Halloween - Super Powers Activate!

I was very safe on Halloween. I had a red power ranger and superman living in my house and vowing to protect me to the end of time. I no longer have any worries in life! No ghost or beast or goblin or warrior could harm me when the duo team of the red power ranger and superman were protecting me!

Dreamy Love...

When I was pregnant with MJ, I had these ideas that our life would be perfect. When I was pregnant with CR, I thought that MJ and CR would Never fight. As most parents know, those idealism's of perfection do not always turn out exactly how you plan. There is not a single doubt in my mind that my boys love each other every second of the day, but sure...they fight and tease sometimes. But, not this morning. They were so fantastic to each other this morning, it was like a dream. MJ was reading CR books , they teamed up to play a trick on me, MJ got CR a band aid and put it on his finger for him, instead of racing down the stairs and someone "losing" (and it is usually CR) they held hands and decided to tie walking down the stairs this morning, and this seemed to go on most of the day. How do I duplicate today? I will remember all the sweetness they oozed today......soo much oozy goodness.

WE VOTED!

Now, when I say WE, you all can stop with the Chicago Acorn multiple voting jokes. WE included me and the boys. The boys have heard Chad and I and others talking a lot over the past month about who we are going to vote for and why. Quite honestly, I would like to cast my vote for a do-over and pick 2 new candidates. But, I know that is not realistic so I had to do what my heart said would be the best for my children.
I let the boys push all the buttons on the electronic ballot. MJ got to choose the presidential choose (he thought that was cool). They took turns on the other "less important" elections. Then....it was time to submit the ballot. They both had this crazy excitement in there eyes (ok, maybe it was me saying things like.."this is it boys. our vote for the next president of the USA. this is big. are we ready?") Then the pressed the submit button. I felt like balloons and streamers should fall from the ceiling, but they settled for an I VOTED sticker.
It was a little history in the making. Last time we voted for a presidential election, CR was not born and MJ was a few months old. I remember holding him as he slept.
And I love early voting!

This week.

Today was a nice fall day. This morning we had a soccer game for MJ, and it was quite chilly. It was actually the wind that made it seems so cold. However, none of the soccer players complained at all. They are a bunch of troopers! It rained a lot last night, so they spread out a bunch of hay on the field (yes, we live in a small town). I think the kids (especially MJ) were more excited about all the hay than anything! Right after soccer we went to the fall festival at the boys school. MJ was sooooooooooo excited that he got his pace painted like the red power ranger from operation overdrive. CR was cool with just getting a tattoo on his face and was more interested in painting a pumpkin! It was a fun day. This afternoon we chilled and spent time outside and did some grocery shopping and then had yummy tacos for dinner. On a side note: my birthday dinner since I was a kid was always tacos. When I met chad, he was eating about one meal a day...about 5 times a week...and seriously, it was always tacos. Love at first taco! So, now both of my boys are taco lovers and beg that we have them. They continue to make me proud!

The rest of the week was ok. Chad was in NYC for a bit. MJ had a bad fever/cold and CR had a cold too. They both missed 2 days of school, but I think it was good for them. They are feeling much stronger now.

We carved pumpkins. CR had no interest in it whatsoever. He was not going to put his hand in that pumpkin and really just thought the red plastic table cloth I put on the table was cool to play under! He told me he wanted a superman pumpkin and that was that. MJ was more into it by far. He had been begging me to carve the pumpkins. Finally, I gave in and a bit early because they are already getting a bit squishy. He liked it but, he said "this is much hard than I thought it was going to be." He was referring to cleaning out all the inside guts and then actually cutting the pumpkins. He thought it was cool though!

Tomorrow is supposed to be a nice fall day...maybe a good day to finish up the outside chores!

What?

WHAT?

WHAT?

These looks are so familiar. I ask a question, and I just get a blank look sometimes.

All you need is love, love. Love is all you need!

Fly-by nights and Pumpkins

Has another week really gone by? I wish I could make time slow down. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

This past week was good, with mostly the usual happenings. CR had a 12 hour fever, we had soccer practice and games, wednesday spent with G/G Troast, painted pumpkins, rode rides at the fly-by-night pumpkin patch, and a lot of other normal stuff. How is this for an exciting post!

One side note for MJ and CR later in life: When we were at the fly-by-night pumpkin patch festival, MJ saw this turning ride that went high up in the air. After my 4-year old begged me and Chad agreed and I put my better judgement aside, all 4 of us hop onto this ride. Yeah, within 5 seconds of it starting, both boys were screaming, and I wasn't thirlled either. The carni-man slowed it down for a few more spins, then let us off after Chad's plea. MJ and CR (and me) did not like that. There it is, I am not a carnival ride lover...or even liker. They make my head hurt and well, dang it, I am an adult and I don't have to go on them!! So, my sweet boys, I hope that todays ride didn't ruin you and damper your desire to go on rides in the future. :-) They did have fun after that on more age-appropriate rides!