Monday, Monday

Another week is starting up and another weekend is quickly fading with the day's sun. I know that sounds odd, but my weekends are Sunday and Monday :) Jared's officially on furlough which means no more kid-shuffling on Monday nights and during the rest of the week. I imagine Grandma Jeanne will enjoy a break. The last month or so has been so hectic, but we DEFINATELY appreciate all her help looking after Mr. Kieran. We've been very fortunate to have her help!

Kieran is dipping into the "terrible twos." We started throwing temper tantrums and our toys. The fits are kept to a minimum and he is slowly losing all his toys, LOL. He has also been fascinated with running around with his cowboy hat on and his t-shirts pulled up so his tummy is showing. It's real cute!

We got the tile done on the dining room yesterday. All that's left is the moulding and the wallpaper border. That's as close as I will EVER get to putting up wallpaper in my house, LOL. The tile did go down easily. I did it all myself. We are looking forward to doing that in the kitchen as well. It is going to look really sharp! Kieran loves to run around on the floor and look out the patio door. I think we got his approval!!

I am calling to make an appointment to get our Christmas pictures and Kieran's 18 month pictures taken over next weekend. It's hard to believe how time flies! I am so ready for the holiday festivities to begin!

Tomorrow I start new hours at work, too. It's going to be interesting. The last time I worked with the closers was last Christmas and it was less than fun. I was so grinched out by the time Christmas Eve got there, I could have cared less if Santa did squeeze his fat, wide butt down the chimney!! LOL..btw, for those who don't know it, that was a subtle tribute to the best holiday movie ever...Christmas Vacation. Viva la Griswolds!!

October-2009!

Hey there! Sorry it has been so long since I have written! October has been an exciting and crazy month and I'm afraid it is only going to get better. I will make more of an effort to take care of the blog through November since we're coming up on the best part of the year :)

We took Kieran through the pumpkin patch at Cox Farm in south Wichita. He had a good time! He loved the hayride to the patch. They had a petting zoo as well. He loved the horses (imagine that!) and the goats and sheep. A sheep licked his hand though and freaked him out a little bit. It was fun picking out a pumpkin. Kieran had to kick every pumpkin. Eventually Mommy and Daddy helped pick one out and we got back on the hayride and headed for the car.

Aunt Brea and Nini came to visit a couple of weeks ago on a Friday afternoon. They got to spend some quality time with Kieran while Mommy had to work late. Before we knew it was Halloween week and we were getting ready for the holiday. I made popcorn balls for the first time and they turned out awesome! We made some other goodies to take to Independence as well.

Before we knew it it was Halloween! We drove out to Independence and had lunch with Nini and Brea and family and a walk around the Neewollah festivities, which was nice! We had some chili for dinner and headed to Fredonia for trick-or-treating. Kieran seemed to have a good time and I think it will be better for im next year when he is more vocal and ready to run with the big kids!