Halloween Part 1

I told you all about how he is obsessed with little pumpkins and gourds. Well Friday he did this to our stairs.

I couldn't fit it all in so here is the bottom of the stairs. This doesn't include the ones that are outside! Yes I know he has A LOT..but I only have one child and I didn't buy them all...he does have grandmas!

We went to a Halloween party on Sat at Tom's cousins house. It was a pirate theme. We didn't dress up, just Jack. He is a race car driver this year.

This is my MIL and "Captain Jack" He was the hired guy to entertain. He went up to my MIL and put this on her head. He was really into character the whole time.

They have this roller coaster thing in their yard. Actually they have two. A small one and this taller one. Last year he wouldn't share the small one with anyone.

Here is last year...

This year...

WEEEEEE....

My Little Racer!

Jack also started indoor soccer on Sat mornings. He is on the Gold team. We will get pictures next week since he just got his shirt this weekend. He loved his shirt and wouldn't take it off all day. It is on underneath his costume. When we got home later he asked if he could sleep in it. Jack has never cared what he was wearing, so it is very cute. Tom said he did pretty good. I didn't go as he always seems to act up more when I am around. I will try to go after a few weeks. He was goalie for a bit and when he came home he said "I don't like being goalie, it is boring" He made a new friend on the "other" team. They were too busy talking. When they had to leave they hugged! ROFL!! Kids! I think he really liked it. This morning one of the first questions he has was "do I get to go to soccer today?"

Ok as I type this I see very fine snow flurries, WTH???

Pumpkin Patch Day!

We went to a pumpkin patch today. It was so cold this morning, but this afternoon the sun was out and it warmed up to be pretty nice. Daddy recorded the football game so he could watch it later. We went to a different place this year than we usually go. It was very nice and much cheaper!! We went on a big hay ride and walked thru a corn maze.

They had this area where you could drive these big John Deer tricycles. He loved it. He was always out to get in front of everyone. His little legs peddled so fast.


Now that's a big tractor!


This was cool. They just created this big climby thing out of Hay. You could climb up and jump off and there were placed to crawl under. Jack isn’t in this picture.
I am king of the Hay!!!


This is him inside the corn maze.


When we were waiting for the hay ride it was right by this burm. I didn’t even tell him to sit here, but he found this little spot and there he sat! He is just getting so grown up looking.



Then they had a tractor pulling these cow cars like a train. He couldn’t wait to go on this!!


Then the petting zoo. Had some cute animals that were all very friendly. I won’t bore you with pictures of goats, bunny’s and alpacas.

Last, was time to pick out our pumpkins. He saw this “pumpkin house” in the advertisement and couldn’t wait to see it. He is obsessed with pumpkins and gourds. I lost count of how many of the mini pumpkins and gourds we have. It is only once a year so I let him get one every time we go to the grocery store.

We were only there for a couple of hours, but it was plenty. We came home and watched the game. It was a nice family day.

To Work or Not to Work

My BF, who is also a SAHM, was recently called by a private boys High School (her Aunt works there) for a job as a spanish teacher (she taught JR High pre mom). Her first reaction was Oh no, I am not ready to go back to work. However, she was starting to look into getting recertified and it was coming. Her one son is 7 and other is Jack's age 4. So she would have the day care issue with the 4 yr old. She ended up sending in her resume just to see what would happen. Long story short...interview yesterday, 2nd interview today and job offer. Obviously they needed the teacher badly and had to act fast. Also she is leaving today for FL for a week. During the last week I told her she could do it. It will all come back to her quickly. She will be great at it. She just called me about 30 min ago on the way home from the offer and said she is most likely taking the job. I of course congratulated her and said I was so happy for her. Which I am.

So as I am putting my groceries away and thinking about it I am like "OMG, who am I going to talk to?" I talk to her at least every other day. We have the occasional play dates with our boys since they are only a week apart. I anticipated many more playdates as it got cold out. I know this is a total selfish feeling, but I did just loose something. I look forward to our morning talks. Sometimes they are short, sometimes we carry on about nothing. I know I haven't lost my friend...just that adult conversion during the week that keeps ya going sometimes. Now she is going to have to squeeze me in with all the evening/weekend things. She is not a big drive and talk on the phone person so I don't think she will call me then. Maybe I will have to buy her a ear thingy so she can talk to me!

Anyways I just came on here to sulk I guess. I am truly happy for her as they won't have to struggle financially anymore. Things were pretty tight for them. She always wanted to work in High School and it is a great school. But I will miss what we had and I guess just have to wait for Holiday breaks and summer! I love you Kar Bow!! Congrats!

This and That

Nothing is really going on with us. Jack had one of his friends over for a play date yesterday after school. I love to just listen to the things that come out of these kids mouths when they are playing. Some of it is just too funny.

Jack and I went out on Tuesday to get our corn stalk and hay to complete our decorations for fall. I think it all turned out quite nice. Jack just loves pumpkins. Since he was 2 when ever we went to the grocery store he had to get one of those tiny pumpkins. So each week he would get a new one and decorate it with markers. So we had a pumpkin collection. Last year it was a battle with him leaving them around and the dog getting them. This year he wants them more on display so they are decorating my banister. I would take a picture but Tom took the camera. Hopefully I will get one this weekend. Of course he is asking me everyday when is Halloween. He is just so excited. We still need to get to a pumpkin patch. We usually go on an evening night where it isn't as crowded. There are a couple pretty close to our house.

The weather this weekend is supposed to be beautiful! I keep thinking this is going to be the last of it so make the most. We do need to clean out our garage so Tom can get all the cars in there for the winter. We have 2 drivers and 3 car! I have so much stuff in there for the business I don't know if that is going to happen. Tomorrow we are looking at some new warehouse space. We are thinking of moving the business closer to home. It would really make much more sense. I could do more work out of there instead of the house and we would save a ton on gas for Tom. We'll see how it goes. I am starting to get excited about it so I hope it works out.

Today my MIL is coming over. We are going to bake. We are sending a care package to Toms nephew at college. We are making cookies and puppy chow. If you don't know what puppy chow is you don't know what you are missing!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Ali

Very Busy Weekend

For the people that rarely do anything we are very busy this weekend.

Friday Jack had school then he had a kids b-day party from 4-7PM. We had to leave early cause Mamma and Daddy were going OUT! My mom came over to babysit and we met a few couples at PF Changs (yummy) for dinner.

Saturday we got up and went to my Nephews soccer game at noon. Poor guy got hurt and ended up coming out of the game. Bummer, we went to watch him. We don't usually go. Of course we were a little late and missed the first goal which he made. From there we went to my in laws. Both boys needed haircuts so bad. Grandpa cuts there hair. Then we had to rush home and they both had to take showers. Then we had a suprise 40th party for our neighbor and had to be there at 6.

Today we have another birthday party at 2:00. I think I am partied out. Plus I have to see my lovely SIL and BIL again. Not the joy of my day. Jack will have fun playing with his cousins.

Hope you are all having a great weekend.

Oh ya...Referrals are in. Looks like Feb 15th is the cut off. That is only 6 days :(