Pumpkin Carving '09

It's funny how far we have come with the pumpkin carving. First it's all Brett and I who create, cut and let's face it - just get excited. Ok, maybe just me...Brett humors me! :) Well this year, we supervised. The boys are old enough to do most of it themselves. I got smart last year and put down a plastic table cover on the table. I remember when I was young, we used paper bags from the grocery store. Well now you only get plastic or use recycled. I hate spending the money for the birthday parties on the decorated table covers but if you can re-use them then all the better. So, we lay that down....put all the guts and goo on it and clean up is a piece of cake! Brett cut off the lid and the boys went to town scooping the insides out. Then we drew the faces they asked for and they got the knife. Yes, 3 little boys with knives was pretty scary but they did a great job. They followed our lines and cut out the eyes and nose. After we drew out the mouths, they were "tired" so Brett and I cut 3 mouths. I think they did a great job!

Tyler scooping out his pumpkin..

Everybody is busy cleaning out the pumpkins..Cody and Tyler cutting out the eyes..Dylan is very serious about carving..They are so proud of their pumpkins....Aren't they awesome! Pumpkins all a glow!

Cody lost his first tooth

Yeah! Cody is so excited to have finally caught up to his brother. The tooth has been loose for a little bit but Cody was nervous to have it come out. He would work it a little with his tongue but that's it. So tonight, as I was telling the boys not to screw around cause somebody would get hurt.......two minutes later Cody comes crying with blood on his hands. After quick review, I told him his tooth was out. But "where" was the tooth??? Got a washcloth to help the bleeding, checked the clothes....then Dylan says "my sock got caught on his mouth"....(ah hah, so the sock did it)........checked the sock, no tooth. Cody was getting sad thinking the tooth fairy wouldn't come without a tooth. I told him we would write a note. We went back to the "scene of the crime" (the porch) and got on my hands and knees and I found it! It is safely under his pillow and waiting for the tooth fairy to arrive!!! :)

Cody's missing tooth!

Cody holding his tooth

Caught off guard....

So today, I had a conversation with the grade-mom in charge of Cody's class room. She is the head person in charge of communicating amongst us volunteers for parties and such. (first experience with that too)....But as we were talking and because you don't have much inter-action with the parents as we did in pre-school, I asked her who her child was. She said "john". Oh Ok...I've heard Cody talk about him but that's it. She says to me "Who's Cody, what does he look like?"....

I'll be honest, I wanted to say "he's short"..........ha,ha,ha....but then thought "duh Kelly all the kids are short - they are in Kindergarten". I hate to admit I came out with "he has blondish/brown hair"...(Yah that must of narrowed it down for her)..............but I will be darned if I was going to say "He's the kid with scars on his lip". I almost told her that but then thought I will not/can not describe Cody to another parent of which I don't know and who doesn't know Cody that way. He is way more than those scars. I'm not used to describing my kids, either they are with me or people just know what they look like. So I have to come up with something. But she caught me way off guard! So go ahead....ask! "What does Cody look like"????

He:

• has blondish/brown short hair
• has an amazing smile
• has big brown eyes
• has long eyelashes
• wears a blue winter coat.
• carries a Pokemon backpack

If you happen to notice he "has scars" then good for you! If you wanna know why, ask! But I will not describe him that way!

Maybe it's a Twin thing...

I have no idea where my two have come up with this but they have both said to me at different times and not around each other....

"Mom, I wonder what it would be like to be (the other one)"!!!

They have me puzzled. Does it mean something? Are they asking because they are away from each other during school hours and are doing the same type of things but obviously different due to teaching styles. I would hope that I am equal with them at home. We all go together and do the same things. I try and punish the same (yes the sweet boys do get in trouble). I have to say, I am puzzled by them saying it. I do answer the question with positive re-enforcement......but I'm still scratching my head. And they say it at weird times...like when we are eating dinner. So that doesn't give me any clues. I asked if they miss each other during the day and I get the annoyed look with a "NO". :)

For now I am just going to chalk it up to a "twin moment".

The things they say...

Some of the things my boys come up with just crack me up. Seriously they are the best entertainment ever! So last night as Brett and I were talking about the "football pool" that we enter at work.....Dylan comes over and says "we are going to win a football pool". We started to explain how it works when he said "you mean, we are going to get a pool that is shaped like a football".....................ha,ha,ha.........if it was just that easy.

Tonight as the boys were just super crazy. Not sure if they had to much sugar or what but Wow.... so Cody says he is wild because of the "fluid shot" they gave him. Brett and I looked at each other sort of puzzled when it clicked....the "fluid shot" is the "flu shot". He got that last week but whatever.

Pumpkin/Apple picking

It seems I have gotten a few days behind in the blog. Maybe that's a good thing as there isn't much to report about. Just normal crazy life stuff that we all have day-to-day.

To start our weekend off I was afraid that we would have a trip to Syracuse for the dentist. Thankfully that wasn't needed. As I was putting Cody to sleep Friday night, he says to me "mom, I think I have a potato chip caught in my appliance"......Ok, but he said he got it. Then he asks me what color are his teeth....."um, white"....so he hands me a little piece of something hard. I look at it and is trying to figure out what exactly is it....so yah, I had to put it between my teeth and bite for a quick second - yah, it's not a chip! It came from behind his top tooth, the one that has the nerve almost showing. It isn't bothering him at all and I have the piece saved so hopefully we keep our normal appointment and we'll see what Dr. Scott has to say about it.

Saturday we had another fun day of soccer. Next Sat. is our last day. After that we had high hopes of going to get our pumpkins but this darn NY weather was not going to allow that. It had misted and was so cool out most of the day. Instead we did other stuff and had dinner at my sister's.

Sunday we got to go to the apple farm. We had a lot of fun. It was still cool but when that sun came out it was nice. The kids picked lots and lots of apples. Went on a hayride, enjoyed the petting zoo, found their "great" pumpkin and had some good treats too!

And I must say I love their shirts. It appears we have the entire team spoken for....Offense/Defense/and of course the little Captain!

Tyler's post op

Tyler had his post-op appointment today. Brett took him as I got afternoon duty with running them around for appointments. All is great. His tubes look great. Brett got to look at them and said they are green. His frenulum is healing nicely and basically that was it. The appointment was at 8am and Brett was calling me at 8:20. So it was quick. He goes back in 6 months for a re-check and a hearing test.

To finish our afternoon the boys got their flu shots. They were real troopers. Tyler wanted to go first. He cried a second and that scared his brothers. Dylan went and did great. Cody went last and that probably wasn't so good. His anxiety kicked in over-drive. I am hoping that the flu bug will stay away from our house this year.

With these 2 appointments today also wraps up our month of doctor visits. Awesome, huh? It's only the 6th and we are done. I for one and am very excited about that. September was a hellish month of running to this appointment and that appointment. UGH!

Not much else happening with us. The boys love school. They wake up on the weekends and want to go. I think they are challenged every day and they love it. Tyler loves it to. Watching them grow up is so awesome! Soccer is going good. There are only 7 kids so that is a little disappointing but the boys are all having fun. Brett has been busy with football games. Running all weekend long but enjoying it.

Till next time....