Her new thing. . .

This little girl has decided that it's fun to blow raspberries when shes eating. A spoonful goes in and she blows it all out and laughs. It was cute the first time, not so much anymore. I finally got smart and so now she gets stripped down for meal time. Little stink!!

Gone Forever. . .

The day has finally come when Kalem parted ways with his most prized possession-His DUMMY (aka binki or paci). We seriously never thought the day would come when this little guy decided his was too big for his dummy. He is 3 and we should have gotten rid of this a long time ago but I kept making excuses as to why it wasn't the right time. I have learned my lesson!!!!!!!

Here's how it all went down. . . Two weeks ago we were all sitting in our living room getting warm by the fire. Kalem went away for a minute and came back with his dummy in mouth. So Trev said to him, Hey Kalem, ''why don't you throw your dummies in the fire today and say goodbye to them forever.'' So out comes the dummy and he says, ''ok, daddy that's a great idea.'' I was completely shocked at his reaction, usually its no way and he runs the other direction. So i ran and grabbed the stash and brought them in for him to burn. He chucked those bad boys in with force and I sat back thinking OH MY GOSH what did he just do. He has no clue what he just did and I was having more anxiety over it than he was. I was thinking of the sleepless night we were going to have to face and the week to come. But we all celebrated.

That night was definitely hard. Trev was cute about it though. He told Kalem stories about the toy he was going to get for being such a big boy and giving it up.

(his new toy, a christmas present a few weeks early)

Kalem was excited and that worked until about 10:30. Then Kalem decided that maybe he should go down to the fire to see if they survived. So Trev took him down, grabbed a flashlight and they searched the ashes only to find nothing left. Kalem was pretty disappointed. Look at that saddest little face. I could tell he was trying to hold it together and not cry but something set it off and he sobbed the most heartbroken sob I have ever heard. It was horrible. And finally around midnight he crashed. The week got better and now we are on week 2, he has his new toy and to be honest it wasn't as dreadful as I thought it would be.

It was so hard to give up something he loved so much but he did it and survived and we are so proud of him. Way to go buddy!!!

Fall Fun. . .

When Kalem sees daddy blowing the leaves into huge piles he cannot help but grab the closest sweatshirt and pair of shoes so that he can go out and join in the fun. Trev burried him in the leaves yesterday and I came out to find this cute face peeking out!!!

Happy Halloween