A Heart-warming Morning

Today our MOMS Club walked in the OKC Race for the Cure. It was a beautiful weather day and a wonderful event - I'm so happy that I was able to take part in it. We all wore pink signs on our back to tell who we were walking for - mine said in Dedication to "My Maw".
Alex rode the whole way in his stroller and loved getting cups of water from the cute girls along the way - I brought his video game for him to play so he wouldn't get bored during the 5 miles, but he played it before the walk and after - he had no interest in it during the walk, it was just too wonderful of a sight to see everyone that came out to walk, to cheer us on and to entertain us.
We left the house at 6:45, so Alex had breakfast along the way, but he woke up very happy and excited about going on a walk with our friends.

The early morning stroller brigade lines up:

I tried to get a shot of the crowd while we were going uphill - we were about in the middle of the crowd, to give you an idea of how many walkers there were:



I'll post our group picture later (for simplicity, we took one group photo on someone else's camera and she'll send it to us soon!).

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere!

We headed down Rt. 66 to the Pumpkin Patch on Friday. It was a gorgeous day, perfect for being outside.

A pony ride:

We're goin on a hayride:

The bunny bin - Alex thought this one looked so much like Sparkles, that it wouldn't mind being held like a baby like Sparkles (not!):

King of the hay-bail mazes:

Our fearless corn maze leader:

Farmer Alex on the pumpkin tractor:

Don't worry, Polo (named after the Ralph Lauren cologne!) has had his spray removed (or so they said?):

Picking the perfect pumpkin:

Then off to get burgers and shakes at Steak & Shake (you should have seen the waitress' face when we said we needed a table for 5 adults + 8 kids! But have to say, it was the best service we've ever had at S&S):

This concludes another fun-filled day for mommy & Alex!

I was blown away at the park!

Whoever named Chicago the "Windy City" has never visited Oklahoma in the spring or fall! Our Thursday afternoon playgroup met at a fun little park to play, the weather was so nice except for the wind.

At least Alex had some fun and it wore him out just enough that I could watch Grey's with no interruptions. ;)

Party Animal

Today at school, Alex's class had their Harvest Party. They are out of school for Fall Break Thursday, Friday and Monday - we've got TONS planned, we're very excited!!

Here's our little party animal:

They played "Pin the nose on the Pumpkin" - Alex did a great job!

Cookies with icing and sprinkles - Alex's fave!

Alex getting hugs from Mrs. Jill! (Her birthday is Friday so we celebrated that today too!)

Off to make white chicken chili in the crock-pot for tomorrow's Cook&Share, then to bed - the party animal will be up at dark-thirty, whether I'm ready to get up or NOT!

Sweet dreams....

No cavities and spiked hair

What a busy day - first to the dentist. Alex did SUCH a good job at the dentist (we went yesterday and bought The Berenstein Bears Go to the Dentist to read up on how it will go) and sat for the dentist to look at his teeth, had x-rays done and the had the hygenist polish and floss his teeth. He had NO cavities! He love the sucker and even got to use it on his own when he had flouride in his mouth!











After his appointment we were going to meet Daddy at CiCi's pizza for lunch, but we had to wait 30 minutes before eating or drinking because his flouride was "working", so we went to get his hair cut before lunch. What a fun surprise to learn that the girl cutting his hair is Mrs. Hopkin's (Alex's preschool teacher) neice! She spiked his hair up for him with "stinky pooey stuff" so he'd look cool for school!








After haircut came lunch with Daddy, then school, and when Alex got home from school he got to play with Gavin, his best little friend who lives next door. Whew, what a day!

My new bouncy ball

For having NO time-outs all week, Alex got a Lightening McQueen jumping ball and of course he wanted me to take a "storeo" of him (don't know how he came up with that word, but he just won't say video!).

Squeezing it all in...

