Pumpkin Painting

After we picked the pumpkin out last Sunday, we painted it Monday night. I used finger paint that we already had. Beau had a great time!! After he painted, he went straight to the bath tub.

Pumpkin before painting










After the bath, we shared some popcorn as a snack.





Beau and I were getting ready to go to play group Friday morning. It had been raining earlier, so I told Beau he could play on the porch, not on the grass, while I got all of his things together for play group. I heard Beau laughing and looked up and saw him covered in blue paint....looks like the finger paint was washable and washed off the pumpkin in the rain. Oh well, we will try again next year, but with non-washable paint. :o)





Nothing to do with pumpkins, but cute....

Pumpkin Patch

We took Beau to the Pumpkin Patch in Hayden on Sunday with the Allen's, Goodson's, and Nix's. Beau had such a good time checking out all the people and pumpkins. His most favorite thing to do, I think, was to sit on the pumpkins. We picked out a pumpkin and I plan on getting Beau to "paint" it tonight and we will put in on the front porch.




Checking out pumpkins
Beau and James picking out pumpkins

Sitting on a pumpkin
Sitting
Sitting....
Still Sitting....
Checking out animals at petting zoo

Playing at the Park

This past weekend, we stayed in Auburn with Nonna and Papa C (Rodney's parents).

We got to eat dinner at Cheeburger Cheeburger with Rodney's friends, Wesley and Crystal on Friday. They are expecting a baby girl anyday now (actually about 4 days ago!). Rodney and his friend Wesley both had long hair when it was "Cool" in the 90's. Here is a picture of Rodney with long hair....too funny!


Saturday morning we went to play at Hickory Dickory Park in Auburn. Beau had a great time playing all over the playground. He really liked checking out what the other kids were doing and trying to be big like them. Here are a few pictures:






(Typical family pictures where Beau is trying to jump out of our arms!)

Elmo

Beau's new favorite toy is an Elmo that we got at Kid's Market for $4. We were going to save it and give it to him later, but when Rodney and I picked him up from Nonna and Papa C's on Saturday, he did not want to go home with us. He cried and screamed when Nonna and Papa put him in the car.....so we gave him the Elmo.

Elmo dances to the tune of YMCA, but it is E L M O instead of Y M C A. Anyway, it is super cute and the first thing Beau plays with in the mornings. This Elmo is not soft and cuddly like a stuffed animal, but Beau must think he is. Yesterday, I caught Beau giving Elmo kisses, trying to share his sippy cup of milk with Elmo and letting Elmo sit in Beau's chair. He even tried to put Elmo in his bed when it was naptime. Too funny!



Hugging Elmo




Giving Elmo a kiss. When Beau kisses anything he says "mmmmmmmmmmmm" and then pushes his face against their face


Giving Elmo some of his sippy cup


Putting Elmo in the chair for a nap

Favorite things

Beau loves to play outside. He knows when we put shoes on him that we are going outside (either to play or get in the car to go somewhere). Once his shoes are on, he will go towards the door and say "doe" "doe" for the door. Once outside, he typically waits for us to hold his hand so he can go down the porch stairs to the grass. However, he has been known to start going down the stairs without us. Scary! Once he gets safely to the grass, he takes off like a WILD MAN! He runs around the yard and plays with pine cones, sticks, hickory nuts, waves to the neighbor's dogs and says "woof woof" to them too. Here are a few pictures of our outside adventures:












Another favorite thing of Beau's is shoes. My mom taught him how to say "shoes" at the beach in June. He loves to see shoes, put on shoes, bring other people shoes, etc. If we do not have shoes on inside, he will find our shoes and try to put them on our feet for us. He will stare at other peoples shoes and point to them and say "shoes!". This morning I was cleaning out my shoes...making the swap from spring/summer to my fall/winter shoes. Anyway, Beau had such a good time "helping" me take shoes out of my closet and put them into my storage basket.






Beau's other favorite thing is his Daddy. It is amazing. I know Beau loves me a lot and if he can not find me in the house, I can hear him walking around saying "Momma" until he finds me....which is precious. But, all day long, the word I hear more than any other, is Da! Da! Da! (this is what Beau calls Rodney). He says it when he wakes up from a nap, in hopes that Rodney is already home. He says it when we go to lunch, the mall, or anywhere in public. I guess he thinks Rodney is going to meet us wherever we go. When Rodney gets home from work, I tell Beau that Da is home. Beau runs to the side door and waits for Rodney to come up the stairs to see him. Then, the playtime starts! I think this is what Beau looks most forward to everyday. It is too sweet!

Stitches are Out!!

Thank Goodness!! This morning we went to Children's South to get Beau's stitches out. The Doctor told us that the biopsy from his surgery came back normal. She told us before surgery that they would biopsy it to make sure it was not cancerous. We were sooooooo thankful for the good news today that it was not cancer. Beau had a GREAT time playing at Children's. They had the best waiting room with a playground, play kitchen and play dollhouse. He ran from one spot to another and wore his Daddy out! The nurses came in to take out the stitches. They faced Beau towards the TV and told him to watch the TV. We had to break the news to them that our son will not watch TV.....he is too busy! So, I pulled out some raisins from his diaper bag and he sat on the bed and happily ate the raisins while they pulled his stitches out. They said he did great and they wished all kids were as well behaved as him. I told them the trick is to bring food....it works everytime! :o)

The first hair washing in 16 days!!!!!!

Storyville Station

Beau went to a birthday party today where the theme was "Princesses and Knights." The party was for Ms. Jordan, who turned 3. I worked with Jordan's mom for 4 years. Our classrooms were next door to each other. Jordan's mom will always be one of my dear friends.


The birthday girl and her parents

















We arrived at the party at Storyville Station and Rodney got to help Beau pick out his own knight costume. Beau was not crazy about the armor part of the costume, but he wore the cape the whole time! However, Beau did keep running over to the side of the room with the princess dresses, tiara, and boas. He pulled out this boa that he wore for a few minutes before tossing it to the floor.























Next, Beau got to get a tattoo. Hopefully, this will not be a new trend! He chose a yellow smiley face tattoo for the princess to put on his hand.



















Then, we got to go downstairs (we chose not to ride the magical slide down to the basement due to Beau's stitches and Mom being a little scared of it) for dance time! Beau was not so great at the choreographed dances...chicken dance, hokey pokey, etc. He decided to run circles around the other kids during the dances and do what Rodney and I call the "Beau shuffle"(a running in place move) and the "Booty Bop" (where he bobs up and down while sticking his but out). Then, they brought out the bubble machine. This was a huge hit with all the kids!
























Then, it was back upstairs for pizza and cupcakes. Beau did not eat the pizza but he ate part of a cupcake while we watched a slide show of the birthday party that the workers had taken. Then, it was time to go. Beau got a goody bag and a mug with his name on it, a picture he drew (really was just scribbles), and a group shot of all the kids at the party. The princesses also were giving out balloons. Beau let 1 or 2 go into the air before we realized he was doing it on purpose. He loved seeing those balloons go bye-bye! It was such a fun birthday party!!


Checking out the princesses