EAT

Before Aaron's naptime today, we were reading some stories and I picked up “My First Thanksgiving” by Tomie dePaolo. The book shows the family celebrating Thanksgiving by eating turkey and stuffing, cranberry sauce, pies and more. Aaron saw the cover of the book (that we have read only once before) and immediately said “EAT.” Next, I picked up “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and Aaron’s first comment was “CAKE.” That is one little boy who likes to eat!

Keepin' it Real

This is a snapshot of my life today. Pretty incredible, isn't it? The boys and I enjoyed a relaxing morning at home and then went to Elliott's gymnastics class, came home, put Aaron down for a nap, did Elliott's "lessons"...and then I remembered that tonight was the last night of our Wednesday night church class. Our church has dubbed November the month for "Teacher Appreciation" and since I missed the boat last week when we were supposed to honor our childrens' caregivers, I intended to make some baked goods for church tonight. (My love language is muffins, by the way.) So at about 3:30 I started making snicker doodles from a mix. I should have gone with my grama's recipe and started from scratch because the mix failed miserably. So on to plan B - pumpkin muffins. These were coming along much better until I realized that the batter would only fit in the bowl that was currently holding weird snicker doodle batter. On to dishwashing. At one point, I looked around the kitchen and realized that I had no fewer than 5 cabinet doors standing open and the dishwasher full of dirty dishes. I just had to stop and take a picture. I wish I knew how to label things in pictures, but among the open doors, batters, and dishes, you will also find a craft project that I'm working on for Elliott's teachers (it's on the stove), and Aaron's yogurt-covered pajama top from breakfast. And I didn't even take a picture of the other side of the room which is currently home to lots of little pieces of raffia from when Elliott decided to work on his scissor-skills. And where was Elliott during this baking fiasco? Was he working on some handmade educational craft project? Brushing up on his beginning reading skills? Perhaps sorting and counting? No, he was, of course, watching a DVD in the living room completely oblivious to the chaos taking place in the next room.

PS - this post is dedicated to Katie S.

Go Titans, Go!

Matt took Elliott to his first football game today. They had a great time together. Elliott got to eat popcorn (apparently a lot of popcorn) and drink Coke and spend the day with his daddy. Matt even picked up a new Titans outfit for E to wear to the game. And the Titans actually won today!

Handy Manny - Take 2

Elliott chose to dress up as Handy Manny again this Halloween. We found a green t-shirt and yellow gloves and he wore his rain, I mean work boots to complete the outfit. Add in a tool belt, tool box, lots of tools, hard hat and safety goggles and we had all the requirements of a super handy little man.

Aaron "dressed-up" as Superman by sporting his new t-shirt from Old Navy. And notice the hands in his pockets. That's his new favorite stance. The cut on his head isn't visible in the picture, but perhaps he should not walk with his hands in his pockets so he can catch himself when he falls. I think I need to get him a helmet for everyday, not just Halloween.

Look! Both boys smiling and looking at the camera! This might have to be our Christmas card picture. It's really hard to get a shot with everyone looking happily in the same direction.