to Michealangelo's Pizza where the kids ate an entire slice of pizza a peice. Seriously, i wish i had taken a picture of these slices.... they literally had to use 2 plates to hold them because they are so long! I am such a glutton, i had two! Gasp! But in my defense, they were thin crust! We spent the rest of the day in Pottery Plus & Space Savers stores looking for more deals. By the time we got back to Nanny's, we were pooped! Then we had to drive home! We didn't make it back to our house until around 9:30pm! What a weekend!
Family from Michigan
Randy has a cousin, Laura who lives in Michigan that we don't get to see that often. She got to come the last weekend of September for a visit & the kids really enjoyed playing with her two kids: Gabe who is 3 & Gracie who is 11 months. I really enjoyed getting to visit with Laura. I think we have a lot in common & it is so unfortunate that she lives so far away! I have only gotten to visit with her 3 times the entire 7 years i have been married, but each time, i have thoroughly enjoyed it. Here are some pictures from our visit.
{i love how Gabe has to close his left eye with his finger!}
{the boys being patient & posing for me}
{Gracie & Jackson were checking each other out! He really took to her!}
{Randy, Laura, & Gracie}
Parent's Night Out
At the end of September, my sister in law, Marie randomly called to ask if she could have the kids for an evening so Randy & i could go out. Umm, yes, you sure can, i told her! It was so nice to not feel guilty about asking someone to keep the kids. We NEVER go out & it is mainly because we don't feel like putting others out so we can have time together. So, since she offered, i didn't feel one iota of guilt! We took the kids over on Saturday evening & we went to the Outback for dinner. We had a great adult meal & the kids had a blast playing with Kaleb. And i think Marie was thrilled that Kaleb was entertained also! Here are some pics i took when we went to pick them up... apparently, they had an incredibly good time!
{even though he looks cute in the helmet, i vote for a lesser contact sport!}
{are you ready for some football?}
{Daddy showing Eli how to get the sit & spin to work!}
{even though he looks cute in the helmet, i vote for a lesser contact sport!}{Such goobers!!}
{playing dressup... the fireman & the construction worker}
{rock n roll!}
Sleep, Child, Sleep!!!
Seriously, since we took the pacifier away from Eli back in AUGUST, he has not been a great sleeper. This has been such a bummer for us because he was the most awesome sleeper before. He would even come to us, blankie & pacie in hand, & want us to put him in the bed! Not anymore. Nope, now he LOATHES the bed. And as a result, we also now loathe nap time & bedtime (until he finally zonks out!). He goes to bed screaming & having a tantrum & then he has been waking early. This is what getting up before dawn will do to you by 10:30am....
And this is what it looks like on the weekend when Daddy is home:
We really hope things will get better in this realm, but since it's been 2 monthes & it is still touch & go, then we just aren't sure! We are contemplating putting the boys together in a room, since Eli really just doesn't like to be in there by himself, but we fear they will play around rather than go to sleep. So we will see! Until then.... say a prayer for a good nights sleep!
HT Triples
Towards the end of September, Harris Teeter did a triple coupon weekend. Yippy! I love it when this rolls around, because it means i get to stock up on things we need or use for el cheapo. I decided i was only going to go once (you can only triple 20 coupons per day) & i went on a Saturday morning & took Eli with me. Usually, i try to go without the kids, but this time it didn't work out that way! He became my helper & would put the items into the back of the cart for me. So on our way out, he got a prize.....
He even brought one home to Jackson too! These kids love balloons, but honestly, we (the parents) hate them! The kids fight over them - even if they both have one! So they usually hang around until bedtime when they "accidentally" have a run in with my scissors while the kids sleep!
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