The "3D" left overs

We recently saw the Nightmare before Christmas in 3D. Andrew was quick to snatch the extra 3D glasses, which were not cheap paper ones. they were actually plastic. So, he has been wearing them out. He wears them everywhere we go.. in the car like sunglasses... he wore them around the nursery when we were looking at tree's. lol it was so funny because they are sooo big, they can barely hang on his big ears and surprisingly they are bigger than his head.

Here are a couple fun pics I caught of him playing in them this morning...



Uh looks like we need our own 3D glasses for this one!

Fog Willow Pumpkin Farm

Today was a perfect day for our trip to get some pumpkins. We generally go to Davis Ranch, better known as the "sloughpenhouse" to our family ( compliments of Andrew ) a.k.a Sloughhouse. We like going there because you can get large Pumpkins without breaking the bank. However, since I knew we would not be getting 4 like we normally do, I thought it would be nice to try some place different. I had seen last year the sign for the "Fog Willow Pumpkin Farm" but we had already did the "sloughpenhouse" trip. So, this year was prefect since we do not have our own house to decorate and go all out on.

Andrew had a blast. He wants every other Pumpkin we walked by so when we found that "perfect one" I had to make sure it was a really big deal that he found our pumpkin. We did 2, which will be easy for Andrew and I to carve instead of the normal 3-4. since Daddy will be at work and will not be able to help me lift them. Halloween will be a big day for Andrew and I. We will carve the Pumpkins and make some Halloween Cup cakes. We will start at Grandma Carmen's and Grandpa Tom's and then make our way back to Manama and Papa's to do the majority of out Trick of Treating.
















And here they await there Wednesday execution!

The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D

"I am the one hiding under your bead
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair"



With Andrew's craze for The Nightmare Before Christmas it was only appropriate that we take him to see the limited screening in 3D. It was for 3 weeks only, so I made sure we saw it the first weekend before show times began to sell out. It was cool Andrew had NO clue. We did not even tell him we were going to a movie this weekend. We just got up, got ready and went out. We ended at the Greenback lane Century, which used to be known as the Cinedome's. We played stupid acting like we did not know what this was and Daddy mistakenly drove in there..We said we will just go in and look. Andrew was no dummy. Still not knowing what we were there to see, and no Nightmare Before Christmas posters in site made it that much easier and more fun. He made it well known, however, that he knew exactly where we were at. So, as we did our first stop to the potty room, then to get popcorn, hotdog and waters. He spent the whole time discussing with me what we could possibly be here to see, as I told him I had no clue what they were going to be showing.. the excitement on his face was so rewarding as a parent, those big beautiful browns eyes lighting up with excitement and curiosity. He was in charge of the popcorn, his eyes practically fell out of his head into the bad when he looked down into it. I got a medium because we always waste a large ( Steven and I that is) Well, what a mistake that was. I had to tell him not to eat any or attempt to eat the popcorn with his mouth. He stared at the bag the whole time, until we sat down and got the go ahead to enjoy. Would you know, that with the help and Steven and I ( which was honestly not that much) , he practically had the whole bag of popcorn demolished before the movie was over?! i kid you not! Now, this really should be no surprise to me other than the fact that he is only almost 4! His Daddy LOVES Popcorn and Grandpa Tom cannot go into Target without getting his bag. So, clearly, the Popcon craze runs in the family. Another fun part of the movie was the super fun 3D glasses we had to wear. It was not that hard to get Andrew to wear them, poor guy, they were just a little too big *lol* Now, he gets to play with them.. all three pairs =).
He was awesome, with the exception of the talking from excitement he watched the whole movie with no problem!

Some Mommy time!