No, I'm not talking about trying to button my pants (I've got elastic waistbands;)! We've decided that we need to get our fair share of OK while we're still here, so this is what we've been doing:

We went to the Stockyards in downtown OKC for new boots for Alex, but of course, Andy got a new pair too and we went to Cattlemen's for dinner - ever since we moved here everyone said we have to go eat there. The steaks were GREAT! Alex got "Thunder" to ride around the house - he entertained everyone in the store riding his new horse around in his shorts and boots - what a sight!!

Downtown Edmond is so quaint and beautiful, so we had dinner at a restaurant down there and looked as some of the bronze statues next to the restaurant (there are different bronze statues scattered all over Edmond).

Next up on the OK adventures was a rodeo, but it turned out to be a Jumper Show, but Andy & Alex still got cowboy'd up - Alex wore a shirt that Andy's Grandmother Buhl made for him when he was little, it even has his name embroidered on it. Such a fun time!!

No Cowboys here in Edmond, just Turtleboys!

We went to a "turtle farm" today - it's actually a friend's uncle's hobby to raise/breed turtles and she took our MOMS Club there. He had all sizes and many types, but this one that you see in the video clip was our fave - his name is San Diego (he came from the San Diego zoo), he's 40 years old, and weighs 700 lbs! Alex was hesitant at first to even touch the turtles, but San Diego kept following Alex around because he was carrying a big bag of red apples, so they bonded and this is what I saw next...

SUch a cool day! Alex is so excited to tell Daddy all about it when he gets home tomorrow night. We're looking forward to Andy coming home and it'll be a busy weekend - I'm sure we'll find time to go eat sushi and visit the pet store! Oh and go to either Blockbuster or Best Buy (or both!), plus Andy has to mow the yard and we promised Alex we'd go Halloween costume shopping (he's between a Power Ranger, a Ninja Turtle, or a Transformer, but we'll keep you posted!).

Tootles!

Oh no, I'm in big trouble...

This is what I found this morning when I went to feed the fish...

Poor thing - he reminds me of the scene from Finding Nemo, being sucked into the vacuum.

Andy's been out of town for over a week now and I've killed one of his fish. I am just not to be trusted with the care of them (this is the second time he's gone out of town and I've killed one of his fish).

Do you think he'd noticed if I went and bought one the same size?? At least I took pics to show that he was killed by the water vacuum thing and not from neglect on my part.

Happy Hump Day! Tootles!

2 appraisers, 1 realtor and my head is spinning!

I'm zapped of all of my energy...both appraisers came and so did the realtor, again, to take pictures, but she's coming back tomorrow with someone from openhouse.com because they want to take their own pictures. I have a really pretty house, they all want pictures of it!

Good news, I found some good, somewhat stylish, didn't make me want to throw-up after looking at them houses on Remax.com - they've got it going on! We'll be using one of their realtors in MN for sure!

In between getting the house "show" ready, Alex and I had a super fun weekend...

We cleaned Hoppy's tank (Alex's frog, who's a smidge bigger than a quarter and is constantly "playing dead" - he floats, very still-like, but he's still alive!).

Then our friends, Maddy, Abby & Tabitha came over to hang out while their mom and dad went on a much-deserved date! We ate pizza, watched Atlantis and played dvd bingo.

Then the next day Alex and I met up with some friends at the Route 66 Antique Car and Craft show. It was fun, a very nice morning for it, but we didn't buy anything.

It's almost dinner time, so I'd better go fix another gourmet meal for my child (wonder if he wants a turkey sandwich or a hot dog?!?).

Tootles!

So it begins...

I've decided to start a blog to keep all of our friends and family posted on our move to Minnesota and after the move, how life really is in the land of snow & ice.
Yes, this is huge for me since I really didn't know what a blog was until earlier this year - yes, I am computer illiterate;).
So, the move....the realtor is coming tomorrow to take pictures, have me fill out paperwork and all that jazz. Sunday an appraiser is coming from the relocation company, yes, I said Sunday - she asked specifically to come on the weekend, odd I think, but nothing seems surprising anymore.
Well, time for me to get my drink and snacks ready - Grey's Anatomy is coming on in 26 minutes - SERIOUSLY.
Tootles!