Glue

Lincoln has a notebook that he is using to glue magazine pictures in that start with the letter of the week. It is his main weekly homework assignment and we've been having fun doing it together. Last night he was not in the mood, but Jackson got into it. He decided he should do his own homework and he has been diligently working on it on and off ever since. He is over there dutifully gluing right now. It reminded me that I meant to post about the dangers of teaching your children about glue sticks. A couple of weeks ago Lincoln felt kind of left out that we decorated the house for halloween while he was at school. He decided to add some decorations of his own while I was in the bathtub. He came in asking "where is more glue because the one I was using is all gone." This did not sound good. He had glued orange paper to the fireplace using great big thick chunks of glue stick. Oh boy. We had yet another little lesson on where glue can and cannot go and what better tools we might use to decorate the house.

Happy Birthday Jeff!

I am no good at keeping a surprise. Nearly every time I get Jeff something that I'm excited to give him I end up telling him about it or he finds out some way. This year was no different. I didn't get him anything big for his birthday, but he also had no surprises - even the gift we brought in the car to the birthday dinner was a spoiled surprise long before we arrived at the restaurant!

Two days before his birthday he needed a lighter for the pumpkin candles on the front porch. Rather than see him suffer through trying to get down in there with matches I pulled out one of his gifts - a pack of lighters with long bendy ends. Something small, but practical and perfect for my pyro guy.

The next day he came in and told me "thanks for the new socks!" Huh? Where did he get those? They were all hidden away. They boys had to take them out of the hiding spot to hide some of their Halloween candy and gave them to him just to get them out of the way.
One gift left. I kept telling the boys all the way to his office as we drove to pick him up that this last gift was a surprise and to let him find out what it was when he opened the wrapping paper. As soon as he got in the car Jackson said, "Dad! We got you a popcorn machine!" Jeff turned up the music really loud when he heard, "we got you..." but they just kept saying it louder and louder. They're as good at keeping a secret as I am. Must be genetic.

We had a lovely time at a hole in the wall Thai restaurant with both sets of our parents and Joe and Tosha. We were the only people there (until one man showed up toward the end) and they gave us a lot of attention. The lady was listening to everything we said and kept bringing out more food according to what she thought we wanted. Tosha was trying to get Lincoln to sit back in his spot by saying, "are there any more spring rolls?" The lady heard it and brought out a whole new batch. So funny. I brought a pan of pumpkin brownies for our dessert (which I think are even better today - not that I've had any yet LOL), but she also brought out a plate of cookies, a plate of chocolates and a plate of fortune cookies.

Hope you had a happy one babe!