Updates

Looking back I noticed that it's been a little while since I've updated ya'll on life in the Freeman household. Lately I'm finding myself with a lot of free time on the couch (more on that later) so here we go!

Mason: He's reading up a storm! It's been great. We've gone to him reading us a book at night. With increased reading also comes the increase in writing words. Funny moment, Mason insisted that love was actually spelled "luv" as that is how it sounds; he told Kevin that he was wrong. =) Conferences with his teacher went very well, no complaints and he's transitioning into life as a school kid well. His bus driver asked me the other day if he was always this good natured. He still has a bit of a cough, but it does seem to be better after antibiotics... still toying with this asthma diagnosis.

Colby: She decided 3-4wks ago that she was no longer going to sit on the potty AT ALL. Not that she was using it or anything before that, but she would at least briefly sit on it. No longer. However, her vocabulary just took off!! She has new words consistently and will repeat most of what she hears. Also, she is putting many words together and really working on speaking in sentences. Just amazing how they regress in one area to jump so far ahead in another. As for potty stuff... the last couple of days she's told us as she's pooping and has requested to go on the potty. Daddy had a fab time cleaning the carpet yesterday. Apparently Colby sat on the potty mushing pooh on her bum, then got up and ran down the hall and tripped smearing pooh on the carpet. Ahhhh... gotta love kids.

And as for Kevin and I, we continue to work on maintaining our sanity. Kevin is still doing some computer stuff for a local company on a VERY part-time basis, but hey it's a start! Me, I'm stuck on the couch for a bit as I've injured my knee playing volleyball. We'll learn the extent of injury on Tues after I visit with the ortho MD.

My dad continues to hang out with us during the week which has really been a great help with kitchen cleaning and babysitting. And this week, we'll be doing dinner at both families. Busy times ensue! I would post some pics but I am in the process of picking out Christmas card and don't want to ruin the surprise.

Happy Halloween

Halloween went wonderfully. Both kids were on best behaviors and looked adorable as we trick or treated through Dixboro. Colby even walked the whole way! Kevin and I are totally ok that 6 houses still seem like enough for the kids and, we had to drag them to the last two. After walking up and down the street, we settled at Dick and Glynda's for some warm cider and a small bonfire. All in all, a very pleasant evening.

Pumpkin carving

Tonight was pumpkin carving night. After throwing out one pumpkin, we got started. Colby's strong suit was clearing the guts out.


Mason's was the actual carving.

I did the carving for Colby, though she did try very hard to help. I grabbed the wrong type of pen so there's a little outlining that we can't get off. All in all, very cute pumpkins! (The orange ones and the little ones.)


As a side note, do you know how hard it is to get a picture of an almost 2yr old in low light without a flash???? Let alone getting the other one to hold still, smile and look at the camera at the same time??

Birthday party

Mason's birthday party turned out wonderfully. Most people dressed up...




All the food was yummy, though Mason's favorite ended up being the marshmellow ghost and monsters. Of course there was a pinata because what's a party without a pinata??

Just watch out for the after party, it was rough

Potty Training??

For the past week or so Colby has been grabbing herself and saying "potty". We then sit on the little potty, very briefly. Now the fact that she's grabbing herself and saying potty is super cute; I think she picked it up from Mason. The last couple of days she's been saying "poop" when she has a poopy diaper. Again still asking mutiple times throughout the day to sit on the potty. Are we really ready for potty training??? I mean she's not even 2! Mason was content to run around in a diaper so full that it was at his knees until he was almost 3. Just odd, not sure where to go from here.

Official party plans

It's official... Mason's b-day party is Oct 4th, our place with food to be served sometime between noon and 1p. We should be up partying all afternoon, so feel free to come whenever. Like always, no gift necessary we're just excited to have people over. Per Mason, this is a Halloween themed party and though not necessary, we will brand, tar and feather all who come without a costume. If you need help putting something together, Mason has a wide assortment in his dress up bin.

Hope to see you there!

Best ribs ever!

Mmmmm.... they were soooo yummy! Even the kids ate them. Of course they used a bit of ketchup with theirs, but I think that was good for them as it helped to qualm the little kick they had. My first attempt at baby back ribs... Success!! Thanks to Alton Brown.

Also, keep the date open... Sat Oct 4th at 1230ish will be Mason's 5th b-day party. He would like a Halloween taco party, so have your costumes ready!