Sunday, October 30, 2011

Halloween things and such

Thursday Ford had his Halloween party at school.  Since I couldn’t go I was the “annoying” mom who sent her camera and asked the teacher if she would take some pictures for me.  I’m so glad she did!!!






 
It looks like he had a big time.
 
Last night we went to a Halloween party (kid style) in Olive Branch.  It was a costume party, but since Ford’s costume is fragile he didn’t get to wear his in the bouncy house.


 
Ford loves his Pops.  They share a special bond of tractor riding.  We took Ford’s tractor out to Puddin and Pop’s house tonight so Ford could help mow. 

 
We did the traditional Lamar family pumpkin carving tonight.  We kind of waited until the last minute because Fancy, Trey, has been gone to game #6 and #7 of the World Series in St. Louis.  I have recently named him Fancy since he has been traveling so much on elk hunts to Wyoming and now to the World Series.  I think I deserve a big Christmas?????!!!!!!!


 
Ford wanted to draw a face on a pumpkin too.
 
The finished product!

Halloween 2009
 
Halloween 2010  
 
Halloween 2011

 
Attempt at a family picture  

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Where going momma?

I am probably one of the most scheduled and uptight people that God made.   On Sundays I like to get up over 2 hours (sometimes 3) before church so we can leisurely get ready and enjoy our morning.  Sunday school starts at 9:45 which to Trey means he can get in the shower at 9:30 (this is Mayberry…nothing is more than 2 blocks away).  With that being said, Ford and I are always ready for church before Trey showers.  We took some pictures of an outfit Gran found for Ford and I had monogrammed. 
Yep, there are those initials that confuse everyone…. Where’s the “F”??????  
 
On Monday we took Ford to Trey old stomping grounds, Magnolia Heights, to their fall festival.  Trey loves Magnolia Heights (his old school) and I kid him about being the alumni of the century.  I haven’t been back to my high school since I left 10 years ago.
Ford had a large time playing all the games.  He didn’t actually get the concept of you have to stand “behind” the line and throw the beanbag through the hole.  He got frustrated and walked up there and tossed it in.  He still got a prize.

 
Putt Putt Golf was a big hit!!!
 
Ford couldn’t understand why it kept shooting his ball back out so he had to get down close and personal and examine this machine.   
 
And yet he got another prize….    
 
He wasn’t into the bowling quite as much as the other games.  He had his sights set on bigger things….     
 
Like the bouncy slide and…….     
 
The bouncy house     
 
We’ve had Red Ribbon (Drug Awareness/Prevention) week at school.   Each day is themed (yes, this school LOVES to dress up) and I have been participating.  Yesterday was career day.  I told Ruth, Lucy’s sister, and my ex-trainer’s daughter, to dress like me.  The attire consisted of light khaki pants, a pink shirt, and a blue jean jacket.    Ruth even managed to put her hair in a ponytail and wrap hair around the rubber band just like I do.  I was so proud!!
 
Today I took Ford to get a flu shot.  On the way to Memphis he kept saying, “Where going momma?”  I would just say we are going to Memphis.  When we got to the doctor’s office he figured out where we were and said “Am I sick momma?”   I told him he was not sick.  I refused to sit in the waiting room and get contaminated with all those germs so we waited in the lobby and Ford was so well behaved…. Can you tell?


 Forty-five minutes later we were called back to a room. Ford was ecstatic our room had a fire truck. He kept yelling “Vvvvvrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooommmm.” I left the door open in hopes that his stellar behavior would hurry the ladies along. When the nurse came in Ford said, “What her doing in here momma?” Then I was told to make him lie down and hold his hands. You could sense the fear in his eyes when I pulled those pants down. Bless his little heart because he said “Don’t let her hurt me momma.” Oh and she did. He was MAD and yelling. The sweet tarts didn’t even help as much as I thought they would. We ran by Target and found some junk at the “Dollar Spot” which calmed him down a bit and then had supper with BoomPa.


We sure are looking forward to Halloween and wearing that tractor that I have had to hide on top of my china cabinet. 
Tomorrow is Ford’s Halloween party at school….  He is pumped…I wish I could go =(   

Saturday, October 22, 2011

What he loves

Trey asked me if we would go with him to the Ole Miss vs. Arkansas game.  I kindly turned him down since I had a lot of laundry to do along with finalizing Ford’s Halloween costume.  As I said before, when I looked for costumes nothing really screamed “Ford” to me so I opted for making him a costume.  What does Ford love?????....  tractors of course.  So what will Ford be for Halloween?  A tractor!!!
All the teachers at school agreed he should be a tractor as well.  One teacher found a picture of a tractor color sheet online and I printed it out.  I had the color sheet made into an overhead transparency and I traced the tractor onto foam filled project board.

 
I then stole my recycle box from school and Puddin cut a hole in the top for Ford to fit through.
 
I spray painted the box green.
I used a box cutter which was risky (I might cut myself) and cut out 2 tractors, 4 wheels, and 2 headlights.
 
Puddin painted on the tires and stripes on the tractor.

 
And here is the final product…..
 
I printed the sticker off the computer



And maybe, just maybe, Ford will wear this on Halloween!!!!!

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