Fun at the Farm

Thadeus picked his pumpkin

Anna like all the pumpkins

Dave didn't fit in the slide!

I didn't fit either, but it was fun!

Cute!

Awww!

What's this mama?

Anna having fun on the hay ride (mommy too)

One of my favorites!

This is a sweet photo! Thad looks really happy!

It has been a couple of weeks since our visit to the "farm" off Johnstonville Road in Forsyth but I'm finally ready to post some photos. We needed a pumpkin for Halloween and in the town I live now, pumpkin patches are hard to come by. But we found a place that "had a patch" which was the smallest patch I've ever seen. However, it was the last weekend we had to get a pumpkin anyway so I can't really complain. I think I will make it a tradition to find a new pumpkin patch every year...we'll see. This was a pretty cool farm. We only had to pay $10 per child but if you have more than one (esp. you Dana) this would be pretty darn expensive. In fact, if Chelle had taken all three of hers, it just would have been too much. It wasn't exactly what I expected but we had a fantastic time! It was great to get out with Thad and Anna (and her parents!) and let him run like the wind....until we MADE him get into the car to go home. He loved the huge playground. I enjoyed feeding the animals after I got over the ick factor. Working for public health all I could think about is what if one of the animals had rabies....In fact, I know entirely too much about this because the more I think about it now, I think....geez, what was I thinking.... Ok, I'm over that thought now.

Stinkin' blog

So here I am again trying to update my blog page. This stinks! I lost my list of friends! Now, I only have three or four but I want them to show. So if you don't mind, please send me your blog url so I can TRY to figure this daggum thing out! I think I go to edit within my layout and pick Blog List and add list....but I won't know until I know your url again. Geez.....

Talk Thadeus

Yesterday:
So, little one won't talk.
I said Thadeus, talk to mama.
He says, "No"

ok, enough said.


He whines and takes me to the refrigerator.
"What do you want," I ask.
He whines again...
He wouldn't say milk.
Then, Daddy gets home and he says it. ugh.

Today, same thing.
He takes me to the fridge and places my hand on it.
"What do you want, Thadeus," I ask. He refuses to say milk.
So after pressuring him, I give in.
"Say please," I say. He looks at me. "say please," I say again.
So I hand the milk to him.
You know what he says?
"tank you"

OMG,
I think that was the sweetest thing ever.

Thadeus is Two!

Thadeus' Birthday Table!

Shana and Peyton

Jerime, are you getting dizzy....balloon number 3!


Anna Gravitt



Heather and Josh-Thanks for videoing!

Grammy and Makinzie

Papa and Thad

Peyton playing with her toys!

A cute pic! Josh working the yo-yo.

Ryan loved Thad's train!

Mak

Granny and Papa lovin' on the babies!

Anna having a great time with the punch balloon!

Josh reading the directions? ha

Aunt Tiffany and Makinzie

Very sweet pic! Look at those Angelina Jolie lips on Peyton.

Josh with his audience

Michelle and Anna & Melissa and Makinzie

Oh my gosh-looks just like David!

John---the first of David's mini-me's

Grammy and Thad

GeeGee and Thad

Thad is giving Makinzie her doll back..

Granny and Papa with Thad

Anna getting some ice cream. Yum-O!

Thanks to Josh and Heather for putting the tractor together.

Go Thadeus!!!

Aunt Tiffie and Thad

Thad and his mommy

Thad with Grammy and Papa

Thad with GeeGee and Granddaddy

Mak-pretty in pink

So Thadeus had a great birthday. I can't believe my little boy is two already. He got so many wonderful presents and had a great time opening them and playing with them. Needless to say, his slept well that night!

Thad has changed so much. He is talking much more and surprises us with new words every day. Tonight he started calling out our dog's name, Mica, so she would come up to him which was so cute. Every once in a while he would call her Niku...which just cracked us up.

I guess I will break down and give Thad a big boy hair cut. Ah, or wait a bit longer! he he I know as soon as I cut it, he won't be a baby any more.

He is starting to sing A, B, C and has counted up to three. He also shouts at the football games just like daddy.

I love to ask him to wash his feet while he is in the tub...he will scrub the bottom of his foot, smiling the whole time.

He like to make "boom" sounds. He will set a toy on the very edge of the table, push it slightly, watch it fall and say boom. He is such a little boy. Having had three sisters, it really freaks me out but I know he is doing what boys do-being a rough little boy. I do love it when he stops for a split second to give me a hug and kiss.

So I have a funny story. I decided to make Thad's birthday cake this year. We had a little mishap which set me back but DID NOT STOP ME! I decided to make him a carrot cake. I got all the ingredients and it is a great thing that I got extra carrots! I placed the batter into a springform pan thinking I would make the cake tall and round. Hey, I make cheesecakes all the time--what the heck happened? But half way through the baking I tried to rotate the cake from the bottom rack to the top....well, the spring sprung open on the side and cake batter went every where! It was all inside the oven burning on the heating element and down the front of my cabinets and even onto the floor. You see, my oven is up high in our new home, not low to the floor like in our old house. Orange batter was every where! It took me 30 minutes to clean it up...then I started over. This time I used the regular 9 inch pans....

The cake turned out well but I was so tired! Take home from this--don't prepare the cake the night before! ha

new dining table

Well, I have my first dining table. I'll get some photos when we are done putting the thing together. We? I should say Jerime. Jerime has been putting chairs together since about 8pm tonight! I love the China Cabinet.... Jerime's dad helped him put the table together and the China Cabinet.

Thad has only about three weeks until he turns 2!!! I am making his cake so I bought a couple of cute toys to see which one I want the topper to be.

My parents have taken over the Convenience Store. It has been stressful for them, I know. After 10 long years of leasing it, they are running the show right now....for how long, I don't know.

We are going to Hawaii!!! Yes. I'm excited about that. And nervous as flying is not my thing. And a two year old on a plane should be just glorious.

I'm so glad the work week is almost over. Thadeus has been fussy this week which means he may be cutting another tooth???

Turning Doorknobs and Saying Mica

Hello! Well, this week has been a good week so far. Thadeus started K2 Monday. Yep, he moved up to the two year old room. There are 14 children in there and two teachers. Jerime said on his first day Thad sort of clung to him but then he saw all the kids and ran off to play. (tear)
He also started wearing pull-ups. Am I ready for this? No, not really but this will force me to force him to start pottying like a big boy. He is scared of "going potty." I know it's only been two days but I've started using the same terminology that the school uses so he understands he must also try to potty at home. Today, I put him on the potty twice. He sat there pretty seriously as he did not potty. I'm hoping I can find some generic pull-ups. We plan to get Thad a potty for his upcoming birthday.
Today, we got home from school and our normal routine is to let Mica (our maltese) out of her room. Today we got home and Thadeus pointed to Mica and said Mica! I couldn't get him to say it again.
He still calls me nana instead of mama....not sure where that came from. Sometimes he will call me mama, but most of the time it's nana. Do I continue to call myself mama or do I say nana. I think Nana is pretty cute....but don't want him to get laughed at by his friends either...
Today, he started turning door knobs. WEIRD! Yep, he went to the linen closet in the hallway, turned it, opened it and looked at me like, Look What I Did!!
This is so much information for me to process...but I love it.