Daddy is a superhero!

Stuart and Clarence worked hard all weekend (helped by Mary and my mom) to clean out the garage so that we can put two cars in it (a major undertaking, if you've seen my garage!) Sam is so proud of it, he keeps saying, "Look mom, we can get two cars in here! Isn't that amazing!?!"

When we left for school yesterday, he said again, "Mom, isn't it so great that I worked hard and got the garage all nice and clean. Well, Daddy and Granddad helped too."

Later, when we left the house, he said, "Mommy, when did Nanny drive to our house?" I thought he might be confused about the origins of our new wheels, courtesy of my grandmother, and said, "She hasn't driven here for a long time. This is our car now, Sam."

"Then how did it know to open our garage?" he asked.

"Oh, well, Daddy fixed the car so that it would open our garage instead of Nanny's. He did that last night," I replied.

"Daddy can fix ANYTHING," Sam said, fully in awe of his Daddy. "But sometimes he needs a little help from me and Granddad."

My pants man

Here's my grown-up pants man in his new superman pj pants and non-matching shirt. And sunglasses. What can I say, he's got eclectic taste!



For those who are curious, above find a picture of Stuart and I at a recent fundraiser for the Truman Heartland Community Foundation. We're all dressed up and fancy and stuff.

Dancing Sam

Most of you know of Sam's dancing exploits. He dances to all types of music, and I have rather unfortunatly exposed him to many a classic 80s song, Mamma Mia by Abba, and most recently, Toby Mac. So, dancing he does. Often.

Last night at church, they did some dancing in preschool choir. Sam loves preschool choir and the leaders are so good about filling the time with fun activities. Apparently there was some dancing, and Sam was shaking his booty with the rest. I know this because every teacher, individually, made a comment to me about the source of Sam's dancing ability. "His butt seems to move in a full circle," one said. Yes, it's a gift.

Then I found out that there was a visitor (whose mom has been attending our class, no less" that Sam enjoyed shaking his booty with. So on Sunday, I'll be apologizing for any dancing exploits that may have permanently injured another girl's psyche. We may be looking for a church before long.

Family Fun Night

Granddad, Grandma, Kate and Sam on a hayride

Grandma and Sam working on Sam's scarecrow

Sam and his scarecrow (It's supposed to look like SuperWhy, but I don't really think he does. What, you don't know who SuperWhy is?!!)

Sam in the maze

Sam and his friends (he didn't want to sit with us) on the hayride.

Monday night was Fall Fun Night at Sam's preschool. It was lots of fun. We went early and took Kate and Grandma and Granddad along for the fun. Sam had such a good time, he didn't want to leave.