Hi punkin pie

I made a pumpkin pie today. But I'm changing the name to a 'hi punkin pie' because I love how Jude runs around and says "Hi punkin" whenever he sees a pumpkin or jack-o-lantern. And have you ever made cinnamon/sugar cookies with the extra pie crust? They are so good! I learned this trick from my mom. Thanks mom!

Peas

What happened to my baby? He's like, big now! I have to just tell you the cutest things he's been doing lately. Chris and I constantly ask ourselves what's going on in that little mind of his. We might not know what, but there sure is a lot of whatever it is!

So have I told you that he's getting a little too demanding now that we have the PBS Kids app on my iPad? Suddenly the kid thinks he owns the thing. He'll crawl up next to me and take it away saying "Elbo, Elbo." To be honest, I was quite annoyed by his rudeness. So the other day I had a long, long talk with him about manners. It went something like this:

Me: Jude, you can't just take Mommy's iPad!
Jude: Elbo, Elbo!
Me: No! You need to be nice. Say please!
Jude: Elbo, Elbo.....(pause)....peas!
Me: (dying of cuteness) Oh ok, that was very nice to say please. You can have Elmo now.
Jude: Elbo, peas, peas, Elbo!

Now whenever he sees the iPad he says, "Elbo, Elbo, peas, peas, Elbo!"

My gosh, I'm dying just thinking of the cuteness! Almost makes me want to go wake him up from his nap just to hear him say it......almost.

Besides learning how to say "peas" he's also been reading a lot (to his BFF Elmo of course), especially finding the kitties and pups in every book. What will I do if he starts demanding a kitty or a pup?! You better believe I'm pumping up the fishies in every book, hoping they soon catch his attention, too.

But alas, let's not forget his stacking obsession. Yes, it drives me bonkers when he gets every can out of the cupboard, but you just can't deny that kind of talent.

So in the end, I will continue to share my iPad and put back cans/bottles because it is just to darn cute not to.

Snippets of Fall

Did you know that Fall is my favorite season?  I didn't either.....until I moved to Nebraska.  You see, when you grow up in Pasadena you are only familiar with two seasons:  hot and not as hot.  Unfortunately, I hear that it is still the hot season there.  Like 100 degree weather in October.  I used to love that, but now, having experienced Fall in the Midwest, I don't think I could ever accept that kind of behavior from Mother Nature.

St. Louis Fall is proving to be just as beautiful as Nebraska's.  All the brick houses in our neighborhood add the perfect backdrop to the yellowy, orangy, and red(dy?) leaves.  I'm loving it!  (I definitely just sang the McDonald's theme song when I wrote that.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't it gorge?  I'd love for it to stay this way forever, but then we wouldn't get to my most absolute favorite time of the year:  Christmas!  So I'll just soak it in while I can.
 
Little side note:  Are you feeling bad for my bug after seeing his nose?  Don't worry, he's ok.  He was pushing his 'truh' outside when he tripped and somehow landed smack dab on the smeller.  He cried, yelled "ouchie, ouchie" and in .2 seconds wanted to go right back to his truck.  There was no time for mommy-love in all that ouchie-ness.  Such a boy.

Hope you are enjoying your Fall!

sleep & desitin

Have you ever had those days when your husband wakes up an hour and a half late and you catch your son snacking on a tube of Desitin diaper rash cream?

Well, that was my day yesterday. 

For the record, everything is fine with my boys.  And thank God Christopher is a boy because it took him less than 10 seconds to pop on some scrubs and head out the door.  Luckily for him, the attending doc wasn't even in the reading room yet, so phew, it's like it never happened (except for the fact that he ended up explaining it to him later anyway....)  You'd think having a baby would be a built in alarm, but if you get up before the crack of dawn, it doesn't always work. 

As for the diaper rash cream eating incident, let me set the scene.  We were in the basement.  I was cleaning up some sewing materials.  Jude was in his cell.....I mean, his side of the basement. Elmo was on, and yet it was eerily quiet.  Usually at this point there is a small child running around, jumping on the couch screaming, "Elboooooo, Elbooooooooo."  When it finally occurred to me that Jude was in fact up to something I looked over and saw a face and hands covered in white.  I immediately looked in his mouth to see how much was in there.  To my surprise, there was hardly any, but I freaked anyway.  It was the first time I called poison control.  Just in case you find your toddler, or friend, eating some Desitin, you are in the clear.  I mean, there could potentially be some diarrhea later, but not to worry.  Jude must not have eaten much because he didn't have diarrhea and wasn't fussy the rest of the day like they said he might be due to a stomach ache.   All in all, never trust a quiet toddler.

