I know, I'm a Weirdo

For some unknown reason I feel compelled to document all of the really large messes I make. Just ask Jack about all of the pictures I have of different things I have spilled and broken. So with this information in mind, this is a picture of the half a bag of flour I spilled on the floor last week. I had Truman get into the picture as a point of reference and he decided to display the recipe (aka concoction) of chocolate chips and banana slices that he had made while I was busy making cookies. Coincidentally this little "recipe" of his soon found itself all over the floor and then in the trash. But Truman did the spilling that time so I did not take a picture.

Yuletide Beginnings

So last week our little joy school performed a nativity play at a retirement home, and it was great. Truman played Joseph and this year he actually wore the costume and played the part (last year he refused to put on a costume and crawled around on the floor). Then all of the kids sang some songs and handed out some Christmas cards they had made. All of the kids were so cute. And I was actually thinking that I had a pretty great kid.
But then the incident occurred...
We went out to our cars and started loading up the kids. While I was putting Truman's car seat in our car, I heard my friend Mary say, "Oh, No Truman." And a great fear entered my heart. Truman had scratched her car with a rock!!! TWICE!! I was no longer thinking that I had a pretty great kid! Yikes!! The roller coaster ride that we call motherhood.

YUM...TURKEY!

So we had a great Thanksgiving! Our friends Carriane and Jason came over to our house for dinner. We have known them since we lived in Arizona and it is fun to get to hang out with them again out here in Maryland. We had a fun, relaxing day and the food was great. The best part was that Carriane and Jason brought the turkey, ham, rolls, and pecan pie, and Jack peeled the taters, so all of the hard stuff was taken care of by them. It made my day a whole lot easier.
I also wanted to mention the fact that Truman has taken to using the word "SWEET". For example, "Sweet, we get to watch cartoons!" or "This toy is sweet!". I am so happy that he at least sounds like an Idaho boy, even if he doesn't live there.

OOOOO Spooky!

So I thought I had better add some pictures from Halloween. I forced Jack to dress up this year but Truman picked what each of us would dress up as. So he was a skeleton cowboy (which we were skeptical about, but ended up looking pretty good.), I was a witch and Jack was a mummy. For Jack's costume I went to a thrift store and bought an old sheet, then I tore it into strips and then I spent an hour wrapping him up and I thought he looked pretty good. But by the time we got to the church his wrappings had all shifted down and had made it impossible for him to walk, so he just tore it off. Luckily I caught him in time to at least get a picture of his head wrapped up. I am convinced that I can come up with a way for this mummy costume to work and I am determined to try again next year!!!!

The kid in the backseat

Just a note: the balloon is actually tied to Truman's wrist. He fell asleep like this. AHH, isn't that sweet?

So today Truman and I were driving home from our library/toy store outing and I was listening to NPR (that's right I listen to NPR) and there was a piece on about art in Taiwan. Well from the back seat Truman asks me what Taiwan is. So I start to explain to him that it is a country and that it is near China and so on. So when I have given,what I think is a pretty good answer, he tells me that it sounds "unconvincing"! What the heck?! First of all, let me just say that he never believes anything I tell him, so that was nothing new, but where did he learn that word? Who does he know that talks like that? Does he watch law dramas at night when I am asleep? Seriously, who is that kid riding in the backseat of my car?

We Love History!

A little over a week ago we were walking home from Truman's soccer practice and we were trying to decide what to do with the rest of a beautiful Saturday. Well we thought we might like to take a little road trip up to Gettysburg, PA. When we got back to the house I looked at the Gettysburg website and noticed that at the adjacent Eisenhower farm they were hosting a WWII weekend with re-enactors. Well, that totally cinched it, we had to go! We spent a beautiful day learning about our country's history and Jack and Truman got to look at a whole lot of guns. What could be better?

Rocky Mountain High

Aww, they are cutting hay and beans and there are little patches of spilt grain on the roads. I am in Idaho at harvest time. It makes me feel like staying on here for a couple of weeks and hauling some hay and topping some sugar beets. It would be a nice break from washing dishes and cleaning the bathroom. But then Jack would be sad and lonely and Truman would probably get bored riding in the tractor with me all day.

Jack's Birthday

Tomorrow is Jack's Birthday and we started off the celebrations today with a highly sophisticated surprise breakfast at IHOP! Our friends Ash, Carriane and Jason were there waiting for us (that was the surprise part) and Jack ordered the always festive "Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity" breakfast combo. Then we went to Barnes & Noble where we made no purchases but picked up Truman's free book that he earned through the library summer reading program. After that we hung around the house until we took Jack out for his Birthday dinner at India Grill, where Truman licked his water out of his glass like a puppy. Now I know that this description of our day sounds way too exciting but you need to just calm down and remember that we are human just like you.