out of the mouth of babes...

or just my babe, who called me babe this morning while I was getting ready for church. I said, "where is dad when you need him" (to help me choose black or brown tights and shoes to go with my outfit, (yes he helps me with those things when I can't make a decision on my own) so I asked Armani, "should I do black or brown?" and he being his stinking cute self said, "I like those babe. You look cute babe." He is just like his father in so many ways.

I have been thinking about my blog, and I am going to add some structure to it, sort of. Certain days will be dedicated to certain things, for instance on the 19th - or around about that date - i will post all about my little man, he was born on the 19th. He grows and learns and changes so much each month, little phrases he says come and go in a month and I want to try to remember as many as I can. I know it isn't the 19th, but I am trying to do some catching up, I haven't posted in a while.

If you don't like Armani then don't read on, but I don't know a single soul who has met him and does not like him, he is a charmer!

INTERVIEW OF FAVORITES

last month / this month

FAVORTIE FOOD:
hot cocoa (he was drinking it at the moment) / donuts (also eating when I asked)

FAVORITE CANDY:
"corn candies" / "mm's" and "kip caps" aka...kit kats

FAVORITE WORD:
"I don't know. What word?" / "ummm, my favorite word is milk" (it was on the table)
-This reminded me of BRICK, "i love lamp"

FAVORITE TOY:
box / tractors

FAVORITE BLANKET:
"my oder (other) one" / "my other one"
-he can now say other correctly, and that is just what he calls his blue blanket...

FAVORITE MOVIE:
"builder bob and nemo" / "lightning.... um chicken middle"
-i don't know where lightning came from??

FAVORITE DAY:
"I don't know." / "um my favorite day is, um, a new day, that's my day."
-in chicken little he says, "today is a new day"

FAVORITE PLACE:
"the chef place" upon saying this he looked as though he reminded himself of this place because he then said "I want to go to the Chef place, lets go!" / "Tepanyaki, the chef does fire and then he tosses the shrimp"
-he now knows the name of the chef place and asks to go there daily.

I added these questions this month...

FAVORITE SHOW:
"the train one, all aboard the train, lets watch that"

FAVORITE UNCLE:
"stefo, he plays with me all day"

FAVORITE AUNT:
"um, aunt jeanie... oh, MEGAN is and Stefo is my favorite aunt too!"

-Aunt, Uncle, Grandma and Grandpa, etc... are a little hard for him to remember which gender they belong to, sorry Stefano!

He is a little A.D.D. one thing reminds him of something and then that reminds him of something else, and so on.

As of late he is obsessed with taking PHOTOS. He uses the word PHOTOS, he is great! I enhanced these a TINY TINY bit, they are pretty cool shots!

If you can't tell, I love my little boy. I was always told by my mother that I wouldn't know how much she loved me till I had my own and now I know.
Now back to being a mom, I need to go awake him from his afternoon slumber...but stay tuned, I still need to post about my delightful birthday and my front room Make Over!


TAGGED

I was tagged, as it is called, by my delightful friend Jessie. Here is the TAG..
List 6 quirky habits that you have...
tag 6 quirky friends & link the person who tagged you.
So when it says link the person who tagged me... what does that mean???
Anyway, here it goes

#1
I always have gum in my mouth. I don't chew it. I suck on it. My chin does a funny thing, I will see pictures of me and I can tell that I am sucking on my gum.

#2
I have a habit of taking self portraits. The funny thing is, the uglier I can make myself look, the funnier I think it is. This is a weird habit that runs true amongst my sisters.

#3
I don't know that it is a habit, but it may differ from other women of my age. I dream about the day that I can garden ALL day long. I even like just watering my garden or hosing off the sidewalk. I grew tomatoes for the first time this year and they were the best I have EVER tasted. (I am not the only person who thought so!)
I dream about landscaping and what my yard and garden will be like someday.

