Wordless WEdnesday - "Booger Check!"

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Pumpkin patch - In the Blank and White

Pumpkin Patch - Part 2

We went to the pumpkin patch and it was a whole new experience with a 2 1/2 year old! Oh the joy he got out of the experience! Harrison keeps asking to go back but between the bad air quality and then getting sick, it hasn't been able to materialize into action.

But the day was not with out incident Harrison came away with a big speckled egg on his noggin and a pumpkin in hand; and he has shared his story with all whom will listen. It goes like this.

I got boo-boo, pumpkin patch!
Yees, Pumpkin patch!
Batman pushed me and I fell down.
Batman pushed me down, I hugged batman.
I went BOOM! (big hand motion here.)
I cried. Batman pushed me, I hugged batman.

Translation:

Harrison and a 4-year-old dressed like Batman were standing on a bale of hay together. They each realized they didn't want to be up there together. After we told them not to use their hands, Harrison put his hands on the little boy's chest & was gently talking to him. The little boy took Harrison by the shoulders and "pushed him down" - not hard, not viciously, but enough that Harrison's little noggin made contact with the cement with a THUD. The boy's mother was horrified, and the boy said, "I didn't want him touching me!"
Harrison came up with quite a bump right away. After some time of crying, he felt better and the little boy apologized with "I just didn't want you touching me." and they gave each other a hug. When the little boy said "sorry" Harrison also said, "I sorry."

Harrison is still telling people how Batman pushed him down!

BSM - Pumpkin Patch - Part 1

Harrison actually sat and posed for me for AH. MINUTE. when we first arrived the at the pumpkin patch. I even got a full smile but my camera didn't cooperate!! What's new?


I love this b&W, even with Harrison's face over-exposed. I'll post more of our adventure later with Harrison's version of the day!


Meanwhile, go visit Picture This for other great adventures!

Fav Phrase Friday - I'm Upstairs!

Well, this week was a loss with a mystery illness that kept re-emerging in different forms. High fever on Monday, tiredness and sneezing on Tuesday, coughing on Wednesday, runny nose on Thursday and today - a combination of the last 3 days. Hurrah! Oh what a day, so not a lot of new words, more like a constant symphony of whining.

And, oh, how we do LOVE whining!

But not all is ever lost on a Toddler - starting with nap time today:

I put our whiny, tired, I-just-want-to-lay-here-and-think-of-playing toddler down for a nap early today. Most unwillingly I might add. So after about a minute of crying, he stops. And then...

"HELP Daddy!"

silence

"HELP Daddy!"

silence

"HELP Daddy!"

I turn in the monitor to hear what he's saying.

"Daddy HELP! Help! DADDY!!"

silence

"MOMMY PUT HARIDON UPSTAIRS!"

silence

"HELP DADDY!"

"Help Daddy!"

Apparently he thought the GID was going to come Save-the-Day!
As if he has before?


And lately when he wakes from his nap, it often sounds like this now days:

"Mommy, Wake-up Time!"

silence

"Mommy, no more nappy time, eet's wake-up time..."

And if I haven't quite ascended those stairs at my Super-Mom, lightening-fast speed to scoop him up and out of his cozy nappiness, well...

"Mommy! I'M UP-STAIRS!!

...Just in case I forgot where I parked him.


My blogging-world friend Natalie started a Phrase Friday last week, too. What a lovely coincidence! Join us by sharing what your Toddler is saying!

Monsters and Toddlers

A couple weeks ago, before all the Halloween hoopla, I put Harrison down to bed one night after our regular routine - drink milk, brush teeth, get jammies on, read our stories and sing our songs and prayers. I turn out the light with one last, "Happy Face in the Morning!" And walk away, only to be summoned back five minutes later. It went like this:

Mommy!

Sleepy time, Harrison.

Mommy, I scared!

*Crap - he's found THAT word!* Back to his room I go. You're scared?, I ask.

Yeesh, I scared of momers.

Monsters?

Yeesh, momers!

No such thing as Monsters, Harrison.

COOKIE MOMER!!

D'OH!

Thursday Theme - Unfortunate Glow

Seems my Thursdays keep taking on such serious themes.

Monday evening I stopped at the pier and found myself alongside a few other photographers, both amateur and professional, to take a some pictures of the breathtaking sunset. I knew it would be beautiful because the Malibu fires had been burning since the early morning hours the previous day and, unfortunately, several new fires had popped up in the following 24 hours. Once smoke and ash get into the atmosphere, you can guarantee a vividly colorerful sunset.
At a GREAT cost.

Wednesday was an eerie and extremely hot day. (Mid-eighties near the beaches.) And at 10:00 a.m. I looked out the window to notice the golden hour shadows on a wall - only it wasn't even noon and that wall faces east. The entire sky was luminous all day long.



We stayed inside for the most part, except to run an errand. After all, a layer of ash covered everything outside and smell the smoke gets into your lungs and nose. And we're 60 miles from the nearest fire!!
Edited Thursday, 9AM - Okay, my husband corrected me, we are 25 miles away from the closest fire.

I do love the glow of warm orange light. But I know the amount of loss it represents.

Harrison's toys left behind in the morning *glow* of the guest room. Where is he, you ask? Downstairs watching Super Why! No preschool today!
Not after finding out what he's learning at school! Okay. well. not really.



Keep those affected by the fires in your thoughts and prayers.

Now head over to Picture This to see what others are glowing about today...I can't wait to see!