Lately...

I haven't done a lately post in awhile, so here's what we've been doing for the last couple of months...

Alex celebrated many firsts at school...

His first school Valentine's Day party.


His first 100th Day of School.
(Posing with the poster I helped him make. It has 100 stars on it.)

His first Western Day. 

And his first Moms & Muffins Day.

Addy attended 4 Girl Scout meetings,
a GS field trip to the bank,

a service project where she made cat toys & dog blankets for the Houston Humane Society

and a troop activity where she made a sit upon

and a poncho for camp.

We celebrated Nick's 38th birthday (with pizza & cookie cake & cheesecake... or with lots of food!)

St. Patrick's Day.

Down Syndrome Awareness Day

and Mother's Day!

We've been on lots of walks.

Which usually end up at the playground!

We went to Lone Star Bounce.

and to Orange Leaf

and swimming.

Well, the kids went swimming, the water is still too cold for me to get in!

I went to the Maroon 5 concert at the Rodeo

And Nick & I went to the Foreigner concert at the Woodlands.

Nick went to a practice round of the Masters with his friends!

And I went to a painting party with my mom & sisters.

Addy buried a time capsule (that was full of toys & washed up a week later when it rained.)

And Alex played dress up.

Which is one of his favorite things to do!

And that's what we've been doing.

Happy Halloween (It's Only A Month Late!!)

Here's what our Halloween looked like...

We carved a few pumpkins.

We booed our friends.

(The kids had a blast doing this!)

We went to Zoo Boo.

Alex had a Halloween party at school. 

They had a costume parade around the parking lot & then trunk or treated. After the trunk or treating, they went inside & had Halloween snacks & goodies.

And of course we went trick or treating!

During his school party, Alex ripped his Woody costume. So we looked through all his dress up clothes in his closet & he decided to go trick or treating as a veterinarian. 

(While trick or treating, he made sure that everyone knew that he was a vet, not a doctor. And then people would say "I'm going to call you when my dog is sick" and Alex would say "Well, I'm not a real veterinarian, it's just a costume!" Lol!)

And Addy went as a princess that was riding a unicorn.

(Or according to Alex, she was a princess riding an alicorn, which apparently is what you call a unicorn that has wings.)

My kids were great trick or treaters! 

They would race to the door, ring the doorbell one million times & then say "trick or treat' in unison! (And they should be great at it because they made me practice in the car with them over & over again!)

They had lots of fun and made out like bandits!

Alex

I'm sure you've all heard of Kids Say the Darnest Things. Well Alex is a kid & he definitely says some of the darnest things! So sometimes, when he really makes me laugh, I jot down what he said, & now I'm putting them all together in this post.

So here of some of Alex's darnest things...

Playing in the mud in the backyard....

Alex: "Look how dirty my foot is."

Me: "Oohh yuck "

Alex: "It's not gross, it's just from the bayou!"

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My garden gnome was lying on the back porch with a piece of his hat broken off. It looked as if someone had dropped him....

Alex "Look at your gnome mommy. It's broken."

Me: "Oh no. I wonder who broke it."

Alex: "It was probably just a woodpecker!"
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Alex: "Mommy, can I wear that bow so I can be pretty like Addy?"

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Alex tells a joke & then says "Now that's a funny joke!"

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Me: "We need to go get Addy from school."

Alex: "Can you go pick her up in 5 weeks?"

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Trying to get something of the shelf in the pantry....

Alex: "Mommy, can you help me? I can't reach that with my beautiful hands!"

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Trying to get Alex to sit down for dinner...

Me: "Go sit by Addy."

Alex: "No, I can see her from the playroom with my really great eyesight."
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While I was looking on Amazon for nativity sets, Alex saw this one & told me he wanted it. I asked him if he knew what it was & he said "Yea, it's a hoedown!"

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Alex tooted...
Alex: "What was that noise? Oh yea, it was just my rooter tooter machine!"

