One Day at a Time

Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween!

Happy Charlie Brown!

Nate and Daddy

Another milestone - Nate started clapping this week! Here he is in action!

We went to the Mommies Group Halloween Party at the YMCA. Nate was a big hit in his costume. The curli-cue hair made the outfit. Do you know how hard it is to draw on a curl on a squirming, crying Charlie?

We filled up on lots of yummy treats at the party. Nate tried jell-o for the first time and LOVED it!

Here's Nate with a few friends.

We went trick or treating through the Y. Nate was SO tired by that point.

We were pooped by the time we got home. We took a long nap and didn't wake until well after 5 p.m. (ok,ok...it was closer to 6!). We decided we had enough Halloween fun for one day, so we skipped out on trick or treating tonight.

The shirt was made by Megan at Dove Nest Designs on Etsy. Didn't she do a great job?

Monday, October 27, 2008

We've had...

a great week! Mike was off from Wednesday through Sunday and we spent a lot of quality time together as a family. We celebrated Mike's birthday at home on Friday then we went out for our sushi dinner birthday ritual with Matt and Amanda on Saturday evening. After dinner we went out and saw a movie too! We're living the high life, let me tell ya. We saw Religulous and we gave it a resounding 8 thumbs up!

Nate got crafty for Daddy's birthday.

"Is someone cutting onions in here?" says Mike after reading Nate's gift.

Safety glasses with photochromic lenses make Mikey happy.

The Essential Journey - which we listened to ALL.WEEKEND.LONG.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Mike's birthday apple pie

Mom and Dad stopped by on Friday. We all went out for dinner to celebrate Mike's day then came home for that apple pie and ice cream.

Nate and Poppops

More pictures from the week...

Our little drummer boy:

Look at this smile. LOOK! Click on the picture to see it in even better detail... I'll wait.
Possibly my favorite picture ever - the drool is just glistening on his chin (and soaking his shirt)!

Smiling so big he's making the "squeee" sound! It makes me pee every time I see it. :)

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Bundled up

It was my turn to organize the mom's group run/walk today. Mike worked yesterday and played in a golf tourney today, so I packed Nate up and took him with me. We met our friends and we went about 3.5 miles. He loves to be outside and grinned the whole time...well, till he fell asleep. 7 a.m. is early for us!

Before we left the house:

Oh - here's a cute one from the other day.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Laundry day

I know it's bad when I put away laundry and I still have room in my drawers and empty hangars in the closet. That means I've left the folded laundry on the dining room table long enough to have dirtied up another weeks worth of clothes.

Well I spent all day yesterday putting away laundry from last week and washing many new loads. I've made a promise to myself to get this under control and to put away clean clothes ON THE SAME DAY I wash them. Crazy concept, I know. It's one of those things that I can easily control, but when I let it slip for a few days I start to feel like it's too overwhelming. My M.O. when that happens is to ignore it until it gets really bad. Such a mature thing to do.

Well, I've found it's easier to catch up on laundry when I have help. I now have my own cute laundry mascot!
Go Mommy! Put away all the clothes so I can play in here. :)

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday the family headed out to a local farm for a hayride and pumpkin picking. We had a good time. The weather was very autumnal and we took the hayride, picked out several pumpkins, checked out all the different sized pumpkins and produce, and indulged in a slice of homemade pumpkin roll and apple pie.