Snow day!

The best news ever especially on a Friday! I woke up around 5:30 checked my email and sure enough their was a district wide email sent at 4:30 stating there was no school. 

This lead to daddy getting up and shoveling before he headed out for work. Bridge woke with all the excitement and thus we haven't been back to bed since. 

As soon as the sun came up Bridge was ready to dress and head out to play in the snow. 

Round two of shoveling came with this mama doing her best while keeping my son out of the piles of snow making its way back onto the driveway! 

He lasted much longer than expected, however as soon as his hands got wet it was all over. In the house we went for hot coco, cereal and oatmeal for me. 

The fireplace is on, fresh dry pjs are on and we are hunkered down for the day. I'm thinking a little baking maybe happening this afternoon; I've got some bananas that either need to be tossed or turned into yummy warm banana bread! 

Loving this type of day! Enjoy

Weekend slides and disciplining a two year old

Daddy pulled out our college blow up slide that we purchased almost 9 years ago when we were young college kids looking to have a good time out on theMissouri  river the summer that we first met each other. I certainly didn't think that after four moves and half way across the country this blow up slide and river raft tube (not pictures- we didn't blow this part up) would make it let alone be function able for our two and half year old to play with. 

However, daddy was determined to set this thing up in the playroom upstairs so Bridge could have a ball during the start of many cold days heading our way. 

Our weekend has been consumed with pumping this raft/slide with a foot bump, arranging the room so if Bridger falls he won't hurt himself too bad and listening to the laughter that takes place up stairs in the playroom. 

With any new contraption this brings out some unruly behavior when it comes to mommy saying, "okay one last time then it is time for bed." So with this behavior Bridger has seen the corner of his bedroom a lot this weekend. Whether its the new toy or the two an half year old behavior, being consistent and following through is exhausting. I know how important it is to be consistent and have follow through but nobody told me how exhausting it is when it comes to your own child. At school is certainly doesn't seem this difficult or tiring but with my own child my gosh ! 

Anyways onto another week and looking forward to thanksgiving break and getting caught up with everything in my to do list. I think I heard on the radio there is only 6 weekends left till Christmas! 

How fast time flies! 

Halloween 2014

Another event in the books! 

Although we never got around to carving our pumpkins we still managed to fit in a jam pack Halloween day.

We started off the morning with Bridger pajama harvest party at his school. We were in charge of the salami (elk) and cheese tray. Bridger was to dress in his festive pjs. The girls captured some great pictures, I am waiting to get those from them then I will finish posting. 

Next mama came back at 1:30pm to pick him up and took him to my school for our annual halloween costume parade. It happened to be right in the middle of nap time and he was totally confused but still managed to hang. The parade has been a long time tradition at Centennial and Bridger has been partaking since he was born. So after a quick car ride I changed him into his Franklin the Turtle costume ( this years theme was story book characters) and headed back to class to partake in all the activities. My class was excited to meet Bridger, he was quite hesitant since he had just woke up and about 20 4th graders quickly surrounded him to say hello! After 20 minutes of getting to know them he found a buddy (one of my students) dressed as a baseball player and he was hooked. They played catch and from then on he fit right in. 

Around 4pm after the kids loaded the buses and the classroom was cleaned we headed back home in time for a long nap. Daddy got home and thought we were going to head out but Bridger was fast asleep so we decided to eat dinner together and wait till he woke. Around 6:30pm Bridger finally woke from his nap and he was ready for round three. When daddy said that we were headed to B's for some trick or treating he was ready to put his costume on (this time he was a duck) and head out. 

We had intended to stay only for a short time but we ended enjoying ourselves and Bridger was infatuated with all the trick or treaters that he wanted to stay and help auntie B pass out candy. Dan and I chatted in the living room, Ben and cousin Lisa enjoyed some wine and beer in the kitchen and Bridge and B were busy answering the door and passing out candy. We ended our night with a tired little boy, a bucket full of candy that Auntie B loaded him up with, and two tired parents ready to hit the bed. 

It was a great day and night and memories were made!