The craziness is slowly approaching. The time in which there will be no room to rest or breathe. So, when I got invited to a scrapbook day, I jumped at the opportunity! I marked my calander and told Steven to plan a Andrew and Daddy day. I have not done any really good scrapbooking since Easter. It is always relaxing to me , and when I try and do it with Adnrew around I just get frustrated because all he does it go though everything.. and then I feel bad because I should be spending time with him? I got there about 11ish, and headed out about 5. It really was not enough time. I could have done so much more. I was just greatful that I was able to get away and do something for me. Daddy and Andrew headed to SF to take a walk on the Golden Gate Bridge. It is funny how the simple things can satisfy them =). I know Andrew enjoyed it as well as Steven. Daddy even picked up a cool magnet to add to our collection for our new refrigerator in our new house =)

Happy Birthday Grandma Carmen!

Today is actually Grandma Carmen's Birthday but since everyone had to work today and yesterday, we decided to do a little celebration for her on Saturday. It is always hard getting stuff for people who have everything, you can only by so many movie tickets and so on. So, as impersonal as it is, we know she LOVES Mervyn's. We settled on a gift car. Hey what woman does not love going shopping for free? We also brought a chocolate cake that was much enjoyed after we stuffed our faces with Pizza and salad! Yum yum eat em up ! ( as Andrew would say ).

After we eat cake, Steven wanted to head over to the house to see inside.. We only get to go in once a week to see the changes ( see the house blog for the recent updates ) We had to scram over there because it gets dark so early now. Luckily we got there in time to check some stuff out.. no pics though because it was too dark.

When we were leaving Steven could of sworn he saw Rudy's truck, he asked if it was green and I was pretty sure it was. Sure enough Uncle's Benji and Rudy were pulling in with Uncle Benji's new washer and dryer. I told Steven " just in time to help". They had to move those things up the stairs. Man what a pain. They did pretty good too, got both up stairs with no damage to the carpet or walls =).

A little taste of what is to come for us, ony we have a 1 story.

P.S. My brother, after the 3rd time , finally passed his permit test! Now all he needs is a job, to be able to pay for insurance so he can get his license. None the less he is half way there!

No Apple Hill for us...

It is that season... perfect weather for Apple Hill. The weather, the Pie's the treats. the drive! I told Steven I wanted to go so, we planned on Friday. The weather was in question, however when we woke up you could tell the rain had died off and it was lookin good, a little cool but good. We headed up the hill to drive into nothing but dark black yucky clouds. By the time we got into Placerville it was raining/sprinkling, enough for us not to want to take the chance. Man, I got up really early working til 1am the night before just to drive back home. Sucks! You wanna know where we ended up? At a car show at Cal Expo! A stinnkin car show. We went from going to Apple Hill to a car show. How boring was this for me? Oh yea, torture. The boys loved it. Sigh* and I am going to have another boy.. what oh what will I do with myself?

October already? / Work

I ask myslef... why haven't I blogged in like over 2 weeks. It's already October. OCTOBER???? Where has the time gone. I mean really. I am 7 months pregnant this month, they started on our house and it is goigng steady AND Andrew will be 4 next month.
It is simply amazing I tell ya. Pretty soon, I will have another child, be moving into a house, and will be having one holiday and birthday and my baby shower after the next.

Anyways, pretty much all my blogging has been for Luke or the house. I thought I would share the latest at work. So, lately we have been having a slight problem with mice. My co-worker onee day last week was talking to "someone" turned out to be "something". A little mouse was walking over her feet and bag, and she was baby talking it. She sits on the other side so the mouse could really come right under into my cube. They are concerned of course with the cords being chomped and such, which could be a catastrophe in a busness like ours. So, they decided to place mouse traps all over the top floor of the call center. Now, the traps are not well hidden, in fact I can count and see a number of them walking from my desk to the bathroom. I come in yesterday and my pregnant nose detects this god awful smell by the bathroom. kitchen area. Right off the bat I am thinking " great, I get to smell a dead mouse all night"

I get to work today to find out they found 3 dead mice this morning. Which resolves the smell issue, of course. So, now they have, again, all these mouse traps right in the open with food on them. Grosssssssss. Then my manager walks up and we get on the mouse subject for him to share with me that he gets in this morning to hear this little mouse squeek noise, to look down, and under his desk there is a mouse caught in a trap.. NICE!! What is wrong with capturing animals without killing them? I am sure they make traps like that, no?

Anyways, thought I'd blog it =)