Allow me to vent for a second...

To all the mom's that I've secretly scoffed at when your child was having a meltdown in the middle of the grocery store, and I kind of thought to myself that I was better than you...I apologize.

For today, it was my turn...

I decided to take the boys to Chick-fil-A for lunch. (By myself...which was dumb!) The boys sat in their seats & ate, and used good manners, and I was kind of feeling good about myself & how great my kids were. They played in the playground and all was well. After an hour & a half, I am past ready to go, so I give Kirkland a 5 minute warning that we will be leaving soon. (I have found this method to be extremely ineffective as it only starts the whining 5 minutes too soon...why I chose to use it today-I have no idea)

His 5 minutes are up, so I tell him to get his shoes. He absolutely melts down.... He is barely even functioning he is screaming so loud. I am just praying that the playground is sound proof. He is flailing limbs & the whole nine yards. He has crossed over to a crazy place. I try to keep my calm b/c I know all of the moms that are sitting inside are staring at us. I am holding him over my lap trying to get his shoes on, and he keeps kicking them off. Meanwhile, Charlie is taking everything out of my purse & the diaper bag looking for his pacifier. It is finally obvious to me that Kirkland will not be putting his shoes on or walking out, so I pick him up, still wailing & flailing, and then have to stoop to the floor to pick up all of the contents of my purse & bag. This causes Charlie to start crying b/c he doesn't have his pacifier yet, but I just can't find it, so I pick up the bag, my purse & Charlie on my other hip. I kick open the door of the playground, walk past all of the people pretending not to notice our meltdown, and head for the exit. One lady actually asks... "Do you need help?" Um, what gives it away...is it the 2 screaming kids that I'm holding that are trying to get down, or is it my bags that are falling off my shoulders, or the 2 sets of double doors that I will have to kick open in order to get out? Of course, I just smiled & said, "No thank you...I've got it". Because I knew what she was thinking...

Halloween 2009

Kirkland was super excited to get to carve his own pumpkin this year! Charlie was super excited to have a snack while watching!

He was disgusted by the goo inside of the pumpkin...

He lost interest in about 2 minutes, so he played in the back of Geoff's truck while we finished his pumpkin!

Kirkland didn't want to dress up for Halloween this year...at all! I considered "making" him, but wouldn't that kind of take the fun out of it?!? So, we put on a football jersey, and I pretended it was a costume! Poor Charlie was going to be a monkey, but it was too hot out, so he just wore a pumpkin shirt! We'll try this costume thing again next year! This is one of Kirkland's favorite friends from school. She walked around the fall festival with us because her mom was working a booth. We thought it would be fun to get them balloon swords, but it appears that Kirkland had more fun than Skylar! (Look at his face...looks like he is going to actually do some serious damage with that thing!) Kirkland had a great time! Ate entirely too much junk & even threw up after jumping in a bouncy house! This picture is on the way home! Worn out!!

Thomas The Train

I know it's been like several weeks, but here are the pics from when me & my mom took the boys to see Thomas. Words can't describe how happy Kirkland was to see him!