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While shopping at Target, Alex stops & grabs a pair of velvet green pumps. 

He puts them on & says "These are just my style." 

He couldn't walk in them though, so he took them off & grabbed another pair.
He said "Well, they have a bow & they're flat, so they'll work."
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One day Alex asked me if I remember that parade we went to. I couldn't remember ever bringing him to a parade & could not figure out what he was talking about. So I asked him some questions about it.

Me: "What was the parade for?"

Alex: "A celebration!"

Me: "What were we celebrating?"

Alex: "Kwanzaa"

After several more questions, it turns out it was the Walk Now for Autism Speaks event at Reliant Park, which to a 3 year old could totally seem like a parade. (And apparently a Kwanzaa celebration too!)
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Nick was out of town last week. Alex grabbed a notebook & marker & said
"I'm on the case of the missing daddy."
He then proceeded to interview me to solve his case...
Alex: "When was the last time you saw Daddy?"
Me: "Yesterday."
Alex: "What was he doing when you last saw him?"
Me: " Getting in his car & driving away."
Alex: "What did he say?"
Me: "I love you & I'll see you tomorrow."
Alex: "Hmmm. I think I see a clue."
Then he jotted some stuff down in his notebook & went & grabbed one of Nick's ties from the closet. That was the clue.

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Alex ran out of my room like this & said "Mommy, I'm a jewelry pirate!"

As you can tell, Alex is one silly little boy who keeps me very entertained. I sure am lucky to be his mom!

Weekly Update

I guess I really wouldn't call this a weekly update. More like a monthly update. But whatever, right! At least it's finally done!

I had yet another mishap that kept me from blogging. Alex broke the screen on my laptop! He threw the lid to the cookie jar & it hit the laptop & broke the screen. It didn't break the glass, but the lcd screen underneath. And I can't blog from my iPad. I really don't want to spend the money on a new laptop, especially when all I use it for is blogging & the checkbook. So I hooked it up to an old monitor & now it works!

You might be a redneck if...

One of Addy's permanent teeth came in 6 months ago & her baby teeth were still not loose, so on January 7th she had to go to the dentist & get 2 teeth pulled. They made her drink some medicine, wait 30 minutes & then they gave her gas. She laid perfectly still and did great! She had one more baby tooth on the bottom that was loose & the dentist said it would probably come out soon. It actually fell out in the car before we even left the dentist! She had to wear a mouth guard for a couple of hours til the numbness wore off. Luckily she sleep most of that time. That night she left her teeth for the tooth fairy in a cute little pillow underneath her pillow. The tooth fairy left her 6 quarters. (I asked her what she thought the tooth fairy would bring her & she said coins, so coins she got!) And since the swelling & bruising went away, she has a cute little missing tooth smile!

Here she is before her procedure.

Sleeping afterwards         With her tooth fairy pillow        showing off her coins           And her new smile!

As always, there's been lots of playing going on...

The kids & I played Chutes and Ladders

They played tea party. (Addy set this up. I love how they all have paper hats!)

And Addy played 'speed', that's what she calls walking on the treadmill, lol.

And of course they've been playing with their Christmas presents. Here's Alex dressed up as Thomas the Train (thanks Brooke) while playing in their cardboard playhut (thanks Erin.)

Addy made a teacup & saucer with a piece of yarn. She learned how to do this in OT.

Alex dressed up as Doc McStuffins

I got a new car! And yes, I know it's just like my old car! You live & learn & I learned I should have kept my old Tahoe.

On January 13th we met Jessica and Peyton at the Children's Museum.

The other day, we were just sitting around doing who knows what. Addy walks into the kitchen (where I'm at) and looks like this! I asked her what she had all over her & she said makeup. And then she shows me this, all my makeup all over the dining room table!

So that's some of the stuff we've been doing this month but I've still got plenty of pictures to share with you. Hopefully I'll get them posted later this week.