Things Will Says

This little man is such a ham.  I know I'm partial being his mom and all, but he is the funniest kid on the face of the Earth.  No lie.

 While sitting at the table for dinner the other night and wearing a compass around his neck:
Will: "Let me see what my compass says. . . "
Will looks intently at his compass
Will: "Time for dinner!"

In the basement on November 15thish - when the Halloween candy was making me crazy. Jack is upstairs napping

Will finds Easter baskets in the storage area while I'm doing laundry.  He goes upstairs to find the bucket of candy that is still left and puts the candy in the baskets.  All the while he begs for just one more piece.  Ten minutes later he finds a cooler and puts all the candy in the cooler.

Mommy: "Will stop with the candy.  NO MORE CANDY!!"
Will: "Shhhhhh Mommy, you will wake up Jack."

That evening the candy went in the trash after each kid picked three more pieces.

 This morning when Daddy is getting ready for work Will walks in sucking his thumb. 

Brian: "Can I have some of that thumb."
Will: "No Daddy, that's my thumb."
Brian: "I'll share my thumb" said while holding out his thumb to Will
Will: "Your thumb is too hairy Daddy!"

Each and every day with this little one is an adventure.  He can make me crazy one moment and crack me up like no one else.  I need to do a better job of documenting his hilarious comments.

Happy Halloween - a bit late

 From the Man in the Yellow Hat, Curious George, and Mario!  I love these three so much that it hurts.  Every day with them is just so fun - well unless someone is sick, or pushing my buttons :)

Our sweet Mario was too excited to sit still for an individual picture.  He knew what was going to happen and he couldn't wait.  I love how his hat is too small for his head.  Max has one big noggin!

Poor Curious Goerge's outfit was a tad bit small.  I didn't quite get around to making a bigger version - I couldn't' find a brown goodie in his size.  He looked pretty cute anyway.

And this guy - let's just say he was quite the ham.  We deicded we all wanted to go trick or treating so we left a bowl of candy on the porch, loaded up the wagon, and headed out.  Max and Will had so much fun going door to door.  After a few houses Max was confident enough to say a joke - How do you make a tissue dance?      You put a little boogie in it :)

Will didn't take any time to warm up at all.  He was Mr. Personality from house one.  I think our favorite was the 90+ year old man down the street.  He had quite a few leaves in his front yard.  Whne he answered the door Will started going on and on about how he needed to cut his grass and it was sooooo long.  The sweet old man didn't have the best hearing so he just said "I don't hear so well, Happy Halloween!"  Will tried three more times to tell him to cut his grass and eventually gave up.  It was pretty cute.

Will's Halloween Party

So much fun.  That just about sums up Will's Halloween party at school.  It was too cute.  The kids put on their costumes and paraded around the building.  Our little man in the yellow hat was a bit shy, but one of his sweet teachers helped him out. 

 After the parade the kids all went to the little gym to sing some songs they have learned.  Will cracked me up by sitting like this pretty much the entire time.  His mouth didn't open once.  Normally he is so animated it was strange to see him being more reserved.

After songs we went back to his classroom for a snack.  He devoured that giant pumpkin cookie.  It was so funny to see all these little kids eat such huge cookies.

With full little tummies we headed to the big gym for games.  I think we over-planned on the games.  The kids barely got through two of the five games we had planned.  It was so much fun to watch Will at his school.  He is really thriving there.  We just met with his teacher last week and she had great things to day.  He has adjusted really well and does a great job listening - too bad the same doesn't hold true at home.  He is kind to his classmates and attends well to the activities.  We are going to visit our favorite speech therapist, Miss Lolo, to help him out a bit.  He didn't qualify for anything through the school district, but we think he can use a little extra support there.  Will has grown so much since we started preschool.  I can't wait to see how much he continues to grow as the school year progresses.

Halloween Bash

Every year Aunt Carm and Uncle Mike's Halloween party just gets better and better.  This is was no exception.  In addition to all the usual suspects, cousin Butch, his wife Marichu, MJ, and Uncle Butch were all in town!

Since we missed Butch and Marichu's wedding party Saturday night we were thrilled to be able to catch up with them on Sunday evening. 

Will cracked us up eating these pretzels.  They were crazy hot and he couldn't get enough of them.  I think he sat at that bowl until every last pretzel was gone.

Jack really did have more fun that it looks like.  Since it was so hot we didn't put the kids in their costumes.  He had a great time wandering around and chasing all the big kids.  I love that this family party has six kids under seven.  It's so much fun to watch them play and interact!

The boys  just love their Aunt Carm and their Nonna.  Watching them snuggle up was just too cute.

