Get Ready For Sledding!

No snow here yet but this video sure puts me in the mood to go sledding!  And also makes me want to curl up by a fire, brrrrr!

Boots the Puppy

Okay here is something recent I found in my gmail!  Pics from my BlackBerry... these were taken late October when they wisely had a carnival in our town.  It was *freezing* and pretty much no one went!  But we did, and we had a (mostly, tantrums aside) good time.  We pigged out on fried dough, Bobo got a big old fair hotdog that he ate in 3 seconds flat, watched Bobo and Julie get stuck on the giant slide and then them close it down due to condensation, had Bobo go on the train ride all by himself, played whack-a-mole so he could win a huge ($10) stuffed chinese dragon, and met up with Julie's friend Will and his puppy Boots! 

After we defected to the -regular- playground cause I had no money left for more tickets and froze our bottoms off, we headed home for some hot spiced cider.  Boots had to stay on the porch, but it was so chilly out there we finally set up the baby gate so she could come in the kitchen and play!  And that's what I have pics of!

Cheesy Face

Since I'm apparently incapable of sitting down to update... here are some pics from JULY that my dad emailed me!  These are huge if you click on them.  Saved the best for last, love it! 

I promise I will get around to putting up summer and fall, before Christmas I hope!  I have to order Snapfish prints anyway, I'd love to do some scrapbooking over the holidays... maybe after Nanowrimo (as if I'll finish that anyway!).  Love!

Two Confessions

I have a confession....

I am super obsessed with this little adorable creature!  I honestly think he is the handsomest boy in the whole wide world and I'm so lucky I get to spend every day with him (even if he might also be the naughtiest)!

 I have another confession....

Sometimes, I give in when he reasons with me, 'but you can paint my nails too, mommy!' and holds out his little teeny fingers.  Look, it's brownish grey, that's a manly color right??  Plus, rock stars wear nail polish.  He's going to be a doctor, so he might as well get this wild streak out now. ;)

Washer Boy

Arin has always been obsessed with the kitchen sink, he absolutely loves to 'wash' dishes.  I feel like this picture could have been from last year, instead of the beginning of this summer.  It looks like he hasn't changed one bit, even though I know he's gotten bigger.  I can pretend though!

I'm on a Boat!

Bobo had a great time on the ferry boat down to Long Island in July.  It was really hot the whole weekend, except when we were on the boat.  I was freezing since I forgot a sweater, but luckily I remembered to bring a hoodie for Bobo, one that Julie bought him in England.  I love all his teeth (anyone seen that commercial?).

 

Beach Faces

So happy to be at the beach!

 That's more like it, what a sweetie

 

Fake smile!  Look at his scar/fake dimple :(

Bobo LOVES being at the beach!

Puzzle Master

Bobo has been really into puzzles lately.  He has a rack of about seven of them and he loves taking them apart and putting them back together.  Of course he can do them all super fast, even this one which is the 'hardest' so far.  And of course he's now torn of half of the picture part of this puzzle but he still knows where all the pieces go!

Bun in the Oven

Or Pumpkin Muffin in the Oven... as it were.

I don't know where he gets these ideas from!  I don't think he's even ever heard the expression 'bun in the oven'... guess he just thought it would be a good way to eat breakfast, through his tummy!

Teeny Weeny Bobosaurus

Little Fuzzball

Have you ever seen anything so sweet and cute as a curled up little blue possum all snug in his nest?  Aww, wait, that's just the Bobosaur in his polar bear pj's... asleep in a little ball in his Christmas chair.

Why is it that he can fall asleep in the oddest places in less than 3 seconds, but it takes him forever and a boatload of whining before he will take a nap in bed?

 

Pure preciousness.

