Jonah takes a shower...

I must confess that I'm really trying to do the whole "3 R" thing...  You know, reduce, reuse, recycle.  I have a compost jar in my kitchen and I'm a recycling nazi at home and at work.  I have been trying to gently coax my son to take a shower instead of taking a bath at night as it uses much less water. For some reason, he has been afraid and very unwilling to be flexible on this issue. 

Somehow, tonight was the night.  I don't know what I said to change his mind, but it worked!  I am happy to report that he now loves to shower!  I know this is a very small thing, but I feel it has been a great accomplishment in my household!

Until next time...

Dream Halloween

The other night, we attended Dream Halloween in Santa Monica. We were given tickets by my boss, and friend, Rochelle. It's a charity event that raises money for children with AIDS. Jonah got to get his face painted as "Gothic Woody", as his Dad called it. He got to meet a ton of his favorite "guys", and got to go trick or treating. It was an amazing evening and a great kick off to the Halloween festivities. Thank you, Rochelle!

Jordan takes Jonah to Disneyland

Jordan took Jonah to Disneyland for some sibling bonding.  This was a completely different trip for Jonah without any parents or grand parents...

He got his face painted as a "Dragon Bat"
    This is right before he's boards Thunder

Mountain for the first time...

Jonah has beat his Mom's high score at age 3!

Go Drew!

So, Drew loves football.  Drew is a senior and we have been enjoying going to watch several of Drew's games this season.  Tonight was such an awesome night.  If I have my statistics correct, Drew ran over 220 yards and made FOUR touchdowns.  This was the first win of the season for his team.  We had a large group out there tonight for support.  Congratulations Drew!

                                                          Drew's # 1 fans!
After the big win! 30-13
                                              "Drew, your cheeks are stinky!" 

Jonah's 1st Field trip

Today was Jonah's first field trip and my first time being one of the parents attending a field trip.  I must admit, I found it pretty humorous being called Jonah's Mom, as my name, all morning.  I was in charge of a small group of three including Jonah.  Jordan, Brooklyn and Jonah were my group.  We walked from school to the pumpkin patch. The kids had a great time going on rides and running through the "spooky house". Except for the exceptional hot October weather, the morning was perfect.  I was so excited to get to spend the morning with my little munchkin and see him in action at school...

Jordan, Brooklyn & Jonah

Notice Jonah on the far right yelling at the top of his lungs.

Yep, I have the loud kid. Imagine that...

St. Bonaventure Carnival

We went to the carnival tonight.  Jonah and his buddy Maxx were partying like rock stars one minute and they were done the next...

Crazy Boys...
   10 minutes later, out for the night!

Jonah's 1st Homework...

I must admit that Jonah didn't have a lot to do with his first school project other than hanging out with me while I cut out the pictures.  He had to decorate this house with pictures of his family.  The house was on display for back to school night.  The finished product is now proudly on display on our fridge...

Another Hickory Huck perfection...

So, my husband made another gorgeous roast that I have to share.  This beautiful pork roast is covered with apple slices.  It made the whole house smell like Christmas when it was in the oven.  We had Joe's Mom & Dad, his brother Jason, our nieces and cousin Melanie with us for this for this dinner the other night.  The evening was topped off by the Angels winning in Boston.  Too bad they lost the next night and they're out for the season.  At least we had one great dinner to go along with their last win of the season...

Happy Birthday Jeedee

We celebrated Jordan's 19th Birthday with another fabulous round of carne asada care of Joe.  The food was great and the day was going along smoothly until I broke Jordan's super nice camera by dropping it.  Guess I'll be heading over to the Cannon repair center next week...

We spent the day with most of our family.  One side of the family was not able to be here, since they now have a dog they need to stay home with.  Hi Jess, we missed you guys!  Jordan's starting off her new year with a sassy new hair do.  Check it out in the pics below.  

Until next time...