The force is strong with the young one....

Buddy begged to be able to wear his costume to school this morning. He initially wanted to walk to school while playing his "theme" song that I downloaded this morning. Then,  he decided that his cape would wave impressively if he rode his scooter instead! Too bad I'm a horrible mother and decided that he shouldn't wear his costumes for innumerable reasons, one being that it's totally against school rules. Ha, who am I kidding, I'm a total pushover....

I did make him take his costume off before crossing onto school property....cause I'm a rule follower that way. In other news, Buddy may be marching in a parade on Saturday and he is more than excited. Now I'm off to go cuddle with the dark side. So all in all a super fantastic, impressively flapping our capes, day!

Theme songs?

This sweet little thing asked me to make a recording of his theme song so he could play it while he was walking down the halls during school.....

Of course he was dressed like this when he asked.....

So the theme song that he hummed made me a little less afraid and a lot more sense.....Seriously, how awesome is he for only being 8 and  already selecting a theme song! I think if I picked a theme song when I was 8 it would have had something to do with Miss Piggy in it! Miss Piggy seems to pale greatly in comparison to Darth Vader's notorious walking tune! In other news, Buddy's going to be Darth Vader for Halloween....I know, big surprise with him in the costume and all. He's very committed to his role, he's even shaving his head so I can put makeup and fake scars on his head so he can look like the jacked up Darth under the mask! Of course he wants to play his "theme music" while he walks so everyone can get the full effect! Next thing you know, I'll turn into one of those ridiculous mothers that make a Tie Fighter out of cardboard just for Halloween....

Errrr, what was I talking about? In other more awesome, less Halloween news, our friend Alan took this picture of my boy in  Kauai.....

It's making me seriously consider hiring a professional photographer to capture the rest of my ENTIRE LIFE on film.....I'm sure I could get a reasonable rate, plus seriously how awesome would it be if all of the photos of your day to day were by a professional! I'm thinking Photoshop, lighting and angles could really be my friend. Hmmm, I'll have to go over the family budget in the morning! So all in all a super fantastic, thinking of a better theme song, day!

Back to the grind....

The last few nights I've gone to bed at 8:30 like a preschooler, because honestly, I am just that tired! Here are my updates for the last few days that I've been attempting to get my beauty sleep.....(FYI-I still look exactly the same and I'm demanding a refund from the coiner of that phrase)! Anyway, here goes.....Sunday at the butt-crack of dawn we took a helicopter ride over Kauai.....

It was breathtakingly gorgeous....

But truthfully, I was so tired that I would have rather been sleeping......back to that again!  I think there may be a theme going on here!!!!!  We left Kauai Sunday evening and found part of Buddy's Halloween costume in our mailbox. Just so you know Buddy isn't natural....

Well, as far as the color named  on the box is concerned anyway. But then again Buddy being unnatural isn't anything new, is it? As far as the latest news goes, something keeps circling me while I'm in the bathroom trying to do my business. I would squish it, but it's way too cute!

So all in all a super fantastic, going to sleep, day!

Trophy wife?

Shane decided to book us into a ridiculously overpriced resort for our vacation (trust me, I am not complaining, just laying down the facts). Anyway, while we've been staying here we have noticed quite a number of, ummmm, well, "trophy wives". Shane asked me if I'd bee his trophy wife for our stay here....

I'm pretty certain that I have ascertained awesome "trophy wife" status with my " trophy wife" lady like behavior! In other news, we went on a hike that included a rope ladder to get to the beach (awesome)....

Buddy took his boogie board for a walk....

Then he decided it might be funner if he took his dad for a walk (swim) instead.....

After we got sand stuck in every orifice possible to last for a month, we decided we should take a bath.....with a bunch of strangers......in our bathing suits.....

After our awkward bath, we decided to love on each other.....

We almost have that perfected, but I think we may need to practice more, especially before the teenage years set in! Lastly, we went to a pier to take pictures with Shane....

I told Shane to make a goofy face.....I think he's failed miserably!!!!! Thank goodness we have one of these at home to give him some pointers....

Or at least show him how to use his pointer fingers! Then I told Buddy to go jump in a lake!

We couldn't find a lake, so I guess a boring old ocean will have to do! Tomorrow we're going on a helicopter ride. Is it wrong that I could really care less about going on a helicopter ride? Although, now that I have my "trophy wife" status, the hulabaloo has gotten to my head and I just find everything extremely mundane (truth is I have to wake up way too early for the flight and I'd rather sleep in, but that's just me!). So all in all a super fantastic, vying for trophy wife of the year, day! 

Mothers!!!!!!!

So what do you do when your son starts grumping during a vacation? You bust out your awesome mama moves and have an impromptu photo shoot....

Duh! Mission accomplished! Not sure which mission I was accomplishing, but I assure you it was thouroughly accomplished! So all in all a super fantastic, raining since we landed on Kauai and ruining my dreams on nonstop lounging by the pool, day!!!!!!

Best laid plans....

A crown from Shane's tooth fell out last week, and he's yet to get it re-cemented in. So, in honor of Shane getting  one step closer to old age, we made him a meal he could gum to death.....

Yeah, he had a meeting after work so Buddy and I were left gumming the meal like 80 year old men! Not too bad, I'm looking forward to my old age.....especially if it means we get to gum away at chocolate pudding every night....

In other news, we're going on an airplane ride tomorrow to Kauai.  Hopefully our plane has a little more leg room than this....

 So all in all a super fantastic, seriously soft, day!

Alec...

Did you know that Buddy started out with a completely different name than the one that ended up on his birth certificate? After today,  I'm thinking of going back to my original plans....or perhaps a new nickname....

Alec.....Smart Alec, that is! Today during soccer practice I told him to put his listening ears on, this is his response! FYI-it really didn't help! So all in all a super fantastic, smart Alec, day!