Just thought you'd like to know!

Lately

For the record, I was all ready to do a long blog post last week, but when I finally got the time to sit down, blogger wasn't working.  There was no cursor when I was writing, so I got annoyed and gave up.  Today it looks like there's a cursor, so before anything else goes wrong, here I go!

I'm going to start with Jude's most exciting day ever (to date). 

It was yesterday.

There was a block party.

There were kids.

There was.......................a...................

FIRE TRUCK.

Guys, big deal.  A very BIG deal in the life of my little one. 

Jude and Daddy heading for the truck.  I think Jude was either in complete awe at this point or screaming 'truh truh truh!'

Fireman Jude!

Fireman Jude reporting for duty....ready to hop on the truck

But first, he's gotta check out all the equipment

Do you see a little head trying to peek in?

Mason getting off the truck, Jude ready to jump on!

Jude in the TRUH!!! 

Daddy went in the truck with Jude.

Mommy waited for Jude on the other side.

Bye Bye Truh

 

We had so much fun!  Not only did Jude love the firetruck, he LOVED playing with his neighbor friends.  There are so many kids on our street, and they are pretty much all boys!  I wish I would've gotten a picture of them playing together, cause it was darn cute. I guess I was too busy chatting.  Go fig.  Anyway,  there's Lucas, who's 20 months and lives across the street, there's Mason, who's almost 3 who lives right next door (and his mom is pregnant with twin girls, due in December) and there's Tyler who's 6 months who lives right next to Mason.  I heard there are more young boys up the street too, but they weren't there.  It was literally a blast.  And Jude fell asleep early.  So added bonus!

Besides the block party, Jude is growing so much and getting so smart (please excuse the mommy brag).  He says so many words now and understands more than I think we want him to.  Just so I can sort of document what he says, here are some of his faves:

truck - truh

trash -trah

ball - bah

shoes - shus

elmo - elbo

apple - ahhhh pull

hi pumpkin - hi puh-kins

ouchie

acky

bath - bah

book - buh

hi - hi-yeee

There are the staples too: Daddy, Mommy and a few others that I can't remember right now.

Besides talking, I also love when he makes animal noises.  The kitty meow is his favorite.  It just sounds like a loud, squeaky "meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee."  It's extra fun when we're in public.  We were in Target on Saturday and he grabbed this Hello Kitty Doll and literally started screaming "meeeeeee" over and over.  The perk was that Chris, who usually heads to the electronics while we're in the toy section (we have a system) was able to easily find us.  The downfall is that I had a boy holding a hello kitty doll screaming "meeeeeee" through the whole store.  Oddly enough, he swiped hello kitty duct tape from another aisle, so that suddenly ended up in our cart as well.  I had to give him credit for keeping with the theme of the trip. 

Another favorite is when he makes, "ooooof oooooof" doggie noises.  The best part is his face when he 'oooofs'.  To die for cute!  We're working on cow 'moos' now, so I'll let you know how it goes.

Besides animals noises, Jude's also been busy learning the parts of his face.  He knows his nose, eyes, mouth and ears, but thinks it's so funny finding them that he sometimes forgets which is which, and usually just ends up picking his nose and saying, "acky, acky."

My boy has some other sneaky tricks up his sleeve too.  For example, whenever he does, or is doing, something he knows he's not supposed to do, he'll try and make up for it by looking at us and saying "HIIIIYYYYEEEE" with the cutest little smile on his face.  A little naughty, isn't it?  But OH so cute.  This was one of those times when he was playing with a picture frame.

This is the time when he was repeating, "hiyeee hiyeee" over and over to make mommy not so mad.  It worked.

And last, but not least, the other day we had the most beautiful weather.  It was sunny and rainy.  You can't really tell that it was raining from the pictures, but trust me on this one.  Absolutely gorge!

 

And that's not all that we've been up to.  We've been working really hard on decorating our house and making it us.  Pictures to come!

Love to all!