House of Hair!

Our house has officially become the house of doing its' own hair.  I've been cutting all the boys' hair for awhile now, but last night I attempted to do my own highlights!!  (Don't tell anyone, but it's mostly b/c I found 2 pretty substantial gray hairs that needed to be dealt with)  It came out great!!   I went more on the conservative side, just in case I blew it!  But,  it turned out great and wasn't hard at all.  Chris did have to help me with the back a little b/c I couldn't see it.  He was very adamant about not having signed up for that job.  I feel that if I help with his, he can help with mine.  So, I spent $7 instead of $70 and got the same results and I had more control of the style!!!   You'll just have to trust me b/c I (really the boys) have misplaced the camera.  I hope I find it before Halloween!!  

Got To Use Those Costumes When You Can!!

Boo At The Zoo Time!!  As well as using our costumes more than once, we were able to use our zoo membership to get in!!!  It was sooooo crowded with all kinds of kids dressed in costume...lots of Buzz Lightyears.  Adam practiced saying,  "Trick-Or-Treat" for the real day and Caleb refused to wear his alien hat. I wasn't surprised.   

Check out this mug!!   I think this is the weirdest creature I've ever seen up close.  His head was twice as big as Caleb!!

This was the tunnel to the giraffe house.  The zoo really did a great job of decorating the entire zoo.  There were little surprise pumpkins and such around every corner.

Boys Night Out

Last Wednesday, Chris took Adam to the preseason opener for the New Orleans Hornets.  They had a late night out, but Chris said that Adam was a total fan by the end of the night.  He came home sporting a new jersey, face painting, a balloon sword, a mini-basketball, and a caricature.  He also enjoyed a hot dog, popcorn, and a root beer.  They really had a great time.  Stay tuned for next week when we all go for the actual season-opener.  Caleb is the unknown variable. 

Boys Will Be Boys

I love this picture!! 

Typical

Caleb is 11 months this week and is cracking me up.  I think he has a very advanced, sarcastic sense of humor.  He is stingy with his smiles or I should say smirks.  He finds Adam hilarious.  He likes to make noise with anything...ANYTHING!  He also loves pushing things across the room, especially big things.  He crawls faster than any baby I've ever seen and he likes to repeat sounds he hears.  

Adam is 3.5 years old and is  a sweetie. He loves his Daddy very much and waits patiently for him to get home everyday to "play with him".  Adam and I have been discussing respect and disrespect lately after learning some less than nice faces from some friends.  He is working on it.  I am practicing my patience.  He also still takes random toys to sleep and wakes up with them and carries them around all day.  Right now it's his blanket and the 3 blow up pumpkins and 3 blow up ghosts that his Gigi got him for Halloween last year.  He's also really into Halloween shows right now and can't wait to Trick-Or-Treat.    Who Can??!!

Traditional Birthday Dinner

We always treat each other to a fancy, out-of-the-ordinary meal for our birthdays.  Since it was Chris' 32nd birthday last week, it was my turn to put out a blow-out meal.  Well, I know Chris' favorite thing is crab, but I am handicapped when it comes to them, in all ways.  I just knew this was going to be a disaster.  But, I sucked it up and found a great recipe for oven-roasted crab with a savory citrus and herb butter sauce.  I also wanted to try these shrimp, corn, and risotto fritters that I'd seen on Top Chef.  They come with a  jalapeno aioli dipping sauce.  Well, it all worked out great.  Chris, Adam, and I all devoured the crab and fritters and Caleb took down a whole fritter himself.  It was a great dinner.   Here's some pics of the night.

 

Surprise Chris! You're Going To The Saints Game!

Chris' birthday is really this Wed., but I've been secretly scheming for awhile now.  I knew he'd never been to an NFL game and he's always wanted to go see his Saints in the Superdome.  So,  I got tickets for the game against the Carolina Panthers last Sunday.  We woke up early like always for church, but before he was really awake, I threw his Saints shirt at him and told him that would be more appropriate for the day.  He was confused so I threw the tickets down next and the realization hit him.  It was a great day.  He and I (thank you to my sister who watched the kids for us) got down there early just to experience everything.  We went to the new area called the Champions Square where they've got live music and not just funnel cake vendors, but the best restaurants in New Orleans each have catering there...Drago's, The Brennans Family Restaurants,  Acme Oyster House, etc.  I had great gumbo and Chris had a shrimp poboy.  Beat the heck out of a corndog at the game. 

We went through the Fan Shop and the Hall of Fame.  It really looked like the Hall doubled in size since last year's championship!  We got to our seats early to watch the warm-ups and all the pregame stuff.  The game was not the blow-out I expected, but the Saints won a close game in the end. 

This is my favorite picture!!

We really had a great time and I was so happy Chris was surprised after all the planning.  Happy Birthday!!

We Finally Got Evidence!!

A couple of weeks ago, while at a family wedding, Adam (3) and his cousin (4) stole the show on the dance floor.   Adam danced the entire time we were at the reception...no exaggeration.  There were 3-4 little girls that kept waiting to take their turn dancing with him.  He was even more popular once I taught him how to twirl them.  One sweet little girl even came over and found me and asked,  "Where's your son?"   I told her he was in the restroom, but would be right back.  She sat down beside me, with a little piece of chocolate she had saved for him, and waited for about 5 minutes for him to get back.  Ah-dorable.     Of course I forgot the camera to capture this young Casanova.  Luckily, a relative sent us a picture to document the total cuteness.  Adam,  I will always remember you on that dance floor!!!