Make it stop!!!!!

This picture is from this afternoon....I think Buddy must have gotten too many birthday pinches to grow inches! Thank goodness my birthday is coming up so maybe I'll get a pinch to grow another inch so I can be taller than the boy again!!!!

 Also, for Buddy's birthday, he got the  Exploding Kittens expansion pack (aptly named Imploding Kittens)....it comes with a Cone of Shame that I was excited to put on Buddy......

Sometimes things just don't turn out like you want them to........So all in all a super fantastic, seriously, could the boys at least have pretended to be bad at the game so they could wear the cone at least for a minute, day!

Discoveries....

 So there are a few things that we've discovered lately that we absolutely love. First on the list, the Glenn Miller Band box set of records that my parents sent Buddy for his birthday. Buddy has been playing the records pretty much nonstop these days. I even convinced him to dance a few songs with me.....now to convince him to take some swing dance classes with me so I can have a portable dance partner with me wherever I go! 

 Another discovery....which really isn't a discovery, we've known it all along....but we love our Tinker Crates!!!! This is the latest one, a water wheel.....

Lastly, our newest discovery, is actually the newest thing of them all. Last week there was a community build to rebuild one of the local playgrounds.  This past Friday,  after I picked up Buddy from school, we went to go check out the fruits of our labor...

Trust me there is a ton more to this park, but from the overwhelming pileon on the merry-go-round, this is the WINNER of the park! Somehow Buddy was convinced he was one of the strongest of the group and basically pushed the whole time....which from an outsider's point of view is hilarious. I watched his BFF (gray shirt and backwards had) never push while Buddy was running his little heart out! Thank goodness for life lessons....Tyler is a year ahead of Buddy, so maybe that's why he's so wise!!!! Hahahaha!!! Ah, all that running is good for the boy, plus he's kind of weird and likes pushing and doing things for others and not truly participating (kind of like his birthday party that he supervised instead of joining in). So all in all a super fantastic, discovered a lot including that Buddy might possibly be weird, day!

This is Halloween.....

Yesterday was Halloween, one of my favorite Holidays.....followed closely by my birthday (which is totally a holiday in my mind) and Christmas. Buddy had been planning on being Pepe le pew to fit into our Looney Tunes theme we had going on this year...

That is, until he found this....

Then he wanted nothing to do with Pepe le pew.....In his defense, he did say he would wear the Pepe costume if I wanted him too....but who can refuse a kid being kidnapped by aliens? He wore it to school and of course won best costume. Then we high tailed it to his BFF's house where they throw a  Halloween themed potluck every year. I swear when we first moved here it was just us and them, now it's a serious party....

And that's not everyone, because....gasp....not all the adults dressed up!!!! I'm not sure how that even happens? Anyway,  I decided to  wear my roller skates to complete my ensemble.....If only I knew how to stop on my skates, my costume would've been awesome! Oh well, nothing a few calling cards can't handle...

So all in all a super fantastic, totally had a blast....

even if we were abducted by aliens, day! 

THIRTEEN!!!!!

 This sweet boy turns thirteen today. Be prepared for an onslaught of super gushy love about my boy. If that's not your thing, then you better go find another blog to read immediately. This year Buddy decided that he didn't want a party, instead he wanted to take a select group friends and take a boat tour to Captain Cook. Last Friday, I asked him if he was sure of his decision, since it would be the first time in his entire history of not having a huge birthday blowout! Turns out, he wanted a party afterall AND to still take a few friends to Captain Cook! If you have ever met me, you know that for my Booger Boo Bear I will make it happen. So, last Friday night, after he told me he wanted a party, I texted some of the mom's of his friends about our impending plans since Halloween time is notoriously busy and I wanted to see if anyone could even make it. 8 moms immediately responded affirmative, so party on!  We talked about what kind of party to have, since, you know, he's a teenager and all now, it had to be cool. We thought about playing fugitive (where the kids get from point A to point B without being seen) but the Nervous Nelly mom could only think of kids getting lost, stolen or hit by a car, so I then threw out the idea of an Escape Room. Buddy immediately agreed.......then he asked what one was! I've only heard of them, never actually seen one in real life, but it sounded cool enough. If you've never heard of them, basically you get locked in a room and have to solve puzzles and clues in order to unlock the door and escape. We decided a zombie theme to our room, because zombies are totally in this season! We put the kids into two teams and had them compete against each other, complete with trophies....

Thank goodness for Shane and his 3-D printer, definitely put this last minute party OVER THE TOP! Of course, when it was all said and done, all the kids wanted a #2 party prize....so Shane is currently working on printing #2's for the winners too! He's a good one, that Shane! Anyway, back to the party, last Saturday the family went garage sale hunting and picked up a bunch of junk to use for the party and then yesterday, Buddy and I competed in a mud run with some of our friends....

Then we hurried home and showered for like 3 hours ( I think he still might be dirty) and started putting together our rooms. Buddy made a movie recording of himself all bloodied up telling the party goers that the zombies were coming and the only way to survive was to 1) get guns and ammo (nerf of course), 2) find and cook the pizza (because zombies get distracted by pizza, and 3) escape through the garage killing any zombies on their way. Buddy also left the first clue in his video message that he couldn't remember where he put the key to get out, but he was doing laundry so they might want to start there....Thank goodness for the mud run in the morning, it provided some quite disgusting laundry for the kids to muddle (get it?) through....even though the next clue was in the dryer nice and safe sound hidden inside a balloon. Then they had to complete a ton of clues and code cracking including deciphering a pigpen code, making an actual phone call on a landline using a phone directory and using a blacklight flashlight to find a glowing clue!

We put in lots of distractions, which was great....and very distracting. We had camera monitors set up everywhere and the kids had a walkie talkie so they could ask for hints (for a time penalty) so we could watch from command central! IT WAS AWESOME! The kids had a blast (at least that's what they told me) and Buddy has thanked me multiple times for the party....even though he didn't compete since he was on the creative team. In other news, we've made our Christmas cards....which means that December 1st can't get here fast enough so I can send out my cards without looking like a complete and total freak....

Just a partial freak, and I'm good with that! So all in all a super fantastic, I have a teenager on my hands, day!

Not needed.....

Buddy cut, scraped and designed his own pumpkin this year......

At least he still needed me to pay for it? Yeah, I'm not thinking my part was super exciting either. The teeth glow in the dark....and if you haven't noticed, he has a thing for glow in the dark! He's been playing with it all day long! Now I'm debating if I want to give him nightmares by pranking him with the aforementioned glow in the dark pumpkin while he sleeps???? So all in all a super fantastic, I think that pumpkin would look good on someone's head, day!

Washed up....

Boys are weird....

That is all....So all in all super fantastic, the boys were pretending they were sea turtles in the above picture, day!

Sleeping with the fishes.....

I took Buddy to Kona today so he could spend some of the money he's saved that's been burning a hole in his pocket! He wanted to go to the Halloween store and buy some scary decorations for his room....or should I say his play room! He ended up with this instead....

That would be 3 live glow in the dark fish! I think it was a smart purchase compared to the scary movie projector he had had his eye on! Although, it may be a toss up considering our history with creatures! So all in all a super fantastic, hope these fish don't go to sleep for a really, really long time, day!