Who's that daredevil?

That's right, it's my mom. On a quad. This type of risk taking action doesn't happen very often, so it was fun to see her take a ride!


Receiving good instructions before the ride.

She looks like a pro!

Park Pics

On Monday evenings when I run with a group of girls, Daddy and Mr. Mister usually take a trip to the park. Thankfully, the weather has stayed pretty mild so they've still been able to go. Here are two cute pictures from their trip to the park last Monday. The second one is Mr. Mister drinking out of the dog water fountain. Why not? It's just his size!

Sweet Boy

Tonight as I left to go to my friend's visitation, Mr. Mister asked where I was going. I told him that I was going to see my friend who went to be with Jesus. When I came home, he said, "Mommy, go see Jesus your friend?" It was so sweet and innocent and brought a smile to my sad heart.

On a happier and funnier note, here are other cute things he's been saying:

• Tonight about 5 minutes after we put him to bed, he yelled "Mommy! Hug! Hug! Hug!" I went up there and he was standing up with his arms wide open. I gave him a hug and he said, "Love you, Mommy" and laid down. Then 5 minutes late I heard him again. "Mommy! Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" I went up and gave him a kiss. He laid down and went to bed. So sweet. And a very effective stalling tactic. He knows Mommy can't turn down calls for hugs and kisses.

• He has started singing in a really cute, high voice. His favorite is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He also sings Rock a Bye Baby. It's fun to hear him really sing, not just say the words.

• He now knows when he's sad. He'll say, "Mommy, Mr. Mister sad." If I ask him why, his answer is usually, "Because Mr. Mister want Mommy." (If you haven't noticed, he always talks in the third person.) I'm not sure why that's always his answer, since I'm always with him. But it is cute.

• He's learning some Spanish words. He used to hate when I tried to talk to him in Spanish, probably because it was harder to understand. He'd say, "Mommy, no talk in panish." But we got a couple fun books and he's learned a few words. We get really excited when he says them, which makes him proud of himself and willing to keep trying.

• He also talks in his sleep, loudly enough that it wakes me up! One night he yelled, "Mr. Mister want yogurt. No, Mommy's yogurt." Another night he said, "Mr. Mister want apple. No, big apple." It was really clear and loud. I laughed out loud that he was saying those things at 3am. I guess he has some good dreams :)

In case you haven't heard...

Mr. Mister is going to be a...


We are expecting his little brother or sister May 4. We are all very excited, even Mr. Mister who likes to give my belly hugs and kisses!

Loss

I found out today that an old friend and colleague of mine passed away on Monday. She was my aide when I was a special ed. teacher at the middle school, so we worked very closely on a daily basis. Despite the fact that she was much older than me, we were good friends and I appreciated her so much. She was diagnosed with Leukemia five years ago, but was doing well when I last ran into her at the grocery store this summer. So I was shocked to see her obituary in the newspaper this morning. She was only 56. S.B., you'll be missed.

A Close Call

Last night we met some fun friends for dinner at Olive Garden. Half way through the meal, a wooden coat rack that was behind our table fell and one of the wooden pegs hit Mr. Mister right in the back of the head. It could have been a lot worse than it was. He screamed a little bit but was fine after a little trip outside. At the end of our meal, the waitress brought him an ice cream sundae to make up for it. Of course, he was very excited about having a whole bowl of ice cream for himself. You can tell from the pictures that he really enjoyed it!

When we got home he was on a definite sugar high, running around, wanting to play, and being really goofy. Right at bed time. But at least his head was okay!

Halloween

Here are some pictures of Mr. Mister as a fireman on Halloween. We went over to Pey Pey's house for trick-or-treating. One of the highlights of the night was when a real fire truck pulled up and the firemen got out to give candy to the kids. Mr. Mister was pretty excited and the whole thing went perfectly with his costume! The real highlight for Mr. Mister, of course, was knocking on doors and getting candy. After the person gave him some, he'd either reach in their bowl to help himself to one more or he'd linger a little longer until they'd say, "Oh, you want more?" And give him another piece. Needless to say, he came back with a lot more candy than I had anticipated!

I thought that by the morning he'd forget about his candy, but as soon as he woke up, he said, "Mr. Mister got CANDY!" Thankfully, after that he never really asked for any and I think he's now forgotten. So anyway, enjoy the pics.