MOPS fun!

As most of you know, I'm involved in MOPS (mother's of pre-schoolers). THis year, we chose the Shepherd's Inn as our charity. They are an organization that helps young women with unplanned pregnancies. They held a huge fundraiser today and our MOPS put together a team to compete! It was me, Carmen, Heather and Frances! Heather and Carmen made our cute t-shirts with the MOPS logo on it. The competition included fun events such as diaper changing relay, packing a diaper bag the fastest, drinking apple juice from a baby bottle the fastest and my personal favorite was when I had to be the mom with a baby doll on my hip, cell phone to my ear, hanging 5 pieces of clothing on a clothesline while memorizing 4 different words. While I'm doing this a team member from a nother team is sitting at my feet, yelling "Mom" repeatedly! We came in 3rd on that one - it was fun! The one that nearly killed me (being as out of shape as I am) was when we had to put a quarter between our knees and hop (or waddle) across the gym, then drop the penny in the mason jar. We each had to do 3 times, but by the 2nd time thru I was about to die! We did pretty good though - 10 out of 12 quarters in the jar! All in all , our team came in 2nd in a group of 11 teams. We won some really nice prizes and goodie bags and had alot of fun and alot of laughs. Some of the husbands, and their friends formed a group , "the Go-Daddies" pictured here. But of course we kicked their butts! lol

New Hairdo!

Dylan and Eddy went to get their haircuts last week, and a boy in front of Dylan got a "faux hawk" so Dylan decided he wanted one too! This is a pretty crazy do, but it looks normal if we don't gel it up and spike it.

Bruiser Visits

For a few days, we kept Bruiser (Grandpa Jones' dog). He came and stayed at our house. Him and Josey played for the first little while until Josey realized he wasn't leaving anytime soon. She was less than thrilled after that. He slept with Dylan each night and supposedly "jumped in the bathtub" with him. I didn't see it so i can't vouch for the truth in that statement. lol

Special Person

Once each year, every child in Dylan's preschool class is picked to be the "special person". That week, he gets to bring treats for everyone to eat - which was very exciting for Dylan. He picked some gummy scooby doo treats and some cookies. Then he puts together a paper bag of things about himself that he shares with his class. (ex.: things he likes to do, things he hates, his favorite thing to play with, etc.) and also he brings in photos of his family to show everyone. On the day I visited, Miss Jana painted all the kids' arms (she's a very talented artist). When it came time for "special person" time, Dylan stood on a chair while they went thru his items in his bag. Then he explained all the pictures. Then, the funniest and cutest thing - they all sang the "special person" song while Miss Jana tickeled him with a huge feather! It was so cute and he was super excited!

Snow Fort

Eddy and Dylan went out and worked hard on this snow fort! Dylan thought it was great!

Christmas

Ok - so I finally am catching up on my blog - here are some photos from Christmas. We had a nice quiet Christmas at home this year. Dylan had tons of fun and was very excited to open his gifts. I made a ham dinner for us later that day. Then on Christmas Eve, Eddy was working , so Dylan and I went to eddy's family's dinner and had tons of fun! We had chili, played games etc. So here are the few pictures I have:

New Furniture . . . Again

So yes, I know how ridiculous we are, but we bought new furniture again. Eddy didn't like his chair so we ended up with new leather couches. They recline and are pretty nice. Haven't got the room arranged exactly right yet, but you can atleast see what they look like. And oh - how I love craigs list! I've already got some hits to sell our old stuff and it's only been 1/2 hour!!

Trick or Treat

This year, Grandpa Jones came and took Dylan trick-or-treating on Friday at a local business. He got lots of good stuff! THen on Saturday, my friend, Amanda and her family came over to trick or treat. Dylan is good friends with her little boy, Preston, and her daughter, Audrey. We went all over the neighborhood and they had fun. Dylan didn't want to wear his mask, so he basically went without a costume this year. Oh well. The boys fought over who got to ring each doorbell. Then we came back to the house and sorted candy. It actually was a fairly warm experience this year - which is unusual. Usually it's freezing or snowing. So it was a fun night overall! Then on Sunday, it was actually Halloween (but no one around here celebrates on Sunday), and it was also Eddy's birthday. So we went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse and then just came home and watched a movie. It was fun!

Pumpkin Carving

This year, Dylan actually helped clean out the pumpkins! And Eddy actually used his dremel tool to do some creative work on his!