Good Bye November

I can't believe that this month is over tomorrow! Then I begin to think of all of the things that we have been doing and I think oh yes that is where it went. Between getting my appendix out and Thanksgiving time has been flying. Ben and I realized that he only has 7 more months left and he will be done with his Masters, Yay! The other major milestone that we reached is that Charley took his first steps. He is Ten months old and can take about 4 steps before he starts laughing too hard and tips over. I am so proud of him but at the same time I am a little sad that he is growing up so fast, he says mama and no and occasionally he will say dada he is also really good at waving bye bye. William is doing great other than the awesome cold that he has had for the last few days he is busy with playing and going to school and also loves bossing everybody around. We are amazed everyday at his imagination he can think of anything and everything. He can't wait for Christmas and talks about it everyday. He is excited to get presents most especially some basketball shoes like his uncle Simeon. This little picture is one that I took of William while I was taking some pictures of my brother and sister and William needed to pose like his uncle Wilson, he looks good don't you think? Thanksgiving dinner was nice and relaxing I think that I made a few too many pies however and we are still trying to finish those. I was so irritated at my little dog too because when I was making the rolls she got on the counter while I was in the shower and they were rising and ate 10 of them! Needless to say she was one sick little dog since she consumed her body wait in raw roll dough. It worked out though and we had plenty of rolls for everyone. I guess that is the basics of the my thoughts for the month.

Like father like son

This post is for Grandma and Grandpa Allen. If you look close in this picture you can see that Ben was wearing his boots and shorts. Rumor has it that this was a personal favorite in outfit choice for him growing up. William this last week was able to find a pair of snow boots in Grandma Rydalch's closet that he felt like he should have. There was only one problem, they are size 13 and he wears an 8. This however has not phased him at all he has worn them every time he has left the house since we brought them home. The plus side, he can put them on "ALL BY MYSELF!" he reminds us of this every time too.

You Never Know!

A funny little update on us. I wrote that beautiful little post last Thursday on how much I love my sweet family and how I would me so lost without them because my children and my husband mean the world to me. Well a couple of hours later I had this pain creeping into my lower abdomen and pelvic area. It worsened over the next little while and by 6:30pm I was hurting so bad I could not even move. Ben was in class, Charley had thankfully gone to bed at about 6:00 and William and i were just laying on my bed. I was wondering if I was going to die. I was thinking that I had this wonderful appreciation for my family that day because maybe it was going to be the last time I saw them for awhile. Luckily that was not the case, just a nasty case of appendicitis. I had my appendix taken out on Friday morning and I am doing lots better now. Still grateful for my family but not feeling like I am going to die. Funny how that worked out though?

Sweet little Ones

I love this stage, he thinks he is so funny!

I think that it is funny how on the days when we are overwhelmed with gratitude and appreciation for our sweet children are not necessarily the days when they are on their best behavior. Take today for instance. William was knocking on the door at 5:00am and was ready to be up for the day so I told him it was waaay to early to be up and tucked him in with a movie thinking I could go get another hour and a half of sleep before the day really started. Charley woke up at 5:30. The morning went as usual, I got the boys in the tub, Charley peed on the floor. I got them dressed, we had no bread for Ben's breakfast. Then we got William all ready for picture day and rushed off to school. Charley fell asleep in the car but it worked out because he luckily went back to sleep when we got home instead of just taking a 5 minute power nap and being good to go. We went a got William from school a couple hours later (Charley was still sleeping and I had to wake him up :(. William was very upset because he had to leave the hippo that he made at school until Tuesday because it had to dry. We go home and William had a complete sobbing breakdown because I told him that he had to throw the wrapper to his candy away and I would not do it for him. Then he fell asleep on the couch even though "it was NOT rest time" said he. Charley has figured out how to open the cabinets and obviously the drawers in his room and he is thoroughly enjoying his new found freedom helping himself to all that is available and leaving a trail where ever he goes. they are now both resting because it IS rest time. I think that they are just the most perfect little guys I could ever get and I love them. We had a surprise of Ben getting to come home for lunch today which is nice because we won't get to see him until 9:00 tonight. We were all sad to see him go. I guess we will see what other fun moments this day will bring.

Venus

While visiting my parents's house yesterday William went for a ride with Grandpa to drop kids off. During their ride Grandpa Rydalch told William all about the planet Venus which is supposed to be so close to the earth this morning that if you had a telescope you would be able to even see the rings. William heard this and decided that he definitely needed a telescope because he HAD to see the rings on Venus. He explained this to Ben last night who had no clue what he was talking about and asked Ben to get him a telescope. Well all day today he has been talking about seeing the planet Venus and using a telescope to see the rings since I am not ready at this point to purchase a telescope for my three year old he an I quickly put together a somewhat rudimentary and slightly inaccurate solar system complete with the rings on Venus. (yes I know that Pluto is no longer a planet but I felt bad leaving the little guy out:)

Halloween 2010

Charley was a little mouse because when I was his size I wore the same costume. He looks pretty cute!

William and Charley looking SO excited to go Trunk or Treating

Getting ready to go Trunk or Treating with Dora Jean, Sallee, and Simeon

Our pumpkins that we carved

William made this pumpkin at school and I thought it was adorable :)

William's Pirate

We went crazy this year and for dinner last week William and I had a blast making Halloween scones

Well here is a quick picture journal of our doings for the past 10 days. It was Charley's very first halloween and it was the first halloween that William really understood what was happening. William originally wanted to be a ghost but being the awesome procrastinator and untalented seamstress that I am that really wasn't working out. So true to form on the day before he had to wear his costume to preschool we went to Kmart 'just to see' if they have anything better as luck would have it they had a cute pirate costume that William saw right off and the last one was in his size. 50% off made it the perfect price and made William a darling pirate. Ben had a busy week this week with work and school and then on Wednesday and Thursday I had to take a class all day long so he got to stay home and play Mr Mom. He slept really well those two nights and was VERY excited to go back to work on Friday. I am excited that those classes are done because I hate to be away from my kids all day long.