Mrs. Lori's Halloween Class

at our Mommy & Me school:

Mrs. Lori as Dorothy in circle time...

(if you look closely, you can see the bear in the far right- he decided he wanted to read on his own)

crazy potluck/snack time with yummy treats...
we paraded through the school campus and the office and tried several times to get a group pic...
and look at Mrs. Lori's bumble dog! (he's a guide puppy in training)

peyton and bear playing...

school is so much fun!

itsy bitsy halloween

wednesday at itsy bisty story time we had a potluck and wear-your-costumes day!

here's the cousins

snow white tay, the apple-peyton that snow white ate, and elmo-bear!

here's what the class looked like:
mama and elmo-bear

bear was a dancin' machine!

happy itsy-bitsy halloween!

Pumpkins at Heritage Park

Our Mommy & Me School had a field trip to the pumpkin patch.

we were trying to get a picture of the cousins while we waited for our tractor ride, but the bear did not want to sit on the haystacks!

mama & auntie and the bear, peyton and tay...

the bear and the baby goats...
the bear searching for the the pumpkin...

here it is!

time to decorate...

tada!

yay for the harvest season!

hmmm what will the bear be for the Harvest Fest this year?! =)

busy sunday!

the day started off bright and early- left the house with the bear before 5:40am

so that we could meet up with some of our little CHOC Walk teammates.

it was fun to be able to "walk" for the childrens hospital through the disneyland parks even though it was super crowded and i had to hold the bear most of the time!

there's our finish line:

since the walk took longer than expected, bear and i missed church. while we were home bear was playing and i was in the kitchen. i thought i heard him saying "truck" and "stuck" several times, but when i finally went to go see what happened he was "stuck!" and of course i couldnt help but run and get the camera!
then after papa came home from church we headed out to a later afternoon bbq with some church friends. they had tons of toys! bear loved the lawnmower and this power wheels car!

we're all exhausted, but so blessed and thankful for a fun day!

spider!

bear had so much fun at school today!

we usually do a craft in the beginning.

today we painted their hands and made a spider!

17 month old bear!

bear turned 17 months old today!

he's a little over 35 1/2 in long

and a light weight- just under 21lbs!

check out the bears spikey new do and his new scooter

(thanks again grandpa dean & grandma mia!

we absolutely love this little bear!

he's so active and is learning so much.

he talks and talks and talks!

thank you Jesus for blessing us with a 17 month old bear!

bear's buzz cut!

if you scroll down and look at the pix below- it's no surprise that the bear hair has been overdue for a cut! instead of me going at it with the scissors again we decided to use papa's clippers and use the longest setting to buzz the bears hair!

tada:

it still need a little trim here and there, especially in the back so as to not have the mullet feel!

and he could use some gel for some spikes, but nonetheless...

he's still one handsome bear!

celebrations!

friday was mama & papa's 4 year wedding anniversary!
well we had planned on hittin the beach area and grabbin some lunch at our fav- Taco Surf
but
sure enough our plans changed....
bear woke up sick =/
so we spent the day indoors
then my mama came by and blessed us with a gift
and then papa's parents came by with another little gift
and to watch the bear so that we could enjoy a nice dinner out
we ended up in dowtown glendora at T. Phillips. yum!
(sorry no pix)

SATURDAY: DAD'S 70th BIRTHDAY SURPRISE!

dad thought the party was on sunday, but boy was he surprised!

and very emotional about it too!

ches- the m.c. asking dad his thoughts...
Elvis performed!

dancing away...

the fam and the cake!

more dancing- mom with some of her brothers and sisters...

mama sneaking into peyton and rossy's pic!

tay really does love the bear!

oh how i wish i caught the final stage of this pic.... the aunties were "freakin" the birthday boy and they got low....

so low that dad fell and everyone, including him, busted up hysterically!

gotta get that pic from the cousins!

here's dad with his H.S. reunion pals...

happy 70th birthday!

oh and to top off the party weekend- i got a cold and im sneezing and stuffed up as i write this=/

bears sunday with grandma, grandpa & auntie...

bear spent the afternoon with the fam...

(a much needed time because mama caught a cold!)

bear LOVES this pine cone that he tosses around with grandpa...

cute bear in the car ride...
they too him to ToysRUs!!!!
and he got a scooter!

and he got to take a ride with ernie and bert!

and play with the trains...

and play at the park and go down the slide with auntie!

bear says thanks for all the fun!

dandelions

recently, grandma sally showed bear the flowers in the grass. she told the bear that he should pick them and give them to mama... and he does! soooo cute!

Showering baby Lawliss...

jason and anne are expecting their first baby!

we can't wait to meet you baby Lawliss!

a workin' mama

recently we've been praying about work-

whether i work more- as in, find a part-time job or somehow sub more

or whether papa should look into something or go back to school, etc...

well, prayers answered... for now!

after an email to the principal at the school i sub and used to work at

a response followed with a possible opportunity to work-

part-time as an aide!!!!

and today after i subbed

i met with the principal

and

it's official!

i will be working part-time as an instructional aide

and with the help of grandma (and auntie/church) to watch the bear!

praise God! =)

skateboardin, talkin bear!

bear really can talk! and really does know his colors SOOO i tried to get him to tell me some crayon colors in the video above! he did good, but he usually does better at just saying what the colors are- either when he picks them up, or when i show him and ask him what color it is, or when i tell him to get me a certain color.. really he does know! =)

and in this video- bear LOVES skateboarding! he loves the little skateboard and he loves the "real" longboard skateboard, but this video is waaaaaay funnier than him on a regular skate! silly bear!

Field trip to the Fair!

Last Friday we went on a field trip to the Fair with our Mommy & Me class!

the Fair was open only to schools/groups so it was a madhouse filled with only kids! ahh!

and it was sooooo hot that we didn't even last till lunch!

the bear and his cousins saw lots of barn animals and went into the little exhibits!

bear LOVED the fireman hat:

trains and cars...

bear got excited when he got to pet the piggies. he poked their ears and their noses!

the little lambs...

the place where all the animals were...

field trips are fun!

nite nite routine

it's so cute to see how much the bear is learning and growing and how much he is remembering.

he remembers how our nite-nite/before bed routine goes.

first brush teeth

then bath

then lotion and pajammies

then prayer time

papa usually sits on the floor with a pillow behind him while he leans on the couch

and the last few nights bear has beat him to his spot

and he goes over there

sits and puts his hands together and says "pray"

we'll keep his attention for o-like a few minutes only

before he decides he wants to look at the pictures in one of his bibles

he's been facinated lately with his bible that has a plush Noah and the ark on the cover.

bear likes to look at the pictures and tries to remember and say the names

lately he's been saying "jonah"

then he usually climbs on/off the couch

jumps off

grabs his paci

makes sure we are behind with his stuffed lion and giraffe

and he runs to his room

hugs and kisses

then nite-nite!

oh what a little blessing!

random bear pix

this is bears little buddy michael! he's one of auntie jessica's friends little boy.

(they all bless us with his hand-me-downs!)

bear loves grandpa!-hugs!!!