Bridger's First Halloween 2012

Happy Halloween everyone! Bridger had a wonderful Halloween.

The day started off with costume #1: Skeleton. He was one cute little skeleton. He wore this outfit to daycare for their little party.

Then it was off to mommy's school for the whole school parade.

Bridger stole the show!

He changed into costume #2: baby giraffe.

My students were so excited to meet Bridger and he was all smiles!
Great memories were made.

Thanks to my dear friend Le for helping with Bridger, I couldn't have done it without you!

Between managing a class of 24 6 year olds, their parents and a Halloween party it was necessary for Bridger to have his partner in crime to assist with everything that was going on!

We found out in the morning before the party that my class won the Can-O-Lantern can food drive from the radio station.

Lots of happy kids!!!

I am so proud of them and their determination to give back to the community. Way to go room 2 :)

Next it was off to daddy's work to show off the baby giraffe. Daddy said Bridge slept the whole way there. No surprise he didn't get his afternoon nap and a BIG parade will do a number on our little guy! Daddy said Bridger was pretty out of it, but was relaxed enough to let everyone hold him and OOOO and AWWW over his cute outfit.

Following daddy's work it was off to Grandma and Grandpa Parsons house to hang out for the evening.

While there the cousins stopped by to show off their costumes and play alittle bit before it was time for them to go trick or treating.

Bridger showed Grandma his "almost" crawl moves and got into all sorts of stuff under Grandma's TV!!!

Last it was time to head home and do a little passing out of candy at our house! I wasn't quite sure if Bridger was going to stay awake for this part, but this part turned out to be hilarious to watch.

Every time the door bell rang, he would run with his walker to the front door. When daddy opened the door Bridger would scream and get really excited to see all the kids.

Once daddy was finished giving the kids candy he would shut the door and immediately following that Bridger would scream and start crying because he wanted the kids to come back and daddy to open the door.

This went on the entire night. Grammy (in Omaha) got to watch the whole thing on Skype!!!

Wish she was closer but at least she got to witness Bridger's first Halloween!!!

We are one exhausted family but we are so blessed to experience Halloween through Bridger's eyes this year! Happy Halloween everyone.

Baby Bogs and Beer Cheese Soup

Lots of B's in this post.

Bridger got his very first pair of Baby bogs from Jane (Jim's gal friend up in Steamboat) yesterday!

What can I say he is a cute lil guy if I say so myself. I'm sure both Grandpa's will be happy to see that his baby bogs are his first pair of camo boots, just in time to go hunting. Jane E. got him a size 4... lil big but not by too much! We will be wearing these all winter long.

Sunday was a great day to try a new recipe since it was chilly in the AM. I LOVE beer cheese soup and any time a restaurant has it on their menu it is a sure bet I will order it. So after many pintrest post I came across a fantastic recipe to make it and it was a success! That's saying alot since I am definitely not the best chef in the house, my husband can assure you of that.

Tomorrow is Halloween!!! We have the class parade at school and I am hoping Bridger will be able to make it! Then it's off to Grandma and Grandpa Parsons for Bridger's first Halloween. We won't be doing any trick or treating, just handing out candy back at our house! Lots of pictures to come....


Bridger opening and closing all the drawers...o and we can't forget that we must look to see what is inside each one!!!

grateful Saturday

I follow a blog and I have been inspired by her "stepping back and being grateful " posts. So in effort I am going to set one day a side to focus being grateful. So here we go.....

Dear weather,
My class got to take a virtual field trip up to bogus basin to measure the snow fall. I must say that I'm not quit ready for it down here in the valley. However, I am grate full that you provided me a teaching moment to all my kiddos.

Dear Wind,
Thank you for all the wind, Daddy picked Bridger some leaves off the ground and boy you should have seen his reaction. AMAZEMENT!!!!! Its wonderful to watch him experience new things in this world.

Dear Bridger,
Watching you today when daddy gave you that leaf was joy for momma. You bring such happiness to both daddy and I. Your curiosity for life inspires me. Thank you. Today while exploring the kitchen you pulled out the drawer and slammed your finger shut. There were tears and some crys but you were tough and started laughing after daddy and I kissed your fingers. You my son, are wonderful and I am grateful to be your mother.

Dear Lady who donated art supplies to my class,
You will never know how excited my students will be when I tell them that we are doing an art project because we have art supplies.  Their little eyes will light up and their toothless smiles will be from ear to ear. And when I tell them that we will make Christmas ornaments with your art supplies that you donated they will squeal with delight. I don't know you, never met you and yet your generosity will be spread through my students to their families. Today I am ever so grateful for your donation to my class.

Dear Ben,
soon you will read this and probably say silently in your head "o no what is she about to say" but today and everyday I am grateful to walk hand in hand with you through this journey in life. I am grateful for your ABC 's song you sing to our child to help him calm down and fall asleep. I am grateful for our drives on Saturday on  mornings to explore parts of Idaho and chat about our future together. I am grateful for your up all night moments with the baby. I am grateful for you.

(The Guncles stopped by to see Bridger tonight before they went to their Halloween party!!!)

friends

Friend -A person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.

Check out those teeth!

Friends come in all shapes, sizes and types. We have been so blessed to have made many wonderful friends since moving here to Idaho and to often then not we go about our business and forget to tell our friends just how much they mean to us.

Love!

Particularly ever since finding out I was pregnant with Bridger my bond with many other mothers has started to form. It seemed as though I welcomed a whole new group of wonderful people into our lives and was able to relate on another level with them because we had the mutual bond of parenthood.

get'n into trouble!!!

I feel blessed for these friends and my family is blessed to have these friends in our lives.

Our porch door has taken on a whole new meaning of dirty. Nothing like little baby finger prints all over the door pointing outside to the dog!

I don't often talk about my work on this blog because it is dedicated to my son and his moments in life, but I must say that I am SO incredibly lucky to have many wonderful co-worker friends who love on Bridger unconditionally. Bridger goes to daycare close to where I work and literally once the kids are dismissed after school I drive over and pick him up and bring him back to work so not only I can get some more work done but I can also share my boy with our friends.

 Best Friends!

We are blessed!

Pumpkin patch

Our first family trip to the pumpkin patch was GREAT!

We just got home a little bit ago and the weather was perfect.

There was definitly a little crisp in the air which made for a few extra layers of clothes but the smells were heavnly, the sky was shining and there was a joy in the air with all the little kids running around having a blast.

 

Bridger did great.

He was so excited to see everything and with every turn of the corner there were lots of sqeals of delight coming from our little boy.

Bridger picked out his first pumpkin, it weighed exactly 1 pound!

He knew the rules that daddy told him before we went, "Bridger you can get any size pumpkin you want as long as you can carry it!"

 And that he did.

What a great day!