Don't say the "H" word

Today's was the fall party at Seth's preschool. It started out with a bang. Just as I was reaching out to open the door to Seth's classroom the fire alarm went off. It turned out to be kind of nice though because it was like having a little mini costume parade. All the other classes are having their parties tomorrow so they were pretty excited to see the little ones all dressed up. Once we got everyone back inside the party was pretty simple. They played a game of pin the stem on the pumpkin then had snacks. They had all sorts of good stuff; marshmallows, Oreos, smarties, potato chips and apple juice. Caleb loved it. One day when I was a little girl my teacher asked our class what our dad's did at work. I told her my dad ate pie. I guess there was one too many birthday parties at work that month. I am afraid now that Caleb probably thinks Seth goes to preschool and eats fun stuff. He already really, really wants to stay every time I drop Seth off. There are so many fun things there. Fun toys, fun puzzles, cool posters on the wall and a little table just his size with markers to color with and now we add to this mix the possiblity that he may be missing out on delicious snacks. I am sure drop off on Tuesday will be a lot of fun.

Happy Birthday Caleb!

Two years ago today I dropped off Seth at a friend's house thinking I would be back pretty quickly from my routine 38 week prenatal check up. Instead Caleb decided to give us all a scare and I got my first ride in an ambulance so he could be born that day. Thank goodness for good friends!

Now he is no longer my baby but my cute little boy who loves to laugh, jump, dance and imitate his big brother. We had a pretty low key birthday. We invited our neighbors over for ice cream cake and games and then we went to Chic-Fil-A for dinner. Caleb has finally figured out how to get up the play structure so he had a great time. No sooner was he off the slide then up he went again over and over and over.

If at first you don't suceed

My frozen butter cream transfer didn't transfer too well. I really like this method though so hopefully I can work out the kinks. It was pretty easy to do and I like all the possibilities it offers.

Before Transfer

After Transfer

Hey is for horses...

and two year old boys. This is Caleb's new favorite word. Any time Seth takes away a toy or we don't give him exactly what he wants or we try to hold his hand in a parking lot or something is not quite right in his 2 year old world we hear "Hey, Hey, Hey".

Seth's Hat

It is starting to get cold out so I sent Seth to preschool with a hat. During recess he kept pulling it over his eyes. No big deal except that he would then try to continue climbing the playground equipment. His teacher warned him to keep his hat on right or they would have to take it away. Seth lost his hat.

Swimming and Reading

Today was Seth's last day of swimming lessons for this session. I bought him some goggles a few weeks ago and now instead of spending the time he is supposed to be patiently waiting at the edge of the pool for his turn spinning in circles with his head tilted back he puts his head under the water and wiggles around. He is getting better about keeping at least one hand on the edge but he still had a few episodes where he floats away from the wall and freaks out the lifeguard on duty. Despite this, he actually passed all the skills for Pike and was passed up to Eel. I am very proud of him. I think we will skip the next session but we'll try out his new class in a month or two.

Seth is so tired after swimming lessons we always have to go straight home. It has totally ruined my master plan to throw the boys into child watch after lessons and go work out but what can you do? Once I am home it is so hard to get Seth to leave we end up wasting away the rest of the day. I wanted to make chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight but I forgot to get tortillas and once again I didn't make the effort to get the boys into their car seats so I could buy some. On the positive side I did finish "The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday" by Alexander McCall Smith. I don't know why I feel the need to keep reading series that I don't enjoy much. For some reason I just can't resist. The worst was this summer when I read all 29 "The Cat Who..." mystery books by Lilian Jackson Bruan. The first ones were fun but they went downhill fast and the last few were simply terrible. Yet I read every single one. Next on my list is "The Diamond of Darkhold" by Jeanne DuPrau. Yet another book in a series I am not thrilled with. Why? Why? Why?

Curious George Decorates a Cake

Thanks to cakecentral.com I now have a frozen curious george waiting in my freezer to apply to Caleb's birthday cake. I used a method called frozen buttercream transfer. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can succesfully transfer him. Here is the picture I stole from pbskids.org to use as my base. As expected mine only has a passing resemblance.

Speaking of freezing, last night was the first snow of the season. Who wants to place bets for when I wuss out and stop walking Seth to school?