Halloweenie

We've started doing a little prepping for Halloween around the house. Felix was very excited about carving the pumpkins we got from Appleberry Farm last week. We asked what kinds of faces he wanted on the pumpkins. Sad, scared, and happy, he replied. Done!

Felix's class is going trick-or-treating around the nearby businesses tomorrow. Since I'm now working only three blocks away and they actually encourage stuff like this, I'm going to join them for a bit! Hopefully I'll get a few cute pictures to share soon.

Felix: 2 yrs

Watch your mouth!

I'm finding kids have a way of calling you out on your bad habits. Take this little anecdote.

Nick and I took Felix to a nearby park one Friday afternoon recently. This particular park has a large wooden race car, complete with steering wheel. Felix pretended to drive for a while, then yelled "Damn it!" a few times. Uh-oh. He has apparently picked up on some of our bad driving habits, including swearing. It's both comforting and eye-opening that he's paying attention to everything we're doing, even when we think he's not. Yeah, and there were a few other parents nearby at the playground. Bet we looked real competent to them. :p

And just because he's so gosh darn cute, another Felix picture!

Felix: 2 yrs

My Life Rocks!

Sometimes I get down and discouraged. This is not one of those times. In fact, my life rocks right now.

I can't wait to get home to see my husband who's working his behind off to get his businesses self-sustaining, and who's handsome as all get out. I can't wait to pick up my son from day care and learn about what he did today, and watch him play and process all the new information he's learning every day. I found a toy car for him to play with, and he's been so absorbed in little pretend games, pointing out where each of us "live" in the car (including grandparents) and where we are going (usually to the grocery store for food, or to the Terrace (for beers and ice cream, presumably)). Round and round the coffee table he goes. :o) We just found out he cut two of his 2-year molars with hardly any fuss. And we had fun playing in the neighborhood leaf pile last night.

I finally made a change for the better with my work life. I enjoy going in to work again. It helps that I have an office (woo!), and am being challenged mentally as I prepare for a professional registration exam that I'm planning to take in April. I also very much enjoy the flexibility this company offers. I go in at 7, study for a half hour, and work more hours at the beginning of the week so I can leave when Felix wakes from his nap on Friday (usually around 2:30). This has allowed us to spend more quality time together, and have more adventures. Like going to the zoo or taking him to an awesome local park.

My Badgers, Packers and Brewers are doing amazingly well and as long as I keep wearing my lucky shirts, they should all keep on winning. Hooray!

This Indian Summer has been amazing. I wish I could have bottled up these past week to bust out during bitter cold, will-this-winter-never-end?! times in February and March.

Happiness!

Felix: 2 yrs

Welcome, Fall!

The leaves are turning, the sky is clear blue, and it's the perfect temperature outside. These are the days I like best, especially if there's a football game on. :o)

We've had a lovely start to fall. We took Felix to the Badger - South Dakota State game. We lasted the first half (someone cannot sit still yet), but had a good time while we were there.

Felix is also getting into the spirit of the season, making lots of lovely fall art projects at day care, including the caramel apple he's shown holding below. It was delicious!

Felix is such a funny man. Very mercurial at times (dissolving into wails if we take off his socks for him), but a wonderful boy overall. Just last weekend, he started using the article "a" in sentences. Two weeks before that, we had our first "the". Now it's just complete (often out of left-field) sentences. I wish he understood the question "why?", but I know that one will come back to haunt me, so I won't wish too hard.

I've become a hugging mama at day care. Usually when I come to pick him up, I'm suddenly swarmed by toddlers wanting hugs (which is awesome). Felix doesn't think too much of this, often pushing the kids aside with a "No! My mama!" But I sneak little hugs to Felix's friends anyway. They're all so adorable at this age.

I'm settling into my new job pretty well, and I'm feeling that if I study for the next six months, I should be able to pass the professional licensing exam that they want me to at work. Good things are happening for Nick, too. Good things all around.

Felix: 2 yrs

Felix's caramel apple. Yum!

Felix with a mustache!