#4
I must brush my teeth at least 4 times daily. If I am somewhere and I think about it, and I can't, I start to feel uneasy.

#5
For some reason, at night, right before I go to sleep I feel like I have to clear my throat. I have to like sit up and cough and it is always a big ordeal. It is really annoying, because it is really RIGHT when I am closing my eyes, Giovanni and I are done talking, and then I get this itch in my throat...

#6
I feel like I am growing a mullet as soon as my hair on my neck line starts to get a little bit "long". I don't think I will ever be able to grow my hair out.

So I tag,
Beka, Breanna (this means you have to start a blog!), Lindsey, Traci M., Nicole C., and...um...I have expended all my resourses, anyone else that might read my blog has already been tagged with this tag.
Lood at me tagging someone who doesn't even have a blog.
Sad.

So, I know way past the holiday of TRICKS and TREATS
but for journal-ing purposes
(my sister-in-law tells me I can get a bound book at the end of the year of my posts...)
I will share the last bit of our Halloween holiday
and then move on to bigger and better things.
We had a SPOOKTASTIC dinner.
Someday Armani will get more excited about it,
but I really do it because I like to.

This was the appetizer sampler.


This is the dinner menu. I won't tell you what is really was,
I will just let your imaginations wonder...


We had dessert too, Witch hats with frozen cow milk. Yummy!

Alright.
I am done now.
That is the END of Halloween until next year!

"HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!"

This is what Armani says whenever he sees anything Halloween.

We had fun. The plan was for Armani to be a tooth, me a tooth fairy and giovanni a dentist. Come the 31st I had no costumes and Armani did not want to be a tooth anymore. Gabrielle went along with me to the costume store, something you should not do the day of. I would rather dress up than not, so Armani was Superman, he found a superman trick-or-treat bucket and had to have it and the night before my neighbor brought me over her little boys Superman costume! I was a pig in a 4XL pink tee and giovanni was a redneck.

My handsome little black-haired Superman, he just woke up so he is a little dazed.


The TRIO.


Armani did the Rock Canyon school Halloween parade with Grandma Ju-ju-bee. They were "NEARDS".


At Trunck-or-treat we saw LeeAnna and Chris and Jane. I was trying to get Armani to give Jane a little smooch, she was playing hard to get! Maybe Armani's manly muscles made her a little nervous, or his stunning blue eyes...

Close but not quite.


A hand on her back was as far as he got.


To sum up the day, we had loads of sugar. Provo Bakery donuts, glazed PLUS chocolate frosting, absolutely delicious. Candy, candy and some more candy, in fact new candy I had never tried, Reeses crunch stick things - tasty little things. Breanna's sugar cookies, about three. Some more donuts just because they were there. And more candy.



Happy Halloween!

Activities of Halloween

So Halloween does not top my list of favorite holidays, is does however kick off the holiday season, which is my favorite. I consider November 1st through December 25th a great big holiday. Birthdays, including MINE, Thanksgiving, Holiday Parties, Driving around to see the lights, Christmas shopping, Christmas Eve festivities and of course, Christmas Day. All of this excitement and anticipation tends to leave me slightly depressed on the 26th. Anyway I am going to make the most of this season, and it got a great start with a fun Halloween.

We went to Cornbellys, or is it Cornbellies, I'm not sure, at Thanksgiving Point, it was my first time, I had no idea how much went into that place. Armani had a great time and he found his way to a carriage with some women, he told me he was just having a rest, as he ate some of the lady's popcorn...oh that child!

Armani MILKING a cow. Armani with a CHEESY smile.


Here are Jessica and Chelsea having a good old TETHER BALL match, the activity of choice in elementary school! I'm not some who won...?



We also we to Gardner's Village. It was fun and very Halloweenish. Armani LOVED the tractor rode with the Witch. She really got into her character, I was impressed. Surprise, surprise, Armani would not look at me for the picture when I really needed him to, it always seems to happen that way.