Moving...

We are in the thick of it right now and it's been a super long day but I'm waiting for some takeout to be ready and had a few pics of decky I wanted to post :) he's suuuuuch a big help. If help is ornery and needy at super inopportune times but always always ALWAYS damn cute and lovable.

Things turned around for him when the big truck showed up. Nothing like a truck to put a smile on this child's face :)








Dream come true - riding in the big truck with dada!!!!


Couldn't be more pleased.


Off for last trip of the day.



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This face....

Is the face of a pouncer. He is so into jumping on you these days..... It could be from a couch to the floor, or the floor to the floor, or chair to couch, whatever..... He isn't picky. But e likes to jump on people. Especially mommys belly :) here he is on our new couch at our new house ready to pounce. He has got that little mischievous look on his face and u know something's coming :)

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Diaper Rash

Is the absolute bain of my existence. Declan has always had really sensitive skin and he's ALWAYS been super prone to get bad diaper rash. He usually gets it when he's cutting teeth. Or when we visit my parents (something in the water does nooot agree with him there, its like almost immediate). Or when he's had an extreme amount of fruit and sits in a poopy all night long (talk about a burn.....). Or apparently now after ice cream and candy on Halloween.

I really don't know what in particular caused this current case but yesterday what came out of his rear end was just horrible and he had a good case going into bed last night and woke us up screaming bloody murder at 245am this morning. Poor fellow. Oh I just felt so horrible. His butt was literally glowing in the dark. The way he wretches away from you when he sees a wipe is just enough to make me cry....its so sad and little buddy has gotten pretty much whatever he wanted today. I have not lost my temper once, not raised my voice, not put him in time out, nothing. He is walking around like he just got off a 24 hour horsie ride and is in so much pain :( It kills me. So mommy is being extra nice and understanding. For today....

Reason #48392 why I can't wait until he is potty trained :) Which will probably be 4 years from now but whatevs.

Sous chef Declan

Declan is, for an unpredictable and sometimes moody toddler, extremely helpful. He closes doors when they're open. He pushes chairs under the table when we are done eating. He puts his books away when I ask him. And he love love looooves to help me cook :) really. He is a part of every lunch, dinner and snack. Here is was yesterday helping me with the banana bread!





And obviously we needed to taste test. It passed :)


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Thompson Farm!

So there is this AWESOME farm that Decky and I went to over the summer to get veggies and I met the owner and he kinda gave me a tour and told me about all their fall festivities. Which.........for about 3 months I was excited for an we JUST got over there on Sunday. Finally. One day before October was over. One day before Halloween. Cutting it close there, Hogans......

In any case, it lived up to what I was imagining. They had a very cool corn maze, tons and tons of farm equipment turned toys for little kids, a tractor ride that led you right up to the cows/goats/pigs so you got to feed them out of your hand, and a nice little pumpkin patch where we picked two babies for our two babies :) I have 60 some odd pics from the farm but here are a few:

and this I just thought was hilarious. they had a tic tac toe board set up and the "o"'s were old toilet seats........delightful.

Great little afternoon and we will for sure be back. They do a CSA that I already told Paul we're buying into next year which I can't wait for! The people that run this farm are extremely nice, super knowledgable, very professional and whenever we can support local businesses like this one we will. GO LOCAL. Boom. 

Llama Llama

Red pajama......

Has anyone ever heard of this fella? I had NOT but apparently he has books out, or he's the main character in a book, or something....but either way the library had this llama llama red pajama fella coming to do a reading for the kids so Decky and I decided to see what all the hoopla was about.

It was......not great. Ha! But we got to see some of Decky's friends (there he is above with "Nonna" and Levi) and I think the boys had way more fun jumping and climbing on the sofas after the llama was thru.

Oh well! It was worth a shot :)

Sometimes I wonder who is my actual child......

Love both my little boys :)


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