Socks!! With Sandals!!!

Amy and I made mugs at the paint-your-own-pottery place. Guess which one belongs to me and which one belongs to Amy!

My child. Wearing socks. With sandals. I almost fell over dead.

His angry face. But he's trying not to smile.

Valentines Flowers


Pocket full o' markers.

Our Friday Night Adventure

So Friday we left the boy with Dave and Amy, and went to Fayetteville.

We went to see Mix Master Mike. I was more excited to get out of town and to see friends and stuff, but the show was really great! Really loud, really crowded, but really great
(fyi: there's a little bit of Offensive Language further into the clip)


So it was fun. I wasn't into going at first, but then reasoned that it's pretty rare that we're able to go do something like that- just the two of us. So that made it totally worthwhile.

And the kid had so much fun at Dave and Amy's. They totally wore him out. I was really excited that he got to stay with them- I feel like we need to squeeze in all the Dave and Amy time that we can!

Fun Pictures from Wanda

She was carving up the pumpkins to cook, but the Monkey got to draw on them first.

And, then of course, he ran away as soon as he saw the camera.

I was driving behind RJ this weekend, and I was all, "what on earth is written on your car?" Aparently, at drill this weekend, he appropriated the biggest flashlight I've ever seen. And Norton wanted it? For real, it's huge. It's as big as a baby. Maybe even bigger.
Also, I just really love the effort that was put into this.

This just makes my day. I love it when he's in the kitchen with me, coloring or painting. Also, we listen to NPR. It's a great way to start the day.

I guess it was just an upside down day.

I remember doing this when I was little. I think I did it because of Mork & Mindy, though.

Monkey theme

The Monkey and his friend during bedtime stories. We had friends down this weekend- he and RJ went to a show Friday night, and she and I kept the boys and hung out. Then we foisted the boys off on the men and went out on our own on Saturday. It was a great weekend!

The Monkey with Elmo and Cookie Monster. He's wearing only a shirt and underwear, and sitting in his new chair. And I'm taking the picture from the kitchen, zooming in on him and trying, unsuccessfully, to not shake the camera. Because I knew that if he noticed me, he'd get up and run away. Which he did right after I took this picture.