The Roller Skating Adventure

This afternoon we headed down to Roller Kingdom, the skating rink where we used to go as kids, to take Bobo for his first ever roller skating experience!  Things started off a little iffy... we got there 20 minutes before they closed for lunch so we had to leave and come back.  That ended up working out well- we had a tasty lunch at Panera and then hit the Home Depot for a while (too long a while).  Unfortunately, by the time we got back to Roller Kingdom, the previously empty parking lot was JAM PACKED.  Cars were parked everywhere, on top of each other, and even on the side of the highway...  The entire huge ice skating arena parking lot next door was also full... so we were headed out to park across the highway when we saw some guy leaving four spots away from the door... score!

Once inside, it was also really packed... apparently Saturday afternoon is THE time to have your birthday at Roller Kingdom. It was borderline ridiculous and crazy kids on rollerblades were everywhere... next time we will certainly get there right when they open instead of having to deal with the 'party scene' and parking nightmare.

Bobo did really well at roller skating... except for a melt down after they took his shoes away and gave him his skates (mini real person skates!).  I guess he thought they were stealing his shoes!  It took 10 minutes to convince him to even put them on, I thought we would have to leave before we even got to skate, but he came through.  Once they were on, Bobo was all for it.  He was SO good, he could skate across the carpet all by himself after just a moment.

We headed into the center of the skate rink, which is the area for beginners and little kids, with everyone else circling at break-neck speed around.  Bobo was really getting the hang of it as we skated back and forth, and then when Momo finally got some roller blades (they were so busy they didn't have ANY women's skates left) and joined us, and then we braved the big circle for a lap or two. After that, we had to wait through 10 races, so Bobo played with the arcade machines... and then we scored a free game of Ice Ball!  (Bobo is not ready for Ice Ball, I might add.)

It wasn't bad for a first experience, and now we know for sure to get there right when they open, or maybe try a week night.  It was too cute not to do again soon, I loved how his mini skates looked!

He was so tired afterwards that he ASKED to take a nap as soon as we got home!  So sweet.

January Rolling On...

I haven't been posting lately I noticed.  I had a bunch of things to take pictures of during the holidays... but now they're over and we haven't been doing anything exciting!  It's the beginning of that long stretch of winter where nothing happens and there is no where to go... until spring time.  Boring!  Not to mention it's ridiculously cold out and who wants to do anything in weather like that?

Anyway, Bobo was home with me for the long weekend and I was trying to take a 'professional' picture for my Linkedin resume... let's just say it wasn't as successful as I hoped.  But, I got some cute ones of me and Bobo!  I wonder if that would impress hiring managers?  I think you're not supposed to let them know you have young kids, so I should probably change my facebook profile picture (because they show up on google, and companies like to search interviewees.)  Though, that's probably not as bad as the old photo links you can find attached to me all over the place!  Oh well... most of them are overseas so it doesn't count right?!  :)  I created a new email for my resume, which is good because the old one brings up a whole bunch of old pictures and stuff that are kind of embarrassing.  No I'm not telling you my email (shoot, it's probably on the side isn't it?).  Don't do it!

Bobo is loving spending a few hours a week with Miss Robin and his new friends at 'school', he talks about how they play with trucks and watch Thomas and the best part is that she has a PUPPY... it's a cute little dog and so sweet.  It's great, it's like he gets to have a pet but we don't have to clean up after it.  I'm just keeping up with the job search and trying to learn as much about Java as I can before my classes start in another week... it's not a full course load but I'm taking a lot of programming stuff which I find difficult.  I'm hoping to be in a full-time position before the end of February, and to graduate (again) this summer, so cross your fingers for me!

Smile or No Camera

Arin is just like his mommy... he loves cameras. He's constantly trying to get at mine to look at the pictures, and now whenever I grab it to take a picture of him, he stops what he's doing, runs up to me and tries to grab it out of my hand! I told him he can't touch the camera UNTIL he smiles and gives me a nice picture... so finally he got the idea! How cute?


And thanks to Juju and Lauren for this dapper Gant sweater that was one of Arin's awesome Christmas presents.


Here's the original 'gimme gimme omg gimme!' stance that prompted this particular SMILE OR ELSE ultimatum.

Apple - Pumpkin

I guess because we picked a few apples on our way down to the pumpkin patch, Bobo got a little confused...