Christmas Play

Cody was in his first play which was called "Little Lost Kitten". He played an alley cat, which meant I had to run out and get that black turtleneck at Target. It reminds me of Dieter's Dance Party from SNL. Thank goodness Russ didn't get his sweat bottoms in the pic, since they are slightly too small (floods!)!

I was really impressed with this little production! I can't imagine wrangling THREE kindergarten classes into a show! Cody wasn't as animated as some of the other kids, until he spotted Tanner in the audience and told Alex (the boy standing next to him), "There's my brother!" I love that Alex said, "Where?" instead of telling Cody to be quiet! This was all while the cast was singing a song!!!

That's a wrap! Smooches!

Tanner is 4!

My baby is getting older! Tanner turned 4!
We celebrated in L.A. on Saturday,

(at Chuck E. Cheese with Grandma)

and we celebrated at home with my family yesterday, which was his actual birthday. There is no Thomas the Tank Engine on top because slacker mommy forgot to order a cake before we left for L.A.!

Here he is on his birthday in 2006, right after getting home from a nice Chinese dinner. He looks like some drunk at karaoke night.

More Paper Love

OMG! Totally in love with this little notebook (even though it's not lined!)! It's called the Happy Hermit journal/notebook by APAK Studio! They have a bunch of items for sale on Etsy that I love!!!

The Candy Man

I came into the living room and saw this...

He dumped all his Halloween candy on himself. It makes me think of those movies where a person wins the lotto or comes across a huge suitcase full of money. In their excitement and joy, they take that money, dump it on their bed and roll in it. This must be how Tanner feels after Halloween. Like he just hit the candy lotto. Although, I'm not sure if I remember the person in the movie removing all clothing except diapers before rolling in the dough.
P.S. The reason he has only a diaper on is that he had just dumped a bucket of water on himself in the backyard.
P.P.S. And don't ask me about that creepy pose he's doing. He was like that when I entered the room. I just grabbed the camera and said, "Look at meee!"

Our Mushroom Room

Here is the infamous mold room. The roof has been replaced. Mold remediation has been performed. Drywall, windows, recessed lighting and a new sliding glass door have been installed. Now we just have to find a paint color, paint it on, have carpet and laminate flooring installed...and then we'll finally be living in the whole house! YAY!

Four Little Pumpkins...

Went to Spina Farms to pick out some pumpkins!

I found a gray green pumpkin that looks like it's from Martha Stewart!

And out of all the pumpkins the boys could've picked, they both chose one of these flat starfish looking squashes! They love them!

But RJ and Reiko chose some humongous ones!

Pumpkin Face!

Cody's class had pumpkin decorating last Friday. Russell had another Furlough Friday, so he was able to attend! Which means I can post his clear photos, rather than the blurry and crooked ones I take!

Here is the teacher giving instruction and ideas to the class.

Cody's creation! Don't ask me what that red feather down the side of the face is supposed to be. Maybe "Flock of Seagulls" hair?