Reddiker Woodes

Happy Halloween

Even though our anniversary is today, it's still Halloween, and Little Man's first outdoor Trick-Or-Treating couldn't have gone better. The weather was warm, or warmer for Halloween here in Colorado, which means no snow on the ground, no snow or sleet or rain coming down and actual warmish weather.  IT WAS GREAT.  He's had the last five years for Halloween, but he's always been at home with us cuase he was just too small and he really doesn't need that much candy, but this year, was his year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For those of you who haven't seen the Facebook posts, he chose a ghost this year. Thank you WalMart. It actually would've been good if it had been snowing or raining, since it could go over a ski jacket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In his most scariest. He makes a great ghost I think.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can actually see his face in this one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The neighborhood started early this year, since Halloween fell on a school night. We had 80 bags for the night half fulled of goodies and within two hours we had one bag left. I know what we are going to do next year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These pictures are from daddy's cell phone. I love the one where he's getting attacked by a bee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He's such a big boy. OMG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully we can make the goodies last till mid November :)

Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010

2010 even sounds good on your tongue.  I have several little customs that have to be done before the stroke of midnight on New Years eve.  Getting rid of all of the garbage in the house from all of the wastebaskets, getting the bathroom cleaned, cleaning off the writing desk, getting rid of old food in the refrigerator, sweeping all of the floors, opening all of the windows to get out the stagnant years worth of air, and the release of balloons. The release of the balloons is a fun one and you can adapt it to what you want.  We usually get three balloons (now that Little Man stays up he gets his own balloon) and is very happy about it. Although he doesn't get to release it at midnight, 9PM is close enough for him. Our balloons are green for wealth and prosperity for the up coming year, and his is blue for health.  We write little notes attached to them, and with the being helium release them around midnight to the skies so our wishes for the coming year can be fulfilled.  It's a great family moment and with this past New Years Eve being a Full Moon, Blue Moon and Lunar Eclipse, the magick of the night is nine times stronger. 

So the last of my 365 project ended with the balloons and I couldn't be happier. One I still can't believe I took a picture a day for a year, so I'm very proud of myself and that when we released the balloons they all went together over the houses and up into the starlit moon sky.

 

And with this last decade going out on such a high note. I've decided to put away our usual blue/silvers of our Christmas decorating and will be going with the traditional red/green for the house.  We've been out in the last couple of days and I've found BARGAINS galore on red/green ornaments, stockings, tree skirts, and large outside ornaments for the tree. Straightened out our storage room and found all of the red/green from the last several years of buying and all we need now are about 18 sets of LED lights for the windows and I'm done. I'm so happy I can't stand for December this year to start so I can decorate :)

So for awhile, blue and silver you are hereby retired.

 

 

 

Four Years Old

Although about a week late getting up, he's still four.  I can't believe that it's been already four years that Little Man was born.  Not even a week and I've already got more than a dozen pictures up in his new Four Year Old Album. I really wanted to do a party for him, but with the wedding and holidays and all, it just never got written down, and that's okay.  We'll have a big blow out party for him when he turns five.  Five is much more important than four.  We had swimming class, a few gifts in the morning, lunch at Casa Bonita, then home for cupcakes and more gifts.

   
 

 

First Pool Party

So along with the first time of going to the ER, see yesterdays post, the next day was followed by a great pool party birthday celebration.  One of Little Man's swimming partners had her fourth birthday party and it was fantastic.  The weather was perfect, great pool for the little ones to be in without us and Little Man ate about five pieces of pizza.  Not only did he swim by himself, I was able to use my "sports" mode on the camera and got some really great shots. The rest can be seen in his album.

   

   

    

Birthday, Harry Potter and Nana

Wow that's a lot for a an entire day, or more like weekend.  Nana came down to watch Little Man, so FireHoth and I could go out for a date and see Harry Potter, (which was fantastic by the way), then we all went out for a grand dinner.

  

  

  

Birthday Fun for Me

Yes my birthday was two weeks ago, and turning from 42 to 43 is much better.  I'm healthier, (finally got rid of my wisdom teeth, less headaches and less jaw pain) happier, (always happy for the most part), thinner (I've hit my goal weight and so happy to see single digits in my clothes again I can't stand it) much rejoiced happy dance for that,  and have much more energy (Little Man and I go on many more walks now).  I'm getting a lot accomplished this year, and this year is a huge, big busy year (with planning the wedding). I've met some great friends through Flickr and actually through FaceBook, and have connected with some old friends. So yeah, I'd say goodbye 42, and hello 43.  I had a great day and it continued into the week even.  This is going to be even a much better year than the last one and just have more to look forward too.  

Not only did I get some cool gifts, but I managed to find some cute and interesting things for me as usual.  One that came in on my birthday was the Daily Mood.  I love this little book and it's been getting used a lot. There are 42 different moods to pick from for the day.  Now the boys in the house will know when PMSing starts.

  

Actual cards and mood on my birthday.

