My Little Turkey

Caleb has been going to a pre-preschool for a couple of weeks. He has some 'transition' issues that they are working on with the darling :) He had on the cutest turkey hat the other day! I was surprised that he had it on because he usually hates stuff like it - but he had it on when I picked him up & wore it the whole way home! I think he's stinkin cute.

Isn't this why people have children? To do the dishes....match & fold the socks....clean the downstairs bathroom....and rake leaves?

I'm officially part of the the unemployed community. It's strange. I've had a job since I was 16 & haven't ever been without! November 14th was my last day working at the Rehabilitation center - & it was bitter sweet. It's been an adjustment staying home & the bigger adjustment will probably come as the income I was making is no longer existent.

Everyone there was so nice & threw me a baby shower/going away party! I think a lot of people love a reason to browse through the baby aisles. Stuff is so dang cute! I met a lot of great people while I worked at Alpine & was told that they door was open if I wanted to return. That's a great feeling to know that you did a good enough job that they would take you back!

Almost 3!

Caleb is almost 3! Casey & I attempted to get a few cute shots of him this year rather than taking him to a photo studio. I think we got a few cute ones. I still need a lot of practice with my camera & need some education on lighting. It's not good when a piece of equipment is smarter than me. It's frustrating!

Trick or Treat!

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Caleb was the cutest freaking vampire I had ever seen! If you asked him what a vampire said - he would say (with a raspy voice) "Happy Halloween!" When we told him to say "Trick or Treat" he'd say "Smell my feet. Give me something to eat"

As you can see - he's stopped 'Shutting his eyes' in pictures. It was a fun phase - but now we're on to the 'BIG CHEESE' phase.

Trick or Treating is a lot of running around! We started at Angela's....then went to my Grandma's house...then to Casey's parents house...then to Shelby's apartment...then to my parent's house...and then to The Jenkins house! Next year we might just have to make one stop. Having 3 in tow will be freaking exhausting I'm afraid!

I....was....um....checking the weather....ya...to see if it really was colder than a witch's t** or not!

Blake - The Best Ninja EVER!

Caleb - The Cutest Vampire EVER!

Caleb's favorite Halloween treat was a cute plastic kitten filled with kitten candies from Angela & Ben. He didn't put it down all night!

There was a stupid boy with a chainsaw at the Jenkins house - & he only started it up twice while we were there - but it scared the crap out of Caleb! This is the first time it was fired up...right before the tears started. Poor thing. He's okay though.

Pumpkin Carving!

I hosted the Anderson pumpkin carving party this year. It's a mess - but a good time none the less. (I'm a poet!) I'll let the plethora of pictures tell about the evening.

Caleb! LOOK OUT! There's a monkey on your head! That's seems to be where his monkey is when he sleeps lately. Note the darling pillowcase that his Grammy Kim made him. Caleb loves it & we talk about what's on it almost every night.

My darling/delicious funfetti cupcakes! They were good!

TAG TEAM back again - check & direct now let's begin. Party on party people let me hear some noise....sorry...sorry...BUT - they were on a pumpkin carving team for part of the evening. I can find a song for almost everything anyone says.

Me & some mentally unstable guy I felt bad for on the streets - so I let him come carve a pumpkin.

Blakie & Griffy

Dylan - gettin er done! What a cheater!

The fam. Minus Ben (who was working) & Caleb who was watching a movie.

Pumpkin Painting!

I was doing myself some extensive brain damage trying to think of a fun Halloween activity that Casey & I could do with Caleb. He has the attention span of a 2 year old (weird, I know) & if it was socially acceptable, I'd make him a T-shirt that read "I'm THE drama queen". So - I was talking to Casey about the dilemma & he suggested painting pumpkins. Good call!

We took a trip to one of the Perry fruit stands to pick out our pumpkins and Caleb definitely needed his DQ t-shirt on. It was terrible. I even started crying! (I'm blaming that on 3 times the hormones currently going through my body)

A few days later - we broke out the acrylic paints & paint brushes & Caleb really had a good time!

Caleb wasn't sure about having any paint on his plate - so we just put a little.

As you can see - he got over the paint phobia. He had every color on his plate. The light blue was his favorite.

Art is something that I totally suck at. Mr. Morley in 6th grade made sure that I was aware of how much that I sucked. WORST GRADE EVER. I'm glad I'm not bitter. BUT - after painting pumpkins with my hubby & 2 year old son - I see that I am not alone. (Mine is the black one)

I heart October

October is always full of activities! I love it! Halloween sugar cookies are a MUST. Angela, Ashley, Caleb, Blake, Griffen & I baked way to many last week. They still aren't all frosted. Oopsie.

The bat cookie shape was Caleb's favorite.

My freaking stomach. It keeps getting in the way of things. Who needs a dish rag! Just call Brittni!

Caleb had a lot more fun than I expected. Hooray!

Blake & Caleb hamming it up

Ahhhh....Gardner's village. It's always a good time. This year Angela & I met Aunt Sandra & cousin Amber at Sandra's house for some wonderful homemade Cafe Rio Salads & then we went to the village! The weather was perfect. What I don't understand about the good ol' village is all of the men that are there! I bet every single one of them wanted to shoot themselves in the foot. I would NEVER ask Casey "Hey babe...want to go to Gardner's village?" Maybe some guys dig it...but I didn't see one without a look of "KILL ME NOW" across his face.

The question you may be asking yourself is...who stinks? Angela - or the witch?

My stupid eyes are half shut. Oh well :)