A Day in the Life......: October 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

Cookies

For playgroup last week Ty and I decided we wanted to make Halloween sugar cookies. I was talking to him about it the night before and he was so excited he couldn't go to sleep. The thought of cookies, frosting and candies all in one sentence was just too much for him to handle. The kids had a fun time decorating them. Although they never really finished decorating. I gave them each two cookies to do what they wanted with. As soon as they got a little frosting and candy on them, they would lick them off and start over again. Sorry to the parents for sending your children home on a mega sugar high! It was fun though.

Here are a few of our finished product. I thought they turned out pretty cute. Ty wants to know when we can do it again.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Snow or Sun

Last Sunday we woke up to a couple inches of snow on the ground. Ty was SO excited!
It is crazy we can go from wearing shorts to snow in a couple days. I don't feel like we have had a long enough fall. I'm not ready for the snow, so I am happy that this weekend will be back in the 70's. I hope this slow progression to cold keeps up. I can handle it this way. I love the snow, but I'm not ready for it yet.

After church, Ty insisted we build a snowman. I was making dinner for my moms birthday that day, and didn't have much time, but we had to hurry and throw this together. Good thing we did because about an hour later the snow was gone.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Best Friends

I have been waiting for this for awhile. I was so excited to have two boys so they could be little buddies. It started out a little rough. Ty wasn't sure he liked this new baby coming in and stealing some of his attention. He really didn't like sharing. He wasn't sure how to be soft and nice to Cody. Luckily, that has changed. Now these two are inseparable. I love it! Cody follows Ty everwhere he goes. Ty loves having a partner in crime. If Ty laughs, Cody will laugh. Sometimes they get into little laughing fits and no one knows what they are laughing about. I caught them teasing the neighbor dog the other day, and I thought it was hilarious. They both thought they were so tough until the dog got too close.

Quote of the Week

Ty and I were playing hide and seek together and it was his turn to count. After he finished counting I heard him look around for a minute and then he said to Ryan,

"Dad, where did Mom go, she was right here a minute ago."

This morning when Ty woke up he came in our room and climbed on our bed. He was giving morning hugs and kisses and Ryan said: "Ty, you are getting too big. You are supposed to be my little guy, and look how big you are getting."

Ty replied: "I can still be your big guy when I'm big."

Tonight while driving in the car Ty said: "Mom, look at the moon. It is a half moon. It is beautiful isn't it."
Thanks Ty, for making me take a moment and look at the moon. It really is beautiful.

Me: "Ty, please don't pick your nose, it is gross. You need to use a tissue."

Ty: "Well, I just pretend my finger is a tissue."

Warning sign #1: The house is very quiet
Warning sign #2: Ty and Cody are missing
Warning sign #3: The bathroom door is closed.
I sent Ryan to find out what the boys were up to. This is what I overheard.

Ryan: "What are you guys doing!"

Ty: "We are making poo cakes!"

I won't tell you anymore except to say it was bath time.

Tonight Ty was struggling to get his shirt off so he could get in the tub. With his shirt over his head he yells,

"Help me, help me, ayudame!"

Obviously he has been watching too much Go Diego Go.

Ty found a potato bug on the ground and yelled for me to come and see it. He picked it up, and like potato bugs do, it rolled into a ball.

Ty said, "Look mom, it turned into a ball, let's play catch."

Ryan's dream is for Ty to sit on the couch and watch basketball with him. Unfortunately, Ty's dream is for daddy to sit on the couch and watch Blues Clues with him. The other night however, Ty desperate for a stall tactic to keep from going to bed says,

"Hey Daddy, how about we watch some basketball."

Me: "Ty, do you want to go on a hike tomorrow?"

Ty: "Yeah, but maybe I'll fall down."

Me: "No, you won't fall down."

Ty: "It's okay, you can just bring band-aids."

Ty has become a big fan of the character Swiper on Dora the Explorer. Swiper steals things from Dora and hides them. Ty steals things from Cody and his friends and hides them. As a consequence he has been ban from watching Dora, and he has to go to time out if he is swiper. Tonight in his bedtime prayer he said....

"Dear Heavenly Father, please help me to not be swiper. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

I was examining the rash on Ty's arms and I said..."Ty look at all these bumps on your arm."

Ty replied, "Those aren't bumps, actually its skin."

Ty is wiping his nose with a really long piece of toilet paper. He walks up to me and says.....

"Look mom, I'm an elephant!"

A Day in the Life......