turn out the lights the party's over they say that all good things must end

j.-the pirate-man had his "pirate" party on saturday

he and all his maties had a swashbuckling time!

landlubbers and scallywags alike enjoyed

scurvy dogs and grog for lunch...

and then the buccaneers had skullcakes and sang a birthday shantie...

and no self-respectin' pirate would throw a pirate shindig

with out drawing his cutlass - so out came the swords and the crew took it to the ol' seadog

holding all the "sweet" loot...

then - with the inch of candle drawing near - the captain decided he wanted to examine his booty....

there will be a large hole in the backyard to hide

all the loot he raked in!!!

hopefully he draws a map and marks the spot!!

blimey! here are some of the bilge rats now....

then with barely a shot across the bow for warning the party was over and it was time to weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen...

shiver me timbers blokes but it was a great time!

happy birthday my sweet buccaneer!

happy birthday my sweet sweet boy

you are sweet and kind; i love that you love to hug; i love that you want to dress up and you love to pretend; you are so smart - and have such an amazing memory; i love to hear your prayers and i love when you want to "take a nap" so you can cuddle up; i love your fearlessness and your sense of adventure; you are an amazing artist and an awesome lego architect;

you are the best 7 year old there is!!

my heart is full

i love you so much

i am so proud of you and proud to be your mama

halloween 09

the weekend started off on friday @ school - the first grade hosts a halloween parade for the whole elementary - j.man went as a pirate...

then saturday finally arrived & we got to do some REAL celebrating...

it was my baby's 5th birthday!!!!!

here he is eating his birthday "frosty paw" ice cream...

then - after having to wait an ETERNITY - the boys FINALLY were able to dress up and go trick or treating on saturday night!

here we are w/our neighbors.....

super dave & captain crim...

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& the j.man...

we ended the night w/a spooktacular bash @ the house...

i hope all of y'all had a super spooky evening as well!

"the scarecrow who wanted to be a man"

there once was an old scarecrow who was very lonely. he had no friends, no partner and no kids, he was so lonely. then he decided to talk to someone who was magic so he could get off the branches and become a real man. one day, mongo the wizard was passing through the scarecrow's field when he looked up and saw the lonely scarecrow. mongo told the scarecrow that he was a “wishing wizard” and then mongo asked him what was his wish. the scarecrow got his wish to get off the branches and become a real man. so he moved to town and got a family and lived happily ever after. but, he knew that if he ever wanted to become a scarecrow again, all he had to do was say “SCARECROW” and {POW!} he would be a scarecrow again.

The End

story written by j.man
scarcrow family project designed by:
n/p
g.money
daddy
mama
and
j.man

halloween @ nana/papa's

nana's favorite holiday is halloween - so every year we have a pre-holiday bash @ n/p's house!!

we arrived late on Saturday because of soccer games but after a light dinner we got started with the holiday fun -

first we all sat around the fire pit and told scary stories and then the boys roasted marshmallows for smores...

then papa took the boys out to star gaze and to talk about space/shooting stars/comets/satellites...

and of course we had to love on boo-dog because he is SSSOOOOO sweet...

the next morning - after numerous adventures and the making of a "family project" scarecrow (post to come soon) the boys painted their pumpkins...

everyone got involved - here's papa helping with the paints...

here's nana filming the festivities...

and of course boo - who loves the attention....

j.man hard at work...

the artists - planning and designing...

masterpieces in pumpkin medium...

we had a great time - thanks for the pre-holiday fun n&p - y'all rock!!!

fall carnival

so NORMALLY i would not just say no but HELL NO to attending a carnival (aka:death trap on wheels) but the proceeds went towards a friends school pta and when it comes to education i'm a sucker!!!

here are the boys when they arrived - apparently they don't realize that they are standing at death's door!!!

the giant slide was fun...

but g.money preferred this twirl-until-you're-sick ride....

and j.man loved the pirate death trap - i mean ride...

seriously - do you see the man climbing up the side!!! he's "tweaking" the ride while in play!!!

you're going to tell me that it's not a death trap!!!

you know the boys loved every minute!!!

thanks for the invite lili - we had a blast!!!