Halloween Party

Some pictures we got at the Ward Halloween Party. Asher had fun with all the other kiddos and loved the haunted house. It was a great Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

melts my heart

I put a bunch of pictures of Sheldon and Asher together in a photo album book thing for Asher to look at. He's obsessed with it and spends literally five minutes at a time looking at it (which is a LONG time for this busy boy). It melts my heart and he always points at Sheldon and smiles. It's pretty darn cute and yes I am a sap and miss my husband.

He still won't say mommy or daddy on command even though I know he knows how to. BUT he will call the dog by her first name on a regular basis. He even asks for her first thing when I get him up in the morning. Little stink pot. ;)

making friends?

So, Asher doesn't quite know about personal space just yet. This was clear today in church when he kept trying to hug another 1 year old boy (who he'd never met before in his life). Things turned interesting when a 1 year old GIRL joined us in the foyer. Asher quickly decided to try hugging her instead. Then the other boy got jealous and tried to go for the girl as well. It was hilarious to watch them both go for the same innocent and bewildered girl. The boys were totally pushing each other out of the way. But luckily after some coaxing from me Asher backed off. (Luckily I can still get his attention with cheerios and juice.) It made me think, 'I wonder if when he's a teenager I will still be able to distract him from girls by giving him food.'

Randomness

Just some pictures I've taken lately...

Asher kissing his reflection in the window.

Playing in the yard with his new obsession: the tennis ball.

Getting his hair cut. What? Is it wrong that I engulf him in a large plastic trash bag so as to make clean up easier? It works wonderfully b/c not only does it catch the hair, it traps his arms so he can't grab the scissors.

His other newest obsession: pointing. He points at me, food, the dog, random furniture... you get the idea. He also refuses to wear a bib and can take off any bib I put on him (even the ones that go over his head like a shirt). He is seriously a little Hudini. Whatever. I once heard this definition- Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it. SO TRUE and my boy is only 1 year old.

So this picture has nothing to do with Asher. I LOVE COTTON CANDY! The local elementary school had a walk-a-thon and I went for one purpose... I knew they would have cotton candy. So, I bought some of course. Big, beautiful, pink, fluffy cotton candy. I decided to save it for later that evenning after I had dinner. When I went to eat it later it looked like it does in the picture above. The fluffiness had somehow condensed into a shriveled up chunk of sugar. Talk about LAME. I think it must have been the moisture in the kitchen?? I have no idea why it happened but lesson learned: When you buy cotton candy EAT IT IMMEDIATELY. I thought it was hilarious b/c I was truly shocked when I saw it all shriveled up. Don't worry I still ate it. It wasn't the same, but not bad. It just tasted like very dense cotton candy.

Fun in the Sun

What can I say, the kid LOVES playing in the water. It was 100 degrees today so we took advantage of Grandma's sweet inflatible fire truck. The reason he is always wearing a life jacket is that he has a habit of just jumping into the pool.

Spoiled, but not rotten

Livin it up in CA.

Asher loves Grandma and Grandpa's dog Katie. So much so that he often climbs atop her bed just to be close to her. I won't lie, I used to hate Katie (I'm not a dog person) but seeing how much Asher loves her has softened my heart... a little.

Grandma lets Asher play with her old broken down laptop and he is in HEAVEN. (The kid LOVES laptops.)

And of course Asher loves taking advantage of the pool in the backyard and playing with all his cousins. At first he objected to the pink life vest but we wore him down. (It's the only one that fits him and the kid has no fear and will just jump in the pool at any moment.)

He walked all around with his pink life jacket and green goggles. It was hilarious.

We are enjoying the last of the warm weather here in CA. Still haven't heard anything from Sheldon so we are keeping ourselves busy with fun activities.