Santa

We went to Sentry for Santa, games and bouncy houses etc. Reid loved the games, and music.
See all those bouncy houses and huge inflatable slides behind him in the above picture? Well he really had no interest in them, he just liked hanging out by the speaker dancing! Since I really should be working and I'm just procrastinating here are some unedited Santa pics!So sorry I left you hanging. So after many days of Reid saying, things like, I don't want Ned the dinosaur from Santa, I want a DVS, (a nintendo DS) we were really wondering what he would say to Santa when his turn came. He was a little nervous, which is very unlike him, but it's a big deal to sit on Santa's lap! He climbed up and shyly said, "I would like monster slippers." Yup there you have it monster slippers.

So before....

I tell you about Santa I wanted to document this because I thought it was so cute and I didn't want to forget.Reid was painting one day and having a blast. I looked over and saw this.... do you see that serious face?Do you see where that little hand is located?
I saw it, yes I did. Then I saw water all over the table. I said, "Reid honey you can't spill the water all over the table and your art work." His response...."It's OK mommy, It's OK, I am an ARTIST," and he continued to paint with the water. I laughed and laughed and wished I could just dump water everywhere or anything for that matter and call myself an artist. Well maybe someday I will be able to, you never know!

Thankful

Here are a few photographs from Thanksgiving. Didn't have a flash so embrace the grain, I love these pictures they remind me to be thankful for laughter and fun. Yup this is what happens in our kitchens on Thanksgiving. Just an FYI those are my sister's big glittery shoe/slippers in the foreground.
El's facial expressions crack me up in these two.Reid escaping the madness.Then heading back for more.
El and Reid with "sniffy" aka Spiffy.This is so sweet and cuddly isn't it?They are not reading books which is what I originally thought when I looked back at these pictures. They are playing Nintendo DS. Which is a great lead into my next post. Stay tuned to find out what Reid asked Santa for!

Dem Bones Dem Bones

Dem Dancing Bones...yes it's a song a song that we sing often and yes it's still about skeletons.

We were getting ready to go to the holiday parade and Reid came out with this get-up on.

Well the lights are on the house, Reid's Christmas tree is lit in his room, the house tree and decorations aren't up yet but will be soon and the fun will begin with Elf on the Shelf! We'll see if Christmas can win his heart...it may take the full 4 weeks we'll see!

Just for Fun

Reid didn't know what he was getting himself into when his daddy put on his Halloween costume...He strikes....
...and Reid strikes back.Oh and yes Halloween gear, costumes, and clothing is still out in full force although Santa may have won him over last night. We went to the holiday parade last night and Santa was at the very end, and Reid was very excited to say the least. "Look look there he is there he is!!!"

Random

Can't you just hear him, ugh another picture?Some random pictures from some time back when it was sort of warmish outside....anyway he is cute!

Halloween

I could write a book about Halloween this year. Let's just say Reid LOVED it. Not only LOVED it but LOVES it. He still talks about it everyday, he still asks to drive by the Halloween guys everyday, and he still wants to wear his Halloween shirts.... everyday. He cries when I tell him it's over, I had to sneak all our decorations into the basement while he was sleeping or not paying attention. He informed me that all my witches were gone one day, describing their disappearance in a voice in which you would have thought the house was robbed or that they had been kidnapped. He is obsessed with Frankenstein, shall I continue? We hear him talking in his sleep saying things like, "NOooooo that isn't a witch outside my window, it's Frankeeennnnsteeein." The ladies at the YMCA actually had the nerve to wash all the Halloween drawings off the windows, can you believe it? Our only saving grace has been a house down the street that put out Pilgrims and turkeys for Thanksgiving...but Reid's question was, "Mommy are you going to dress up as a Pilgrim for Thanksgiving? I be a turkey." Oh goodness is Thanksgiving going to be a let down!

My cutie pie goof

Here is Reid goofing around behind a screen! Click to see it bigger!

Fall Fun

These were taken Oct 12th. I'm trying to catch up with pictures....not getting too far!

But I thought the fall ones should get up before it snows!The fake smile but looking at the camera!Smile, but come on look up!!!Best one!