It was an early start to a long day, and my hubby’s early birthday party has just wrapped up. I started cooking at 7:00 a.m. this morning, and I think I’ll be washing dishes until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning 😉
Everybody had a great time, and my hubby got some pretty cool presents too. Dylan is snoozing away, so I had better get in to that kitchen and start cleaning!
My hubby’s birthday is next Monday, and I am throwing him a birthday party on Sunday. I’m preparing food for about 10 guests. I’ve got lots to clean and lots to cook too.
Cleaning to Do:
James was off work on Friday, so we gathered up the kids and went to a local Pumpkin Patch. Thade had been looking forward to the trip for quite a while, but once we got to the patch, he changed his mind. He wasn’t too cheerful, but the rest of us had a great time. The weather was just right for finding the perfect pumpkin.
We ended up bringing home two pumpkins, one for each child. Right now the pumpkins are sitting by the front door, so it looks like I decorated. We are planning on going to another pumpkin patch next year, by the end of the day Thade said that it was a lot of fun. Maybe Thade will enjoy the messy job of decorating the pumpkins 😉 This year I’m going to try and make Toasted Pumpkin Seeds. I hope they turn out super yummy.
What Halloween traditions do plan with your family? Are you toasting your seeds, or using them for any other recipes?
Thade was running across the hardwood floor yesterday, and I heard him say ouch. He ran over to me and had me kiss his big toe, and I thought all was well. At bath time, he was still complaining that his foot hurt, he lifted up the hurt toe, and on the very bottom of his left foot was a splinter, and it was in deep.
After he was finished in the bath, I sat him up on the toilet, grabbed my tweezers, and tried my hardest to get the splinter out. He screamed, he cried, he demanded Daddy, and his blanket, and that splinter would not budge. I knew what had to be done, I ran downstairs and found a brand new needle out of my sewing kit to extract the splinter. By that time Thade was very upset. I knew he was going to be scared of the needle. I remained determined and told him how exciting it was to get the splinter out. I showed him step by step what I was doing, and he calmed down. About 30 seconds later the splinter was out, and he was feeling better with a cool NASCAR Band-Aid on his foot. Continue reading
Thade is so ready for Halloween! Me too, it is my favorite holiday. Last night we had a practice Halloween so Thade could wear his costume. Dylan was super happy to see his big brother all dressed up, he laughed and giggled as Thade jumped around the room pretending to be a race car.
This year Thade is going as Dale Earnhardt Jr (again), he looks so cute. I don’t know what Dylan is going to be though. I’ll have to get creative with his costume.
