Birth Announcements

I got Joshua's birth announcements in the mail today! Now to get the addresses for all my relatives so I can mail them out!

Here's what they look like:

Spooky Kooky Keller Kastle

We went up to Keller's annual park Halloween event, Spooky Kooky Keller Kastle, for the third year in a row. Yep, that's us with some friends on the event page (Jacob is the Texas Ranger on the left and I'm the Rangers fan on the right).  This event gets more and more packed every year! We still had so much fun. They had Trick-or-Treating in the castle playground and a huge bounce house. New this year, and a great idea, was having people get stamps from visiting each of the vendors and turning in the cards full of stamps to get a prize. You should have seen the lines to check out the vendors!! They also had face painting and a craft table where you could make a ghost out of a paper plate, some construction paper, and streamers. There were a bunch of carnival games, as well. Afterwards, they had a "Mad Science" presentation, where the kids got to learn all about dry ice! Did you know that dry ice can turn sodium hydroxide (a base) into carbonic acid? She also showed the kids Sodium Polyacrylate, which is the absorbent chemical in disposable diapers.

Boo at the Zoo FAIL

We went to Boo at the Zoo today. We were having a great time, they had tons of fun stuff to do. Jacob was having a blast playing the games and chatting with the clowns when there was a monsoon! We were doing fine since we were in these giant tents. Then, apparently one of the higher ups made the decision that the tents weren't safe and everyone had to evacuate...into the torrential downpour! So I tell Jacob to get in the wagon (it has a canopy) and I have Joshua in the Ergo Sport with the hood up and we head out into the rain. While I'm in the midst of the crowd leaving, my flip flop decides to break. We start heading towards the entrance and notice that everyone seems to be going inside the MOLA. I get in the line that's going up the ramp since I've got the wagon. Joshua is SCREAMING at this point, because the rain has soaked through the polyester blend carrier. We finally get to the doors and people are coming up the stairs and CUTTING ME OFF. Hello! I have a screaming baby and you think YOU'RE more important? We finally get inside and I find a place to park the wagon. I took Joshua out of the Ergo and stripped his ghost gown off. Only the top portion seemed to be wet, thank goodness. I wrapped him up in a blanket and he calmed down right away. When the rain cleared up, we headed out. Basically, I had spent $32 for two hours at the zoo and we only saw 4 animals. What a great first trip to the zoo for Joshua, huh?

When can Joshua have a bottle, Mommy?

 Jacob got to feed Joshua for the first time today. He has been asking me to do it, so I pumped a bottle just for him.

*Face palm* of the day

So, as much as I love my five year old, sometimes he says the most ridiculous things. Here is the *face palm* I got today:

Jacob: "Mommy, what are we doing today?"
Me: "We're going to listen to stories around a fire."
Jacob: "What's that?"
Me: "It's where we sit around a campfire and listen to stories."
Jacob: "Are we doing that today?"

Jacob got a new karate belt!

Hard Night

I should have known that the wonderful sleep Joshua granted me on Sunday (two 4 hour stretches!) was too good to be true! Joshua has kept me up most of the night eating then spitting up and peeing on me. I had to leave the bed because it was all wet and found out that Jacob had an accident on our recliner when he fell asleep there Sunday night. Now I get to spend today cleaning various bodily fluids out of both. Ahhh...the joys of motherhood.