Wordless Wednesday: Daddy's Slipper Socks

Brush Brush Brush

I'm happy to report that Ish is now totally into brushing his teeth every night (he fought us there for a while). He's so excited that he doesn't even want to wait for us before he starts climbing his little Matthew step stool.
He usually likes one of us to help start him off. We tell him he has to brush until we count to 10. So we start the countdown...
Somewhere around 3 (teeth-brushing counting is very slow!) Ish takes over brushing duties.
And then, his favorite part - the rinse and spit. Although he really doesn't understand the spit part yet, so he just takes a swig of water and washes off his brush.
Another big boy milestone complete!

Oh, in case you noticed, those marks on his face are from his earlier adventures with a pen. Needless to say, bath time that night really focused on face scrubbing.

The toughest decision of the year: Christmas Cards!

This is our third Christmas as a family. And every year I send out holiday photo cards because, well, Ish is cute! This year I'm going to use Shutterfly for my cards.

I have a tough time deciding on pictures to use for our annual card (especially since we all know that Ish can be a beast with Santa and for the camera in general). I have one picture from our Lake George vacation that's a definite for this year - it has Ish and Matt in it.
Hopefully Ish cooperates with the whole Santa thing this year and I get a few more shots to include.

Of course my other big problem with Christmas cards is choosing a design to use - there are too many choices! I like these from Shutterfly's selection of Christmas Cards:


And these from the Christmas Cards Photo collection:


And I think I might get fancy with my holiday Christmas invitations this year (for my annual holiday brunch that I host with my friends that I see so rarely during the year). I like these options:


Even though you may think it's a little early to think about holiday cards, you have to trust me when I tell you, I already feel like I'm a month behind!!

Wish me luck!

Wordless Wednesday: Toddler Heaven

Can you spot Ish?

Thomas was a bust. Or, Halloween Recap 2010.

We tried putting Ish in his Thomas the Train costume quite a few times over the weekend. He freaked out every time. So luckily, I had a back-up costume. That didn't go over too well at first either.
Thankfully, once we hit the mall parking lot Ish seemed to be ok with his costume.
Things got MUCH better when he saw Uncle Brad and Mare Mare.
Once we were in the mall, dare I say, he seemed almost happy to be in costume.
Of course since we were at the mall, we had to ride Thomas.
And Bob.
Then we headed to the food court to meet up with Pop Pop and Mare Mare again.
While Mare Mare ate, Ish colored (thank you Dollar Store!).
Then it was time to Trick or Treat! Ish got the hang of it pretty quickly.
The mall was crowded, so Ish had to hitch a ride at some stores.
Once he realized there was chocolate in his ToT bag, he insisted on partaking!
He did pretty good - and he even shared some of his loot with me and Matt (although he doesn't know he did).
And on the way out, we hit up Thomas again.
It was a looooooooong day! And now it's time for my favorite part of the day - BEDTIME!!! ;-)

We're linking up with Cole's First Blog for Halloween today - be sure to check out this hop!!

Leaves Leaves Everywhere

Even though Matt might think living next to woods is a pain in the butt in the fall, Ish wouldn't have it any other way. The amount of leaves we get is perfect for frolicking!
Ish had a blast today crunching through the leaves.
And he thought it was hysterical when daddy jumped in the piles.
Does it get any better than this?
But we of course couldn't let Ish think that leaves are just for fun. We put him to work too!

Random Friday

Just a few random things I've come across on the internet that I'd thought I'd share.

$2 off Boogie Wipes:
http://www.boogiewipes.com/pdf/halloween_coupon.pdf

Crayola Holiday Rebates (save up to $20):
http://www.crayola.com/promos/holidayFSI/media/2010Holiday_Rebate.pdf

Coupons.com has another $2 Huggies coupon up and running (thanks Money Saving Mom):
http://moneysavingmom.com/2010/10/2-501-huggies-little-snugglers-or-movers-diaper-coupon.html

And in case you missed these, Pampers put out three 50-point free codes this month:
2BEGINEARNING50
GIFTSTOGROW4MOM
JOINNOW4REWARDS
(I usually post free codes on Twitter as soon as I find out about them, so if you're a points stalker like me, follow me!)

And last, but not least, I'd like to thank Jennifer over at The Days of a SAHM for passing on the One Lovely Blog Award to me, along with the Stylish Blogger and Versatile Blogger awards. Jen just had some really cute family portraits done, go check them out! Thanks Jen!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween! I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of blog updates with a lot of pictures on Monday!!