An impromptu dinner at my moms house.  And for some reason, Little Man got gifts.  Go figure.

Hamming it up with Nana. Needed Flash

  

And FireHoth and my nephew Ruffus.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY

That's right, it's my birthday today, got a hair appointment and dinner later.  It's been over a week that my wisdom teeth have been out and should be able to tear into a burger and fries, or steak & lobster, I'll decided later. LOL

The First of Many

Last weekend we went to a one year olds birthday party.  One of Little Man's little friends from swimming, baby brother, turned one, and the party was at a great place called Little Monkey Biziness.  Wow, what a great place for a birthday party.  I'm diffidently going to have to keep this in mind for Little Man's upcoming birthdays.  You can go there to just hang out, or for a full out party.  I loved how the staff catered to the kids, and even helped them out on things.  They got to play for almost an hour on the jungle gyms, then went in to have a little bit of coloring/quite time, then got to sing Happy Birthday, had the cake cut and drinks ready, did the presents then got to play some games.  They even had Nintendo Wii set up for the older kids and adults, and a separate play space for crawlers. It's even set up for WiFi for the parents.  All in all this is a great place, and look forward to going again or having our own party.

  

Rules of Engagement

Well, this post goes out on the day of us going to see my dress.  I got the call from the bridal store and it came in on Monday. Quick picture of what it looks like.

    

But on Sunday after swimming class, I actually got a for real honest wedding proposal. Something I haven't really had and it was very sweet.  FireHoth even got down on one knee and had called my mom to ask for my hand in marriage. How fun. Not only that, but we had dinner reservations.  Well, we get ready to go, and he drove the slowest I think he's ever drove to the restaurant.  We wound up arriving at The Melting Pot and some of our "party" was already at the bar.  Some great friends from work and their husbands came down and mom, my sister and brother-in-law were there.  It was a total surprise to me.  I'm still in shock.  He had wanted to invite a bunch of friends, but getting everyone coordinated and to meet up on the same day was a little tricky.  I hadn't even thought about having a real engagement party, but this little get-together was just perfect.  We were at the restaurant for almost three hours, and it was a blast. Great food, conversation, champagne and more.  We wished more could've been here, but the wedding day will be here faster than you know it, and we'll all get to party.

My pictures were a little blurry, but keepsakes none-the-less.

  

  

Little Man had been saying all morning, even after swim class that he wanted to see his Nana, well, he got to see his Nana, aunts, uncles, grandpas and grandmas.

   

Three Chocolate flambés.

The manager came over and took a group shot for us and we all got a picture to take home.

Pretty roses, and some cool gifts.

Some macro pix of the roes, and great effects.

    

The fairies gave me roses. LOL

Late But Early Christmas Pictures

The past two weeks have just flown by, and I wanted to get these up on Christmas Eve but the goddess just wasn't in my corner that night, (she was too busy eating Godiva chocolate and drinking Berringer wine)  Christmas Eve day, Little man got a brand new table for the living room. It's one that's more his height and easier to maneuver around.  Took me most of the Friday before Christmas to find it online and with an expected delivery date of Christmas Eve, I was overjoyed that it came the Monday before Christmas.  YAHOO FOR FEDEX SHIPPING.  We had intended to give him the table before Christmas anyway, just so he would be so overwhelmed.  The table is 24x24 square with two chairs.  He should be able to stay with it till he's at least six years old or so, depending on how tall he gets. I wanted to make sure that this new table would not only go well with the living room, but when he's outgrown it, I can refurbish it for my dolls. (always thinking)  

Little Man has surpassed playing with Duplos, and has gone right to Daddy's big Star Wars Legos and the like.  I was a little afraid of him using the little blocks because I didn't want him to think that he could swallow them, but he's been really good about not eating them. So with that in mind, the new table had to be retro-fitted for Legos to be played in the living room.  We had gotten four 10x10 green flat square, and glued them to a 24x24 square piece of pegboard, then under that I glued non-skid matting, so the board would stay on the table while he's building the penthouse of tomorrow.  There is one huge plastic bucket, under the table that he knows to clean up with, when finished with playing.  When we aren't playing "Lego's", we can take the board off, and use the table for school work, eating, drawing, cutting and various other pre-K works.  Iron Man waited with anticipation for Little Man to come and Play.

     

Hopefully by the time this post goes up, he will have opened the rest of his presents from Santa.

Christmas morning brought Little Man the gift he's been asking Santa for, for weeks.  A Parking Garage.  Well, he not only got a Parking Garage, but Car Wash, and Gas Station thanks to the family.  He's such a boy.  All of his cars and trucks and trains, now have a proper home.  It even has an elevator.

    

Then off to grandparents house for a few hours and all the craziness that comes with that. Here he is in front of the mounds of presents.  10:00AM in the morning, and onto his second Christmas Cookie.

Then off to give out kisses and hugs.

   

Getting into a stocking that isn't his.

   

And finally the big reveal back at our house later Christmas night.  I don't think that we will need to buy him a car, truck, train or plane for the next year.