Socks and sandals....

My son is not a rule breaker. He's all about following the rules and sticking to them. As we were entering the food establishment we were going to eat at, I noticed my son wearing a fashion No No....Socks and sandals!

(Audible gasp)...
"Joseph what ARE you wearing"?

puzzled look..."sandals" my sweet boy answered.

How do I convince my boy that this is forbidden? Ahh....I know...
"Joseph, wearing socks and sandals are against the rules. You don't want to break the rules..do you?"

(gasp) "no! But Grandpa always wears black socks and sandals Mom."

"I know....I guess Grandpa doesn't know he's breaking the rules...Perhaps you can tell him the rules when he comes out to visit in a couple weeks"....


This reminds me of the time when Alycia was preschooler in Tulsa. At parent teacher conference I was told that my sweet daughter took a girl aside and explained to her that she shouldn't wear socks and sandals. She told the girl that was a fashion No No. The teacher assured me that she did it in a very kind way. I wanted to hide under a rock when I heard what my daughter did...yet...I was quite proud of her...

hehehe...Am I terrible or what?

Joseph's EEG...

As you can see...My sweet son Joseph didn't go to sleep like he was supposed to. You would think he'd fall asleep with just 4 hours of sleep. Nope! He definitely has his father's genes. They were able to get some readings, and unfortunately there were some issues that the doctor's concerned about. We'll be having to go back and do an overnight EEG so that they can do further testing. This is not fun.....

Halloween 2009

I know I'm a bit late posting out Halloween pics....so sorry!

Brent and Alycia took Joseph out trick-or-treating while I stayed home handing out candy.

I dressed up in my Corpse Bride outfit and actually scared a little girl. No...I didn't do it intentionally....I just answered the door and she ran to her mother screaming. I tried so hard not to laugh...but I must say...I did enjoy it (just a little)...

This is Joseph's last year to go out trick-or-treating, since our cut off is 12 and Halloween falls on a Sunday next year...bummer.

I hope you enjoy our silly pictures!

Update on Joseph....

I took Joseph to a doctor's appointment a few weeks ago and we're having an EEG done on our little guy to check for any signs of seizures. The doctor's scheduling this as a precaution.

I'm seriously freaking out.

He'll be getting this procedure done Wednesday morning at Phoenix Children's Hospital. In order for this to work, he'll have to stay up until midnight Tuesday and be woken up at 4 am. So this should be very interesting...

I'll post an update as soon as we find out what the results are....

Young Women's...

Last night was Alycia's first Young Women's in Excellence program. She gave a talk on knowledge and did an awesome job. She volunteered to give the talk...what a brave soul. I'm so proud of her! I didn't think to take a picture of her until just now...too late.
I'm so sorry I'm not doing well with keeping up with this blog...I will try and do a better job!

tweens.....

After I picked Alycia up from school, I asked how her day at school went and who she played with.

"Uh...Mom...Junior high kids don't play...we "hang out""....my dear tween informed me.

Tweens.......I guess I'm not as hip as I thought I was....

Our Halloween Party!

We just had a Halloween Party this past Saturday. There was a lot of preparation involved and it turned out fantastic! I wish we could have invited more friends, but you can't invite everyone, huh? Bummer. Here are a few pictures of our friends that came. Brent forgot to take a picture of our friends the Stewarts and for some reason the Swensens picture is having issues...grrr!

I dressed up as the Corpse Bride and Brent was a Used Car Salesman. We had a lot of fun getting our costumes at Savers. I found the perfect dress. It was hideous with all the glued on appliques. (I removed several of them)...It's actually a first communion or baptism dress I found in the kid's area. Yeah..yeah...I know...I guess I'm itty bitty for me to fit into kids clothes. haha! Very funny! While we were in the store, I was discouraged since the dresses I tried on were too big or too small. Then I spotted my gem of a dress. Brent couldn't stop laughing we he saw me in it. It just had so much potential. I ended up making a veil, dying it and the dress grey. It turned out great, huh? Ahh...I so love Halloween!

At the party we had music and tons of food to eat. We also awarded prizes to those that got the most votes for best, scariest, best couple, and funniest costumes. This was so much fun! Copper was dressed in his lobster costume. He had two votes for cutest costume. In all, it was an awesome party and I think I'd like to have one every year. My kids want a kids party also. Hmm.....We shall see...