Trunk or Treat!

Every year the YMCA sponsors a Trunk or Treat event for the community. We have taken Sayer for the past three years. This year was bigger and better than ever before and the turn out was amazing! There were so many trunks and treats for the kids, a disc jockey with lots of great dance music (which the boys loved), free food, face painting and games. Who could ask for more?

Check out my little super hero's... Spiderman and Batman!

This little skeleton didn't know what to think about Batman. He kept walking around Sayer with this look on his face. In fact, at one point he walked right up to Sayer (nose to nose) just staring at him with this look. I thought it was funny... Sayer thought it was a little creepy.

Look who we ran into while we were there... Spencer and MaCallen.

The boys getting their groove on before we left. They are just like their momma... they LOVE to dance.

Week 1 of Potty Training = SUCCESS

I am very PROUD to report that Sayer's first week of Potty Training was a HUGE success! He made it through an entire week of school with only two accidents. I owe a large amount of that success to his teachers that are absolutely amazing. I could not have started this endeavor without their assistance this week. They ROCK!

Sayer's Potty Chart from this week at school. Great job buddy! Mommy and Daddy are SO proud of you.

Time to tackle the potty!

I decided a long time ago that I was not going to let potty training stress me out. I wasn't going to force it and I would tackle the issue when the time was right. After several days of being asked to "change me - I wet" I decided the time was right.

So, we sent Greyson away for the day and spent Saturday tackling the potty.

Big boy underwear, stickers for the potty sheet and special treats... we were ready!

Saturday started off pretty rough. There was more pee pee on the floor and in the big boy pants than in the actual potty that day. But, Sayer still earned seven stickers for going pee pee on the potty and one BIG sticker for going poo on the potty. All in all a pretty successful first day of training.

Sunday was a whole different story! Sayer did GREAT! He went to the bathroom in the potty all day long and only had one accident when we were outside playing. I was amazed and so, so proud of the little guy. By Sunday night he even took the initiative to go all by himself. WOW!

Sayer's potty sheet on Sunday night was covered with stickers! He was so proud of himself.

Today was the first day of big boy pants at daycare, so I packed up several pairs of big boy underwear, some extra pants and shoes and sent him on his way. Of course as a mama, I thought about him all morning long. So, just before naptime I touched base with one of his teachers and she confirmed that he had been dry all morning - no accidents. WOW! I was amazed. When I picked him up from school I was shocked to find that he was in the same pants and underwear that I had sent him to school in. He made it ALL DAY at school on his third day of potty training with ZERO ACCIDENTS.

He was so proud of his sticker sheet. It was covered with stickers from going pee pee in the potty all day. Even more proud than the sheet was the fact that he had spent time in the pre-school room and the pre-k room. He LOVES those rooms! And he was so happy to get to spend time with his buddies.

Way to go Sayer! Mommy and Daddy are so proud! Keep up the good work buddy! We love you.

Monkey Toes!

For about four months now, Greyson has had a "thing" about resting his foot on the kitchen table as he eats. No matter how many times I tell him "No, No" the second I walk away that little foot creeps its way back up to the top of the table. This weekend I caught him trying to hold his fork with his toes! I think he thinks that he is part monkey. Silly little boy!

Notice the boo-boo on his nose? He face planted into the sidewalk at school last week and that, in combination with bronchitis and a non-stop runny nose, makes for a very nasty looking boo-boo. Poor little buddy!

Red Barn Farm

We have had some unseasonably warm weather this month, so a couple of weeks ago we took the kids to Red Barn Farm to celebrate the coming of fall.

Sayer with the warty pumpkins! For some reason of all the pumpkins to choose from the boys were most drawn to these! Funny!

Live animals... including turkeys -which the boys loved! They both thought that the turkey was so funny! Can you blame them?

And miniature horses that were to be looked at...

...not fed. Leave it to Mimi's to break the rules. Isn't that what grandparents are for?

And horses to ride...

Lucky for Sayer, his Greyson Jon was not at all interested in going for a mini-horse ride. So he got to go twice. He loved it!

And the ride to the pumpkin patch... this year was much more exciting than last. The boys walked from one end of the patch to the other. Sayer LOVED it. He examined most every pumpkin and Greyson followed behind him checking out everything.

And that night we sat the pumpkins on the porch...

and tried to get a good picture of the two boys together...

but didn't have much luck...

thought this was too cute not to share... the boys peaking through the deck to yell "Bobu"!