BOO-tiful

You may think our Halloween box exploded all over our front flower bed. I know that I did when I saw all the extra pumpkins and ghosts from our light strings in the shrubs and flowers. I checked to see if they had blown off the light strands around the door and they hadn't. Those were perfectly in tact. But I came to find out the Jessica & Jayson had "decorated" the front yard with all our extras - and isn't it CUTE.

Important Insights From my Three Year Old Lately

"Mom, we didn't go to Disneyland, the zoo, or the beach today. We need to go there."

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Goose: "Mom, why are we stopping?"

Me: "Because the light is red"

Goose: "But I don't want to stop"

Me: "Well you don't get to choose. There are rules for driving. We take turns so we don't crash."

Goose: "Mom, how long???"

Me: "Maybe a minute - not usually very long."

Goose: "No. maybe eighteen. I don't like stopping."

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Me: "It's time to brush your teeth"

Jayson: "No!!! I hate brushing my teeth."

Me: "It doesn't matter. You still need to brush your teeth. Every morning. Every night."

Jayson: "I don't like to. It takes a long time."

Me: "It only takes a couple minutes."

Jayson: "No!!! It takes seven minutes."

Me: "We can brush them for seven minutes if you want. Come now and brush your teeth."

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Upon entering a gated community....

Jayson: "Why are we stopping?"

Me: "I have to enter the code so the gate will open."

Jayson: "How 'bout just crash through it"

"Simple Saturday"

*Type & Print programs for Stake Baptism

*Attend & Give Talk at Stake Baptism

*Arrive Late at Church for "Simple Saturday" (formerly called Super Saturday) Craft Day & assemble two adorable soldiers made out of flower pots

*Manage desk clutter & sign school forms

*Scout out new photo shoot location

*Purchase Sweet Incentives for Smiles & Gift for upcoming Piano Recital

*Wait in line behind the shopper who has a coupon for every item in her cart (none of them would scan)

*Family Photo Shoot - first for the Christmas Card Season

*Clean bathroom

*Grab a bite to eat

*Take Jacob to after hours care to get three stitches

*Review Lesson I need to teach tomorrow

Blue Halloween Fing

We were are target to make it to preschool ON TIME today.

Front door locked.

Car door opened.

Jayson turned to me and asked, "Where's my blue Halloween fing?"

I thought real hard, even with abstract thinking I couldn't conceive what that could be. "I don't know where that could be. Don't really know what it is Goose."

"I can get it quickwee."

His eyes were the richest shade of blue holding the deepest amounts of sincerity. I couldn't refuse him.

Back to the front door, undo the lock, follow him through the entry to the family room to see what he would retrieve.

A navy blue bandana. That was it. His Blue Halloween Thing that he's been carrying around from the Halloween costume box since last night is this silly bandana. He loves it. He accidentally dipped it in his cereal milk this morning. He whipped me with it at family prayers last night. It is cooler than any of his toys in his room.

We made it to preschool. I completely forgot to pack him a snack, but he didn't seem bothered. He had his blue Halloween fing.