Happy Halloween! BOO

About 2 months ago, we got a sales catalog in the mail for p@rty city.  Dylan and I looked at that thing every day for a few days straight. We talked about the costumes and which one he would want to be. He would pick one out on each page. When it came down to it, I asked what he wanted to be, and his reply, a ghost.  I am not domestic in the sewing department in any way. I would like to be, but I am not.  I tried my hardest to push a bought costume on him, but to no avail, he still wanted to be a ghost.  I finally went to the fabric store to purchase the ghost materials all while I was thinking how am I going to do this.

It was providential that I ran into one of our neighbors who actually sews and embroiders clothes.  I half jokingly mentioned that she could do it and she really offered.  I was so thankful to have this as a back up in case I couldn't figure it out. Of course, I didn't, so I took the fabric to her.  I am so grateful to have a sweet neighbor like her, thanks K :)

My little ghost was not wanting to get ready for Halloween.  At that point, I was thankful that I hadn't bought an expensive costume from the store.  After some persuading, I finally got Dylan in the bathroom to start his transformation.  Then he was excited to put his costume on.

Trick or treating was another story.  We got in the wagon to hit up a few houses on the street and he was very reluctant to get out of the wagon unless he knew who's house it was.  After a few houses, he got the hang of it and started saying which houses he wanted to go to.  He really enjoyed giving out candy to the kids too.  He had a great night.

About 2 months ago, we got a sales catalog in the mail for p@rty city.  Dylan and I looked at that thing every day for a few days straight. We talked about the costumes and which one he would want to be. He would pick one out on each page. When it came down to it, I asked what he wanted to be, and his reply, a ghost.  I am not domestic in the sewing department in any way. I would like to be, but I am not.  I tried my hardest to push a bought costume on him, but to no avail, he still wanted to be a ghost.  I finally went to the fabric store to purchase the ghost materials all while I was thinking how am I going to do this.  

It was providential that I ran into one of our neighbors who actually sews and embroiders clothes.  I half jokingly mentioned that she could do it and she really offered.  I was so thankful to have this as a back up in case I couldn't figure it out. Of course, I didn't, so I took the fabric to her.  I am so grateful to have a sweet neighbor like her, thanks K :)

My little ghost was not wanting to get ready for Halloween.  At that point, I was thankful that I hadn't bought an expensive costume from the store.  After some persuading, I finally got Dylan in the bathroom to start his transformation.  Then he was excited to put his costume on. 

 Oh and did I mention, he wanted me to be a witch.

Disney Day 1 - The Journey

Over the next few days, I will be journaling our trip to Disney World for Dylan to look back on one day.  Like any trip, it all begins with the journey.  We knew it was going to be a long journey with 2 two year olds in tow, but it was going to be worth it, so our friends and our family began the long journey.  We had our car packed to the limit. There was barely any room for the passengers.  The boys seemed to be be comfortable.  

 We stopped for the night in Georgia around 1am.  The following day would be a short trip, so the late arrival time was worth it.  Once we made it to Orlando, we grabbed some lunch.  We didn't really have anything in mind, but we saw a restaurant with a playground so we choose that one.  The boys had been cooped up for so long we thought they'd enjoy the play time.

After about 12 hours in the car (both days combined of course) we made it to our resort.  I will say that I was super impressed by our accommodations.  We had 3 bedrooms/3 baths, a kitchen, living room and screened in balcony.  

Lets Go!

I made the mistake of telling Dylan that we were going to Disneyworld a few months ago. At first, he didn't really understand. It wasn't a big deal.  Then as Disney movies started to come on and they showed Cindrella's castle, I would say look Disneyworld.  While he still didn't really have a clue what it was. He knew it was something magical.  Then it started..."Now?  Now?"  "Now what baby?"  Now, we go to Disneyworld? "No, not now."  This went on for 2 months I would say.  One day I picked him up from school and this line of questioning started. When I pulled into our garage, he lost it...."no, no disneyworld".  Just a short bit into this craziness, I realized that I should make a "Days til Disney" calendar and let him visually see how many more days until we left.  He may have not gotten the concept fully but the questions seem to simmer down a bit.  Everyday, he got to put a sticker on the calendar.  Then when it got close enough, we started counting down the blank days.  Today, He got to put on his last sticker.  Our plan is to drive half the way, spend the night and drive the rest of the way on Saturday.  We are really looking forward to our trip as we are going with some really good friends who have boys.  They are going to have a blast.

YGG

Last night, we took Dylan to see Yo G@bba G@bba Live.  It was awesome. You may remember that Dylan's 2nd birthday theme was YGG, so we were super stoked to find out that the live tour was coming to Nashville.  This meant that we could pull out the shirts that I made for his party and wear them again. That was awesome. (ok, so if you haven't seen YGG, they say everything is awesome. Thus all the awesomes so far.) They even handed out DJ Lance glasses. Here are my boys wearing theirs....

We decided to go to the 7pm show so that Daddy could tag along.  We got the first row of the tier level so Dylan could have a great view.  It was awesome....minus that when the balloons came down, our section didn't get any.  If your kids have watched this, then you know how wacky and crazy the show is.  It's like someone created the show while using drugs. If you saw Dylan, you would have thought he was on drugs. He was so zoned in, so focused, he barely broke a smile. He didn't want to get up and dance or anything....pure focus. 

The gang (minus Plex)

 The message that appeared at intermission. Ok so I texted it to appear :)

 The musical guest was horrible. I expected so much more since we live in Nashville.  At every stop on the tour, there's a surprise musical guest. If you have ever seen the show, you know people like Elijah Wood and Jack Black have made guest appearances. Nashville's special guest, The Wor$ties. Their name was very fitting.  I was less than enthused.  Later Biz Markie came up on the big screen to do Biz's beat of the day, then he surprised everyone by coming out on stage.  The crowd went crazy. He was awesome.  He called kids to come down front to help him beat box.  You should have seen the line, it was not awesome. Thankfully, he didn't let everyone of them come up though. He was like Santa, sitting on the stage and the kids crawling in his lap....too cute. 

 "There's a Party in my Tummy"

 I am so glad we got to take Dylan. I think this was the perfect warm up for what's to come....Disney

Wordless Wednesday

Pumpkin Patch

Damien and I decided to switch things up this year and go to a pumpkin patch that was a little closer than the one we have gone to the past two years.  I really wanted to try out a different one, but decided this would work for today.  When we pulled up, I was not impressed, but we were already there.  It was okay, but while on the hay ride, I sang, Lame-O, Lame-O, we gotta go. There was not one animal to see or pet.  The "pumpkin patch" wasn't really authentic. It was more of a corn and cotton farm than anything.  It did have a few cool things for Dylan, but that was about it. 

in the maze

on the hay ride

 on the slide