Max was a total trooper.  He was the star of the party with his cast and sling.  He did a good job putting on a brave face.  Eventually it started to hurt, but some medicine helped make it all better.  Well medicine and a smore.  He had been talking for weeks about the smores that Aunt Carm and Uncle Mike would have at their party.  In fact when he was screaming out in pain during his xrays I kept telling him to think about the smores. 

Trunk or Treat Gone Wrong

 It all started out wonderfully.  Grandpa Jack and Uncle Tim were going to join Brian and the big boys for trunk or treat at Max's school while I stayed home with Jack and got ready for a wedding reception that night.  The kids couldn't wait to put on their costumes and they were so excited about getting candy.

 Max has been all excited about this Mario costume.  He LOVES anything Mario related so it was just perfect.  Although I am a bit sad that he has outgrown his love of my homemade costumes.
This little Man in the Yellow Hat on the other hand still loves mommy's creations.  He was so excited about dressing up and has been talking about his costume for months.  In fact I had to hide the hat in the back of my closet so that it would still be yellow come Halloweeen.

They boys packed up the van and headed off for the fun.  Things started out great.  They ate hotdogs, trick or treated and had lots of fun.  Max was on the playground with friends when it all went wrong.

Our little monkey fell off the monkey bars.  It wasn't pretty.  One of the moms is a nurse and told Brian right away that it was broken.  Unfortunately she was right.

 Grandpa Jack and Uncle Tim brought Will home and I met Brian nad Max at urgent care.  My poor little guy just looked so pitiful.  I went with him for the x-rays and I have to say that is one of my top five awful parenting moments so far.  Hearing my baby scream out in agony every time they moved his arm - and then I had to be the one to hold his arm in  position while they took the x-ray.  I still get upset thinking about his screams and the look on his face.  Brian even said how bad it sounded and he was several rooms away. 

Urgent care confirmed it was broken, but said it was actually a pretty bad break and that we should go to the hospital.  At least they put a splint on Max's arm before we left.  He was all excited with how much better it felt.

Two hours, and several more x-rays later, we talk to a doctor.  Two minutes into the discussion he tells us that Max needs surgery.  SURGERY!!!  We were shocked.  This particular break is very unstable and Max eneded up with two pins in his arm to keep things in place while they heal.

Brian headed home to relieve grandpa and around 1am Max was taken back for surgery.  I was so happy to see him in recovery - even though he pretty much refused to wake up.  Poor guy was just exhaused.

The next morning he was pretty excited about his new blue cast and not in too much pain.  We were able to leave the hospital around noon.  This cast is part of Max for the next six weeks and we have weekly appointment so that the doctor can x-ray his arm and make sure things are still where they need to be.  I guess with three wild boys we were bound to see a broken bone at some point.  We just got the bad one out of the way first.

Grandparent's Day

 Will's preschool celebrated Grandparents Day last week.  He was all excited all week that his Grandma, Grandpa, Nonna, and Nonno would get to come to school with him.  Unfortunately the poor guy was a bit under the weather - I think he inherited mommy's sinus issues.  Even though he wasn't quite himself he still had lots of fun. 

 They had a yummy snack together and went to the classroom for story time, song, and dance.  I think there was a little time in the chapel too.

All four grandparents seemed impressed with how animated Will's teacher was with the kids.  I have said before that the best teachers are the best actors :)

My boys are so fortunate to have these four wonderful people in their lives.  How did they get so lucky!

Pumpkinland

I don't think fall gets much better than today.  Me, my hubby, my three boys, and my parents enjoying a wonderful afternoon at the pumpkin patch.

It has been rainy the past several days and it was pretty chilly, but it turned out to be a beautiful day.  Everything a fall day should be.  We ventured out into the pumpkin patch briefly, but I was too afraid someone would fall in the mud - with my luck it would have been me.  So we gave up on looking at actual pumpkins and entered Pumpkinland - where lots of fun was had by all.

 Will was our little adventure man.  He wanted to try out everything - the tallest climbing wall, the swingyest rope swing.  It is so fun to see his independence blossom.  He has no fear and sometimes it scares me, but I know that he won't let anything stand in his way.  I think his favorite was the big slide.  There was a bell at the top of the tower that he got to ring before he slid down and he loved it.

 Jack had so much fun too.  He just wanted to explore and walk all over the place.  There were several towers and tunnels made out of hay.  The entrance to one tunnel is behind him and he had no problem following his brothers through.  Climbing on the hay bales was also fun for Jack.  He just didn't stop the entire time. 

 

I wasn't able to get too many pictures of Max because he was too busy finding his way through the Tower of Terror - a three story hay bale maze that is pitch black.  Brian and I were glad that he was able to make it through himself because it was a tight fit in there!

I think everyone had a great time today and I think they will all sleep well tonight.