Another Halloweinie

Here are my boys all ready to trick or treat this year.

This little fry understood the whole process quite well this year.
Can you tell the difference between this year's hotdog and the 2007 one? You can at least tell by knowing I have a better camera now than I did then.

Hope you all had a great Halloween.

Cozy

This snuggley little guy is already 5 months old now! I can't believe how fast it's happened. He has me wrapped around his baby finger. Didn't take him long to figure out how to do that.

Sew Busy

I've been really into the idea of "refashioning" shirts lately. I tried my hand it this before, but this time around I found a blog that had some cool ideas. (See the "crafty inspiration" link called "my mama made it.") Here's what I made yesterday.

I used scraps from old shirts I don't wear anymore, so the only expense is the plain shirt and I did buy these buttons because I really liked them. They are oval-shaped and wooden.
On the child front....we bought Rex a piggy bank. It's only natural that he will become a penny-pincher. He's our child. I used to ask my mom if I could have the money she was going to spend on the happy meal instead of getting it. She never said yes, but I kept trying. I also might have sold oragami at recess in third grade. Anyhow, here's our little tightwad now.

I love how he has his little lips pursed. It requires a lot of concentration, you know.

Editing

I was just playing around with my photo editing software tonight. I brought up this image from June and messed around with it.

Two Looks Good on You

Rex is a pretty fun two year old. He has a great sense of humor and he's really sweet, too.

Here are his latest moves:

- He often asks me what time it is. He doesn't expect me to say "nap time" or "lunch time." He really wants the actual time. While I'm pretty sure the numbers mean nothing to him right now, he's content just to hear the answer.

- He says, "Holy Cow!" about a lot of things. I'll see if I can get a video of him saying it because the way he says it is really funny.

- Sometimes he starts looking around for something and then he says, "Mommy, where is my super suit? I need it!" If you haven't seen "The Incredibles" this won't mean anything to you, but it's his favorite movie right now.

I love him at every age, but I really get a kick out of him right now.

Kate's Shower

This lovely lady is my sister-in-law and we threw a baby shower for her this weekend. It was lots of fun. Doesn't she look so cute?

We had a surprise visitor fly in.....Malinda! She also brought her beautiful daughter Madison (who I didn't get a picture of unfortunately!!!)
I got excited about decorating my house for the event. I learned how to make these flowers out of paper bags on Marth Stuart's site. I decided to spray them pink, orange, and yellow (the shower colors). I hung them on the fan and in the big window.
Cassie helped me out big time with the party favors. We spent the afternoon before making all sorts of chocolate-dipped pretzels. I got the younger girls little rings that I displayed by hanging them on branches in a vase I spray painted pink.

My amazing mother-in-law and sister-in-law took care of all the food and it was fabulous. Look at these fun cupcakes she brought. YUM!!!

I found flowers the right colors and carried on the paper bag decoration idea here, too.

We had a bottle-chugging contest. Wow, that was harder to do than you'd think.

Some REALLY got into it.

Here's Kate with her mom and mother-in-law.

Thanks to everyone who came and everyone who helped. We had a lot of fun. Now we just have to wait for the gorgeous little girl to arrive. I can't wait!

A Tale of Two Tuffys

This is Tuffy. Tuffy has been Jeff's stuffed animal since he was a baby. He's been loved a LOT. When I was first introduced to Tuffy I was a little surprised. Jeff didn't seem like the sentimental-stuffed-animal-type-man. I once joked that I was going to get rid of him. Jeff didn't find this to be the slightest bit funny. Tuffy has been residing in Jeff's nightstand since we got married. He is protected and safe there.

Now, may I introduce you to Rex's Tuffy. Grandma got this for him while she was watching him when we were out of town a while back. Rex loves him. However, Rex recently discovered that his daddy has a Tuffy, too. He calls him "Tiny Tuffy." Rex thinks it's really cool to have both Tuffys in bed with him. He thinks they belong together.

Here's the dilemna. Jeff adores Rex and loves to spoil him. However, Tuffy is not something he wants to share. It's really funny to see Jeff so torn. He concedes and lets Rex take Tiny Tuffy to bed, but promptly removes Tiny Tuffy when we check on Rex right before we go to bed. Rex notices and asks for Tuffy the next night. Jeff gives in and retrieves him from the new spot where he has hidden him.
Here's Rex, happy as can be. He's won the battle. Jeff has finally given up. The Tuffys are inseparable and Rex loves them both.
Rex doesn't have as much of a problem sharing the Tuffy love, though. We came downstairs to this the other day. Rex thought Baden needed a little Tuffy time, too.
It almost makes me wish I still had my childhood stuffed animal. (Jodi, are you still holding my "Scotty-bear" hostage?)