Two

The little man had a great day yesterday and we had fun decorating his bat cave.
There were two candles on the birthday train....

And a big two on his t-shirt....

And a Two candle on his cake.

So I guess that makes him TWO!!!! Love you pudge. Happy Golden Birthday!

Preparing The Bat Cave

Out Of The Darkness,

Flew Fieldin Crewe,

The Only Superhero In Albany,

Turning Two!

The Bat Signal Shines,

And Up Fieldin Wakes...

To Protect Our Fair City,

And Of Course, Eat Some

Cake!

This Little Man Is Turning TWO tomorrow!

Today I will be doing some decorating and channeling the old school Batman, Adam West style.

He was the best Batman in my poor opinion..

KABAM!!! POW!!!

I knew watching all that Batman would be beneficial to my future.

Can't wait to celebrate your big day tomorrow lil' pudge.

We love you, Batman.

Cucurbita

I love pumpkins.

I love to carve them, watch them grow, their color, their smell (and I am going to go a Little Forest Gump here) I love pumpkin waffles, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake & bread, Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin soup, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin seeds...I am a bit of a pumpkin junkie. I buy costco cans of it..yeah, I am serious. Big costco cans.

So you can imagine I started to shake yesterday at Target when I saw two new pumpkin goodies before me.

Pumpkin pie pop tarts and pumpkin pie hershey kisses.

I slowly slid these into my cart trying to muffle my excitement.

So far I have tried the pop tarts..very good, of course.

I love Fall harvest and the return of my pumpkin friends.

Fyi- Halloween is coming, that means it is Franken Berry Cereal time of year. I slid some of that into my cart too...ahem.

Grandma Star

It has been 1 1/2 mths since mom died and the little people in the house look for her star every night. Tonight while driving home in the dark they were searching out the windows of the car for "granmas star" as Fieldy says.

He sang this song:

"Are you star?"

grandmas star?

grandmas star?

Where are you grandma star?"

to the tune of "This old man came rolling home"

Both Greta and Fieldy said their goodnights to Grandma in the driveway. We let Gret go first because she likes to talk to her alone.... then Fieldin gets his turn. He said" night night grandma" "love you grandma"

Makes my heart melt every single night.

Goodnight mom.

Quite Possibly The Rags Of A Traitor...

Are these the clothes of a traitor, or just an innocent gal who wants to run some errands on game day without being called upon to sing the WSU fight song in a good humored parking lot of people, or good natured jabs as I make my way into a store....I see the side ways glances under their lashes and the raised brows.. Yes, I lived in Pullman. Hence, I have ALOT of Cougar shirts and I am a Coug... My blood runs crimson. So I am not a traitor. I am just going incognito, but I must say I do like all the Beav fans around here, I like the conversation and the jabs.. but sometimes it is nice to melt in a little, and I cover my crimson with a little orange. I am still trying to figure out how to make both colors live in harmony....
And while on the subject of clothing... Fieldin has been carrying around a Mariners backpack, EVERYWHERE he goes for the last couple days including inside our house. The contents: A stuffed animal, shoes and some random clothes. I am not sure if he is trying to imitate Gret going to school, waiting for a natural disaster, a vacation?, or just really likes wearing his pack. I guess linus had his blanket, Fieldin has his backpack, and it is great for hiding snacks.
Also, Miss Greta announced today she still wants to be Daphne from Scooby Doo when she grows up, but she wants to solve mysteries and make fresh donuts for people. Awesome. Lucky for her, a local farmer taught her how to make donuts recently. A little donut making internship.
Have A Good One Everybody.
We are recovering from flu and watching the cougs. Which holds more misery today?

F to the L to the U.. Whickity Whack.. The Flu

Pathetic isn't it..

These two watching Dumbo, drinking juice and recovering. Fieldin actually has a very mild case at this point(knockin' on wood here).

We have one bummed little girl who was NOT happy to miss school today. We promised we would pick up her homework today for her. I also did a quick art project this morning with the two before sofa time commenced. She is much like me, not wanting to miss school. School is awesome despite its "knock a household on its bottom, full of vigor, germs"

I had my down time yesterday afternoon, filling myself with sleep and cold care tea and honey.

Today I am on the mend to care for these little ones.

Jeff hasn't been afflicted yet, and like any smart man he headed out to work quickly and promptly this morning. I don't blame you one bit, Jeff. I will leave a face mask for you outside the front door :)

And on a side note... See Fieldin's sweater. He dressed himself once again. Today was blue and red pj pants, a popeye t-shirt, and a brown and green nordic v-neck layered over the top. He came into the bathroom this morning and said "I Stylish".

Wednesday

While the little man is out wreaking havoc in the backyard, I have time to blog. He is 10 days away from turning two, which means he enjoys a lot of freedom these days. There is no need for me to helicopter over him as much any more.

We have been engrossed in the early activities and routines of an early school year and finally getting our schedule down. Today I even fit in a stroll with Fieldin to the wetland to listen to the red winged black birds after waving good bye to Gret at the bus stop. She is still loving school and that big yellow joyride of a bus.

We recently bought ourselves a Nissan cube to fill in the loss of Lil Red truck. The kids love it and Fieldin spends his mornings wanting to ride around in "fun car" so he can look out the windows. He is a sight these days, all boy, still with that white head of hair and always wearing his favorite red converse. He loves to be a helper. He keeps us on schedule in the morning..picking out our clothes, waking us up "mommy say wake up Gweta!!!!!!" and yelling "breakfast!" He stands eagerly at the door for our trip to the bus stop proudly saying"beach hat and coat mommy" and showing me his awesome outfit.... One quick chase from sister so she can give him kisses and we are out the door. As Fieldin stands in the door way he says" go go go on a adventure". He loves to be outside.

He also loves Batman which will be the theme of his birthday party this year. "Batman awesome" he says.

I hear Fieldin singing "london Bridges Falling Down and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in the backyard. Which reminds me I have A BUNCH of lady bugs to free from their "habitat"(prison...ahem) My new french book arrived yesterday and is eyeing me. I start my first class tonight and have no idea what I am getting myself in to. I'm expanding my mind, I keep telling myself. Wish me luck!