Where Did This Month Go?

I know I'm not the best blogger but I've never gone this long without blogging!  I'm blaming my iPad.  Since we got it (about two months ago) I hardly ever get on the computer anymore.  And I can't figure out how to upload my pictures from my iPad onto blogger.  Hmmm, maybe I should work on that?

I feel like we haven't had any free time this month and if we do, we spend it out of town or with company visiting.  Don't take it the wrong way, I'm not complaining at all!  Just explaining what has happened to us!  We are in full force Christmas spirit in our house!  Minus the decorations!  But hopefully that changes this weekend.

So what have we been up to this month?  1. Chad turned thirty five (or furdy five as Eli calls him)!  2. Chad's brother and SIL and their kiddos visited.  3. We went to Forrest City for opening deer season.  4. Thanksgiving... although I worked then went straight from work to black Friday shop and didn't see my family at all that day.  4. Forrest City again to spend the weekend after Thanksgiving with our families.  Eli had the stomach bug the entire weekend.  Boo!

And that was our month is a super short, fast version.

I have TONS of pictures to post later. But for now this will have to do.  Meet Buddy, our Elf on the Shelf.  He made an appearance on Monday morning and has been making Eli laugh each day.  I wanted to take a picture of him each morning but I keep forgetting.  I will try to do better.  The first morning we found him sitting on Eli's bookshelf.  This day we found him sitting in Eli's chair reading the book Eli left out for him.  He's been found sitting in the Christmas tree and on Chad's deer also.  Eli immediately looks for him as soon as he wakes each morning.  He talks to Buddy all the time and tells him bye when we are leaving.  He will be sad to see him go come Christmas!

At bedtime Eli sat down in front of Buddy with the Elf on the Shelf book and says to him "Buddy, I'm gonna read you a book about you".  It made me smile, then I had to run and grab my phone to take a picture :)

This is definitely going to be the best year yet for Christmas!  I can't wait!

Happy Halloween!

Eli was so excited yesterday morning.  We had been talking about trick-or-treating for a while.  His preschool Halloween party was in the morning.  They went trick-or-treating down the street and then came back to the classroom for their party.  It was his first class party and I think I was as excited as he was!  Chad dropped him off and said he immediately went up to everyone and said "Look, at my costume!  I have knee pads!"  I think he was pretty proud to be a fireman.

This is just before he went to preschool.

I wasn't there for the trick-or-treating at school but made it just in time for the party.  It took him a while to see me standing in the room.  I loved watching him with all his friends without him knowing I was there!  He's such a silly boy!

 They all sat down on the carpet to play games and sing songs.  Most of the kids were singing along and but Eli was the only one doing all the motions that went with the song.  I wish he would do these things at home!  I loved watching him and seeing what he's learned at school!

Participating in a little witch hat ring toss

Ready for some trick-or-treating!  He was so excited!

He remembered exactly what to do from last year.  And I was pretty proud that he remembered to say "thank you" at almost every house.

This picture is a little blurry but I had to show you.  He ran between each house and had to take off his hat so it wouldn't fly off.  Just as he got to the next door he would put his hat back on.  He was serious about this trick-or-treating stuff!

We met up with my friend, Juli, and her kids for trick-or-treating.

Eli, Talan and Alexi just before trick-or-treating.

Eli insisted on taking his axe with us while trick-or-treating.  You know every fireman carries an axe, right??  I knew this is what would happen... we would end up carry it!  If I come up missing you all know what happened!  Ha!

October is now gone and November is here!  Tomorrow is going to be a great day!  It's Chad's birthday!!!  And Chad's brother, sister-in-law and their kids (Grant and Lily) are coming in from Connecticut tomorrow morning bright and early.  We were afraid they wouldn't be able to come because of Hurricane Sandy.  But LaGuardia opened back up today and their flight is still on schedule at this time!  Everyone say an extra little prayer they have safe travels tomorrow.  I'm sure the crazy airport is the last place they all want to be after going through a hurricane!

Enjoy the weekend!