2 Days until Halloween

Well, it has been a candy crazed weekend. Our Gymboree Party was Friday night, Helen was Snow White and was certainly the fairest of them all and Jack was Lightning McQueen again!
The hayride was a hit and lasted a couple of hours and the inside party and trunk or treat was also great....probably around 100 people. Exhausting but fun. Tonight is the YMCA Trunk or Treat so that should be fun....pictures to come!!
This Halloween is fun because Helen is walking and Jack is really into it of course!

6 days til Halloween!

We are wearing our costumes for the first time this Halloween, Jack is a Lightning McQueen Race Car Driver and Helen is a Princess tonight (she chose b/t that and Snow White, actually Jack chose and said the princess tonight!) We are going to a Halloween party at St.Pius and that will start the snowball of Halloween fun.....or should I say popcorn ball?
I will post pictures as I get them....here is one cheesy pose by Jack yesterday at Kelly's.

Pumpkin Patches

When did pumpkin patches get so popular and expensive? My gosh, I remember just going and walking around. Now there are so many options and so many people! I guess that is what we get here in KC for having an 80degree day! But, we had fun, made it through the huge corn maze and even saw some animals.
Helen kept saying "neigh" because she wanted to ride the ponies but I know she didn't want to wait in line for 25 minutes. She called the corn in the corn maze "nannies", it is yellow though, so close to a banana.
Jack led the way through the maze and proclaimed that we "won the race". That's right! Can we go across the road to the other farm? Mom and Dad are party poopers and we see the crowds and the very full parking lot and say "maybe next time!" Aren't we terrible sometimes, the excuses and little white lies we tell our children for convenience and patience sakes'?
11 days til Halloween.....

The Wedding!

The wedding was a long, fun day. Jack was perfect as the ring bearer and Helen was happy because she got to see so much of "Baby" Madison. They tried to steal the show....Helen kept saying "baby, baby" and Madison just wanted to eat. Cheerios, the roses out of the bouquet, I can't wait to see all of the pictures!
Jack and Helen were dancing machines at the reception and Jack snapped lots of pictures....at one point I saw him up on the photographer's stepstool taking pictures! What a crack up.
Jack did not care for the much anticipated crabcakes after all. Just stick with regular cake next time.
Wow, we were all tired for the next couple of days, "recovering". Jack slept 14 hours Sunday night! He was exhausted from too much fun.

Practice Night

Jack has referred to the rehearsal at church for the wedding and dinner as "practice". He even asked if he could wear his batting helmet. You never know when you could use a helmet.
He is excited because Grandma Renate came from St.Louis and is spending two nights with us, one night at our house and one night at the hotel. Apparently there is going to be a pillow fight and a swimming party at the hotel. And, Jack informed me that he doesn't want crab on his cakes, just cakes. Sounds good to me!
Helen, by the way, loved the dessert table at the rehearsal dinner. She could walk right up to the table, grab a piece of cake, and deliver it to the table with a big smile! "Cake!" A chip off the old block.
Time for bed, it is going to be a busy day tomorrow, starting with hair at 8am! Yikes!

Last Festival.....A Male Dancer....and One Crazy Mom

wow. what a day. it was our last festival, GladFest, and since we are a democracy at Hay and Barron, aka Gymboree Parkville, we voted and said no to next year at GladFest. Grant it, the people watching is superb and we were entertained at times, but even Jen and Angela and I have limits. so we packed up early on Sunday and high-tailed it out of Gladstone.
Last night was Elizabeth's bachelerotte party. It started off relatively calm, with penis nametag stickers. I got "Limpy" and wore him proudly. Jen and Ang and I took a quick break to go close down our tent at GladFest. I realized later I was still wearing my "Limpy" sticker. Classy.
Then it was on to the Hilton for the entertainment. I think that might be stretching it a bit, because this guy was not entertaining. Well, a little funny, but not attractive at all! And had a little belly. 'Come on dude. He obviously had stuffed his thong, which was a very worn American Flag thong. Should that be allowed? Isn't that disrespect to the flag? Craig had warned us that strippers stuff their thongs. He was so right, definitely a bean bag.
More to come, Jack "needs" to play his game!

One more festival weekend to go....

Oh Lord. It was Liberty Fall Festival this weekend and NASCAR...double doozie. Jack and Steve got to go watch to race on Saturday and Jack has been telling everyone that the winner was the Lowe's driver, #5. They both had a lot of fun. So, either side of our tent at Liberty Festival, we had the smokey joes. They were like chimneys and when the wind was blowing it was so smokey and stinky. I finally asked the one pleasant lady to please move away when she smoked, and if looks could kill, I would be dead. It didn't help. Oh well, I tried.
One more festival to go....Glad Fest, a personal favorite. Can you feel the sarcasm?
And then, the wedding bonanza weekend.....hold on to your smokes, folks.