Sheldon's BMT Graduation/Trip to San Antonio

The pictures are in a funky order, but I am way too tired to deal with Blogger's quirks right now. Basically, we just got back from visiting Sheldon in Texas and attending his BMT graduation. Here are some moments we captured on the camera:

The Alamo

Asher next to some HUMUNGOUS animals that are fake but made to look real (why?) and are in the lobby of a diner. I don't know... I'm not from Texas.

Yee haa!

The graduation ceremony

Playing with Daddy

Petting the dolphins at Sea World

It was good to see Sheldon. I am SO proud of him! (And SOOOO glad Basic Training is over!) We had a great time with him and look forward to seeing him again in December for Christmas.

Riddle Me This...

Asher was SHRIEKING all through church but as soon as I put him in his carseat to go home he was silent and smiling like a little angel for 10 minutes straight. What the???



And now I am going to brag: Today was the first time I made a loaf of bread that actually turned out good! (I guess that's not really anything to brag about seeing as how I just admitted that I SUCK at making bread.) But, I was very happy about it because it is a goal of mine to master the art of homemade bread. I can tell Asher is excited about it too. He is baring his teeth in anticipation of biting into it.

Halloween Party

Some pictures we got at the Ward Halloween Party. Asher had fun with all the other kiddos and loved the haunted house. It was a great Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

melts my heart

I put a bunch of pictures of Sheldon and Asher together in a photo album book thing for Asher to look at. He's obsessed with it and spends literally five minutes at a time looking at it (which is a LONG time for this busy boy). It melts my heart and he always points at Sheldon and smiles. It's pretty darn cute and yes I am a sap and miss my husband.

He still won't say mommy or daddy on command even though I know he knows how to. BUT he will call the dog by her first name on a regular basis. He even asks for her first thing when I get him up in the morning. Little stink pot. ;)

making friends?

So, Asher doesn't quite know about personal space just yet. This was clear today in church when he kept trying to hug another 1 year old boy (who he'd never met before in his life). Things turned interesting when a 1 year old GIRL joined us in the foyer. Asher quickly decided to try hugging her instead. Then the other boy got jealous and tried to go for the girl as well. It was hilarious to watch them both go for the same innocent and bewildered girl. The boys were totally pushing each other out of the way. But luckily after some coaxing from me Asher backed off. (Luckily I can still get his attention with cheerios and juice.) It made me think, 'I wonder if when he's a teenager I will still be able to distract him from girls by giving him food.'

Randomness

Just some pictures I've taken lately...

Asher kissing his reflection in the window.

Playing in the yard with his new obsession: the tennis ball.

Getting his hair cut. What? Is it wrong that I engulf him in a large plastic trash bag so as to make clean up easier? It works wonderfully b/c not only does it catch the hair, it traps his arms so he can't grab the scissors.

His other newest obsession: pointing. He points at me, food, the dog, random furniture... you get the idea. He also refuses to wear a bib and can take off any bib I put on him (even the ones that go over his head like a shirt). He is seriously a little Hudini. Whatever. I once heard this definition- Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it. SO TRUE and my boy is only 1 year old.

So this picture has nothing to do with Asher. I LOVE COTTON CANDY! The local elementary school had a walk-a-thon and I went for one purpose... I knew they would have cotton candy. So, I bought some of course. Big, beautiful, pink, fluffy cotton candy. I decided to save it for later that evenning after I had dinner. When I went to eat it later it looked like it does in the picture above. The fluffiness had somehow condensed into a shriveled up chunk of sugar. Talk about LAME. I think it must have been the moisture in the kitchen?? I have no idea why it happened but lesson learned: When you buy cotton candy EAT IT IMMEDIATELY. I thought it was hilarious b/c I was truly shocked when I saw it all shriveled up. Don't worry I still ate it. It wasn't the same, but not bad. It just tasted like very dense cotton candy.