Happy Halloween!

We went trick-or-treating. Alex as Thomas the Tank Engine, Ross as Batman. Ross stayed in his stroller and the first lollipop he got went straight in his mouth. Later he bit the wrapper off another lollipop and ate that, then ate pretzels, then had an entire Reese's pb cup in his mouth- foil, wrapper, and all. Then he wanted another lollipop and we took his pumpkin and he threw a fit.

Alex loved everything! He did so much better this year. Last year he was scared of all the scary costumes. This year he said they were fake and "it's just a man in there". He also asked people if they were strangers then told them he can't talk to strangers...yeah, still working on that.

I love the expression I caught. Every type of candy he got, he told the person, "oooh, that's my favorite."

This is how he rolled all night long. Didn't even try to get out. Notice the lollipop in hand!

Shirt from Granny. He wore this under his Batman get-up.

Here are some pictures from my phone.

poo poo

Last night I turned to get something out of the fridge. Ross was sitting behind me in the high chair. He lifted up my shirt and said, "Ew, poo poo".

Camping

First night at Yogi Bear Camp in Robert, LA

Alex's first roasting marshmallows experience

Fishing with daddy!

...and dey awl axed fuh you

We went on down to the Audubon Zoo...

We had a great day on Saturday. The weather wasn't too scalding so we decided to go to the zoo. Alex had a good time.

When we were in the snake/reptile exhibit Patrick took over Alex and I had Ross. Ross was happy as a clam running around in the dark, crowded exhibit. I finally got back over to Patrick to see him sitting on the bench. WHAT!?! I've been chasing around Ross and you're sitting. Then I notice Alex laid out on the bench with his "iPad" (a notebook) and a crayon and he's drawing a snake. How cool is that? Patrick said he saw a snake and just wanted to draw it, so he took his iPad out, sat down, and went to work. After we left there we took a family picture by the Oak and the drawing bug hit Alex again, he just had to draw a tree.


Toward the end all he wanted was Roman Candy (taffy) so we skipped from the Swamp on after and circled back around for the boy's candy.

Aunt Meggie took this fabulous family shot

Aunt Meggie watching the fearless Alex climb like Curious George (which, by the way, happens to be his new favorite show)

"Here's my crayon. I'm going to draw a tree."

My sweet boys!

And this is my favorite!

If I had a superpower....

My super power would be to make all the nasty viruses disappear.

Ross has had diarrhea since Tuesday when he went back to daycare from our week off thanks to Hurricane Isaac. On Tuesday he didn't eat much and he pooped all day long. We thought he was just having some anxiety because Daddy said he screamed when he was dropped off at school. Wednesday he ate but still had diarrhea. Thursday he got really bad diaper rash because of the diarrhea. Friday it was worse. Friday night I got some fabulous stuff called Lantiseptic and put that on it. It looked better Saturday morning. I also picked up some Bag Balm. Now his butt is looking pretty good but all he's had has been diarrhea since Tuesday. I'm also putting culturelle in his food. A daycare worker told me all the kids have diarrhea so I'm figuring it's a virus now.

Sunday morning, Alex says he doesn't feel good and a few minutes later he pukes. Thankfully (and hopefully) it was only one time. Neither boy has fever (phew!).

On another note- and the reason I came to blog this morning- Ross has a new word. Tee-tee means cookie. Yes, our chunky monkey says cookie. This morning, while eating cookies, Sookie (our 12lb. rat terrier) took his cookie. Ross chased her around the house saying not nice (nah-nie).

Hurricane update

On Wednesday night at 6pm, we lost power. We stayed at home that night. In the morning, Debbie had power so we packed up and went over there. We stayed Thursday and Friday.

Earlier in the day we went to the house to see if we had power and we did not. Patrick had to go back to the house tonight and there was power! So Saturday we'll make our way back home.

It was nice to be able to stay with AC but it'll be so nice to get back home.

The boys did pretty good with all the stuff going on. Alex kept asking to go home and he kept asking if the electricity was back.

Granny has made impressionable cinnamon rolls and Alex has asked for 2 days now for "cimanon rolls". We will feast on cimanon rolls tomorrow morning :)

As for the hurricane, we fared so so well compared to other family and friends. I have many friends who have damage. Some friends had flooding but most friends had roof damage and leaking.

Our town is surrounded by rivers, bayous, and a lake. The main part of town by the river had some pretty bad flooding. We drove through today and everyone was pulling furniture, carpet, sheetrock, etc. out of their homes and on the street. Most homes were raised but some were not. Unfortunately that is the price you pay to live close to water. Our home is a few miles from the river and close to the interstate and we had no flooding at all. The street looked absolutely normal. The only abnormalities in our neighborhood was the sweet hum of generators and pine tree branches littering the yards.

Driving through the cities, you can see downed trees and powerlines. It's so scary to realize the power of mother nature.

Hurricane Isaac

Ross's first hurricane. Alex's 2nd or 3rd one.

What started out as a tropical storm, Hurricane Isaac wasn't considered a hurricane until shortly before landfall. It was supposed to be a small storm that went quickly but it turned out to be a real nuisance. I went to bed Tuesday night (8/28) expecting to awake to no power and the storm halfway through. I woke on the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (8/29) to find out that Isaac skirted west along the coastline and didn't really travel north during my 10 hours of slumber. This meant we got to spend extra time indoors because Isaac essentially stalled out.

One of my friends has at least a foot of water in her home :(

Surprisingly we managed to keep power, though we are prepared with a generator. The storm is probably half way through by now so we can still lose power, but I hope we don't.

The boys are behaving quite well since they've been indoors for a full 24 hours. I have a bad headache and the dogs are driving us insane.

Ross has a 100.3 temperature.  He got a rash on his legs Monday after daycare. They put him in another type of diaper and I thought that's what the rash was from. I still hope that's what it's from but now I'm wondering because of the high temp and all.

Here are some pictures from yesterday, before the wind and rain got bad.

This shot is really for the wind effect on the garden flag.

These beasts are in my front yard. I took this while laying in my grass.

I added that straight red line to show where the tree should be. I took this picture across the street in my neighbor's driveway.

Look at those curls!

And we couldn't leave out big brother.  He moved around so much I have very few pictures of him.