Happy Halloween!

Bzzzzzzzz....


Happy Halloween to everyone. We had a pretty good one. I must add first that Finley was a bit moody all day, in fact I found myself wondering why he was a Bee and not a Crab for Halloween...anyway.
Our friends Jessica and Bree came over to spend the evening with us and do a little trick or treating. The kids played and we had some dinner and got them dressed up in their costumes.
Finley the Bumble Bee and Bree the Chicken. I must say both were just adorable. We headed out in neighborhood for some trick or treating.
The kids couldn't handle a lot but we got go around the block and visit a few houses. It was fun but a lot of work for us mommies as we mostly just carried the kids (while pushing the strollers) between houses. It was Miss Bree's first Halloween so that was special. Finners was too little to trick or treat last year so it was his first time doing that. Altogether we had a good time, a bit chaotic, but fun. Here are a BUNCH of pictures from our night.

Before all the fun started in his Halloween shirt being silly


Getting dressed on the couch pre-Bee. Finley looks like a stagehand at this point.

A little action between the Chicken and the Bee


Mommy and the Bee


Just squeezable!!

What it looks like when you strap a Bee into a stroller...

and a Chicken...

Loot

Mommy and the Bee on the street

Jessica and the Chicken

I just thought this shot of his "stinger" was hilarious

The Bee is down

Going through their loot

Mom, can I have this Kit Kat??

Watching Sesame Street winding down after the festivities were over...all buzzed out.

Playing before bedtime...

Playdate With Isabel

Today we had a fun playdate with Mary and Isabel. Finley actually fell asleep in the middle of it on the floor...he had not napped beforehand after having a really crappy nights sleep last night.
The kids interacted some but mostly just parallel played but at one point both were playing with the activity table... do you like Finley's "baba"? Seriously, this kid is addicted to his bottle. Anyone have any pointers? He refuses to take his milk from a sippy cup. He still takes his milk in three bottles a day and only water in a sippy cup besides that. He still hates juice.
Anyway, my bottle challenge will continue but we had a fun day catching up with Mary and seeing how big Miss Isabel has gotten.

Wordless Wednesday

I ♥ Trucks

Finley's true love these days is trucks. Digger's, to be more specific...

Can you believe I got those adorable Truck pajamas for $1.00 at a garage sale this summer??
They were brand new, never worn too. They found just the right kid to appreciate them though.



He was watching Sesame Street all the while...hence the deer-in-headlights look?? Finley's second love...Elmo.

What The?

As you can see I was busy changing up my blog. Well, as I scrolled ALL the way down when previewing I see the my yellow ribbon widget says 1st Sarge Mike?
What the hell? I am pretty sure it did not say that before? Please, tell me if I am crazy or if you noticed this? Who the heck is 1st Sarge Mike? Ummmm, I am pretty sure someone hacked the general HTML code on the widget site for this because I tried to create a new one 3 times and they all came out saying 1st Sarge Mike...
Sorry Top, I don't know you so I guess I am going to give up my yellow ribbon for now till maybe I can figure this thing out?? Is that unpatriotic? Oh boy.
I support all of our troops! (I just don't want random 1SG names on my blog?)

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Catching Up

Well I realize I have not been keeping up with the blog very well lately. Actually, I have been starting a post almost every night however I just never had the time or energy to finish them. Let me tell you why...

#1 Many a things need fixin' around here...this adds to my busy days. I have been forever trying to get our garage door fixed, a new front door installed and various other household projects done.

#2 Finley decided to boycott napping this week. I think his entire nap time probably equaled about 2 hours all week! At least he slept ok at night. A few wake ups lately. I am pretty sure this is a lot due to teething.

#3 See post Mommy's Little Helper

#4 Finley and I graciously came down with a cold this week. Fun!

#5 Finley has perfected the art of throwing a tantrum. He has been practicing for awhile but this week I think was Oscar worthy.

So there you have it. My top 5 reasons to keep me off of blogger for a week!

If you scroll down you can catch up with us this week as I have finished and posted all of my back entries. Enjoy!!

Mommy's Little Helper...

I will just let you judge for yourself. Note, all of these things happened over the course of this last week. He loves to "help" when I am cleaning (ironic?) or trying to cook...
Sorry for the blur but my iphone is the fastest way to record these precious moments...












yes that is Howie EATING the rolls Finley has thrown out of the freezer...








Just a day in the life folks...

Pumpkin Time

Well its that time of year and since Finley and I hadn't yet gotten our pumpkins... and just HAD to take advantage of the beautiful day we had today, nevermind the fact that he decided yet again NOT to nap today, we headed over to Schuster's Playtime Farm... aka the pumpkin farm.
We skipped the cornmaze this year... seeing as though I did NOT feel much like getting lost for hours with my 14 month old kid in a bunch of corn and going crazy (we do plenty of going crazy at home). We did opt this year to do the kids zone/petting zoo part.
I am seriously not kidding you when I say it was awesome weather out! Like all of a sudden amongst the rain and cold we get this 65 degree day! Just a perfect day to cruise around the farm. We spent 2 hours there looking at animals, running around and picking out our pumpkins.
I think Mr. Finn had a pretty good time. I know I did.

Pumpkin picking



Wagon Pushing

The wagons getting full.... Finley helped choose the pumpkins but he picked out his pumpkin, which happened to be a white one. Guess I did not get a picture of this?

These two were just too cute

Chicken Chasing

Boy gripping tire

Smiley

Hey donkey. (ps I now want a donkey- seriously. they were so cute and sweet)

He yelled at the goats a lot. I think he thought they looked like Opsec?

Posing in front of the "Catty-Shack".

I had a special place in my heart for this guy (girl?). He too was too cute. Finley loved watching the kittens. I (of course) wanted to take this little one home.

This is what back at home an bored again looks like. He really liked Schusters. So sad.