Hail To The Guy

(Guy's newest picture-taking phase -- "smile, Buddy!")

My sweet little boy turned three on Friday. Steady girl . . . deep breaths. He is such a funny little guy, he really makes our house a happy place. It's almost impossible to discipline this kid. The crocodile tears just come falling out of those gorgeous blue eyes, and it's enough to melt the toughest of parents, which I'm not!

Guy loves anything with a motor, and anything with a screen. We're looking forward to our guest house on his estate he'll build after his dot com goes public. He also loves running around outside. We can't pass the park fast enough before I hear "Go to the park, Mommy!" from the back seat, repeated about 100 times.

He is definitely his Daddy's boy. Those two are a dangerous pair, I tell you. Remember the incident with the alien's head being chopped off and Guy telling us, "It's OK, I'll kiss it better"? Yeah. They are just about inseperable and all day long I hear "When's Daddy coming home?" The minute BJ comes home, he becomes a little "Parent Stalker", and Guy will hardly let his daddy take his shoes off! However, I selfishly think there's a pretty special bond between the two of us as well. We love reading books together and playing on the floor with all of his cars. Did I mention he's additced to anything with a motor or a screen?

We were up North on a road trip visiting Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa, so his wasn't a traditional bday this year. We did go to their ward dinner that night and the cute ward sung Happy Birthday to our Guy. It actually made me cry! (That's my DH in the background you hear saying "Really, that's so unlike you!")

We just love our guy! Happy Birthday, Sweetie!

Can I Still Blog About Halloween?

I know, it's been over a week, but I have a laundry list of excuses. More on that later.

We had a short Halloween due to rainy weather and one reluctant superhero. Our evening started out at Auntie Kara's, where we took all her candy because we decided no one was going to knock on her door. Well, the kids decided that, anyway. Bug and Belle canvassed a couple of streets in our neighborhood and then had enough sense to come in out of the rain. (I've always wanted to say that!)


I'm so sorry that this picture does not do justice to the Halloween costumes, particularly Belle's. She truly was the most glamorous kid on the block. Bug and I just kind of put hers together, but she had a lot of fun with it. "But where's the Guy?" I hear you all shouting at me. Well . . . in the car, having absolutely nothing to do with Halloween. No mask, no door knocking, nada. He clung to my sister's pants until I thought she'd be arrested for indecent exposure, so we let it go.

Until . . .

It's amazing how big his smile got as we started sharing some of the candy his sisters got. Well, not really that amazing if you know Guy at all, I guess. Luckily we bought their candy back before he could eat the whole bag at one sitting!

We finished up our evening with pizza (a firm tradition in our family) and a double-feature of "Ghost Whisperer." So, not the most exciting of holidays but we all enjoyed and I made copious notes for some fun ideas for next year!