We had such a busy day: Moo's 1 year pictures, hair cuts, and the Staten Family party. The picture of my boys sleeping was before we got to the party and boy did they not wake up well. We entered the party with both of them crying and screaming to be held by mom (wouldn't even go to Spencer or Grandpa) but after awhile they ended up having a lot of fun Mr. P swung the bat one handed at the pinata (we'll have to work on that) and then raced walnut shells down a racetrack. The picture of Moo in the middle is the view I see most of him. He'll climb up my legs and then arch his head and back and whine to be picked up. Maybe I'll do a scrapbook page about it, we'll see. In the end we had a fun time and kicked off the holiday season with a bang. (oh, thanks to Jessica Sprague for this template ... didn't know scrapbooking could be so easy)

I could never have imagined Moo would object so strongly to having his hair cut. I was so embarrassed by the spectacle my children were causing that I couldn't stop laughing. It probably didn't help that Moo watched MR. P throw the same sort of fit while he was getting his hair cut. Every time the scissors touched his hair it was as if he was getting a limb cut from his body. It took Spencer holding his shoulders and me holding his head to hold him still enough for her to finish. I should have listened to Spencer's mom more when she told me that she had to cut Spencer's hair in his sleep.

I had a blast planning and shopping for Moo's birthday. We decided to do it the Sunday before because the 27th was on Thanksgiving this year. The guest list included just family, which made for a nice intimate evening. We served ravioli's, spaghetti, and tetrazini because mason loves pasta, but he was being really grumpy for some reason and wouldn't have anything to do with it ... go figure. Well, so as I mentioned before he was in a really bad mood all through dinner and presents, but when the cake came out his spirits turned around and he ate at least 1/2 of the cake with some help from Mr. P and then preceded to crumple the rest up with his hands. He was a mess and had to be immediately put in the tub. He received clothing, toys: ball popper, car station, hand bus and some books. Everything was a big hit. His actual birthday was really low key, but I guess that is what happens when your birthday falls on a holiday.

I can't believe you're already a year old. Where has the time gone? You are so cute when you go up on one knee to check something out and when you push cars around trying to be like your big brother. You have definitely come into your own personality and our lives wouldn't be the same without you. We love our Macy Moo!

Sometimes I feel like if I take the time to clean, my house will suffer more because I won't be paying enough attention to my two de-helpers. Mason's favorite thing right now is to take the toilet paper and slowly shred it into little tiny pieces. Ethan has always been very intrigued with "Mommy diapers" and of course with the rockets that you can shoot. I just wonder how he'll feel about this in the future, knowing that one of his favorite toys were my feminine products. Mason also believes that it is his right to help unload the dishwasher while I load it. Sigh, it helps to snap pictures when I walk into a bathroom wallpapered in pads.

Halloween came and went this year. We were able to spend the night at our friends house playing games and eating weird food we cooked like Road kill, Cockroach puree, and Ghosts in the Bayou (stew, asparagus dip, and hot chocolate with whip cream) Ethan had the trick or treating thing down this year and could have done it all by himself :) He made a cute Dragon ... oh, sorry Dinosaur (that's what Ethan insisted we call it) Mason was a cute little Turtle who would not wear his turtle hat. It was pretty warm this year, we were surprised, Spencer's sure we wont be having a white Christmas * darn global warming.

Halloween resolutions:

Next Halloween I am going to be more on top of things!! This is an idea I need to remember for Mason's tomb stone that I will be putting in our front yard. I will also do the halloween ghost pictures that I was sure I was going to do this year and I am going to be more creative with the boys' costumes and my own.
Here's to next Halloween

I'm playing a little catch-up ... This was the funnest day we had all summer, well fall if you want to be technical. Josh gave us two tickets to Lagoon and we were able to use them in October right before they closed the park for the winter. It turned out to be the perfect day and I don't think Spencer nor I expected to have as much fun as we did. When we first got there we ventured over to the Neptune roller coaster and Ethan immediately started chanting "Ethan not, Ethan not" so we were a little worried about how the rest of the day would shape up, but to our surprise Ethan went on the helicopters without a fight and after that he was hooked!! He wasn't scared of any of the rides, even the bigger ones. There was this ride called the dragon drop, and I have to admit I got a little freaked out :) when Ethan saw me gripping the bar a little harder than I should have he reached over and said "Don't cry mommy, it not gary (scary)" The look of pure joy on his face will be something we remember forever.