Andrew and Autumn Leaves

Water Deer

(David called me on his way home today, and I asked him to talk to Andrew and pretend he was Santa Claus. Andrew really believed he was talking to Santa Claus...his eyes lit up, and he got shy which meant he was a little nervous. They had a great conversation. So, David gets home and I asked Andrew to tell David who called him this afternoon. Here is how it went...)
David: "Who called you this afternoon?"
Andrew: "Santa."
David: "Did you tell him what you wanted for Christmas?"
Andrew: "Yes."
David: "What else did ya'll talk about?"
Andrew: "Santa told me that he liked to ride with his water deer."
(David and I both look at each other...puzzled.)
David: "Sanata likes to ride with his what?"
Andrew: "Santa rides with his WATER DEER!"
David: "Oh!!! You mean he rides with his Rain Deer (Reindeer)!!"
Andrew: "Yeah, that is what I meant."

46 Days to Great Wolf Lodge

46 Days to Vacation at Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City, KS! David, Andrew, and I are going to Great Wolf Lodge to enjoy their indoor water park! We finally found a time to go when the room rates were reasonable. We can't wait. This will be our first vacation in a long time!! I can't wait to see if Andrew's swimming lessons at the YMCA have paid off! Andrew will have his own little kiddie cave in our room with bunk beds and a tv...I posted a picture of it above.

Show and Share ~ Letter "K"

Andrew did not enjoy being taken away from Curious George to take pictures tonight...I did not have much to work with, either. Again, I am without my camera due to David's friends being in town to hunt. As you can sort of see from the photo above, Andrew is taking "K"ing from the movie "Cars." I tried to go into the basement and get one of the wisemen from my nativity scene, but the light and the flashlight were broken...the wisemen weren't kings, but I think at least one of them has on a crown. That would count, right? The letter "K" was not really easy because so many things that sound like "K" start with "C" and vise versa. That is hard to explain to a three year old.

PJs and Trains

Andrew and I had a weekend to ourselves thanks to hunting season, and I thought that we could go and see the new Madagascar movie or go shopping in Wichita or something!! I asked Andrew about three times a day this past weekend, if he wanted to stay at his house or go somewhere (since we really didn't need anything and all I figured I would let him decide...). Well, we were lazy all weekend!! Andrew got in hours and hours with his train set, and I saw at least two lifetime movies...all in our pjs!

Sorry about the poor quality photo...I had to use my cell phone here since David had the camera in anticipation of taking a photo of a record-setting deer.

Cutie Pie

Mom: "Andrew, are you my cutie pie?"
Andrew: "No!"
Mom: "Andrew, are you my cutie pie?"
Andrew: "No!!"
Mom: "Andrew, are you my cutie pie?"
Andrew: "No!!!"
Mom: "Why not?"
Andrew: "Because, I am not pie!"

Show and Share ~ Letter "J"

Andrew will be taking Baby "J"aguar from Go Diego Go and "J"ames from Thomas the Train. We missed photos for letter "H"...Andrew took "H"ippos and we did not have Show and Share last week due to it being Halloween.

You need to take care of...

(Yesterday, I was hanging some clothes in my closet when I heard Andrew messing with things near my jewelry box...)
Mom: "Andrew, what are you doing in there?"
Andrew: "Momma, you need to worry about momma...not Andrew."
Mom: "Andrew, is that what your teacher tells you at school?"
Andrew: "Yes."
Mom: "Well, who is going to worry about Andrew if Momma can't?"
Andrew: "My teacher."

In Case You Are Wondering How to Vote...

The Young's endorse the McCain/Palin ticket!

Halloween

Andrew's class made t-shirts to wear on Halloween day. Here is a picture of him before school on Friday. We took Andrew to trick or treat at the fire station. They gave him a tour and let him get in the fire truck. He also got his own special badge. I also included a picture of him trick or treating at our neighbors house...this was our first stop!