Turkey, Christmas Lights, and Some Funny New Words!

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS A LOT OF PICTURES!!! SORRY!

So, let me start off by saying this has been one of the crappiest week ever! I have had the absolute worst head cold that I have ever had. In fact, at this very moment I am super doped up on cough syrup, Mucinex (the good stuff that you have to fill out a form to get), and sleeping pills since I have to get up for work at 2:00am (that's right, I said a.m.). So, if this post doesn't make much sense, I blame all of those things! Anyway, so....work has sucked trying to get everything ready for Black Friday (might I add, I hate all you early bird shoppers that make me hate Black Friday!!!) :) So, I have been miserably sick all week....but how cute is my kid that on his own, he asked Cody if he could buy me a flower to help me feel better! Break my heart!!! So this is a pic of the beautiful flower that he picked out for me to help me get better! The vase is huge, but it's the only one I had (and at least it wasn't an empty milk jug....that one was for you Mike!) How could you not feel better after such a sweet gesture??

With this head cold I have also lost my voice. In fact it hurts pretty bad to talk. Of course this is the time that Simon decides he wants me to read to him constantly. It was so funny cause the night he brought me the flower he asked me to read him a story. I explained that my voice was gone and that it hurt me to talk so I couldn't read a story. My cute kid looks up at me with his puppy dog eyes and says "but I bought you a flower so you would feel better!". So sweet, right? Broke my heart, so of course I cowboy'd up and read him a couple stories!!

So, speaking of funny things Simon is saying right now.....he came home from Grandma Tana's the other day and told me that he "bumped his uncle". Of course I made him repeat this numerous times cause I just didn't understand. Finally he pointed to his elbow and said again, "I bumped my uncle!". I love it when kids just can't get the word right! I laughed pretty hard (which did not feel so good on my throat!)


This is Simons "uncle".

This morning I woke up to Simon asking for his "boggels". I again couldn't figure out what he was talking about. Finally I went into his room and found him hard at work "fixing" his bed with his screwdriver. And of course he was wearing his "boggels". It was so cute! He will wear those "boggels" all day if you let him! Thanks Trayson for letting him borrow your tools! He loves them!!!

Today was also Christmas decorating day! Well, at least for the outside! Cody surprisingly loves to decorate outside for Christmas! He gets pretty excited and of course we ususally end up with some new decoration. I think this year he has decided he wants a giant wreath to put above the garage. Anyway, Simon thought it was pretty fun to help!!!

Than at last it was time for the turkey!!! My favorite dinner of all times!! This year we went to my grandma and grandpa Nymans. There weren't too many of us there this year. I can't remember a time when there was so few for Thanksgiving. But it was nice because we all got to chat. Sometimes there is just so many people that you don't really get to talk to anyone.

Simon had to show us his big "Incredible Hulk" muscles after he ate!


Simon and Great Grandpa Nyman

Simon and Great Grandma Nyman. She is soooo tiny!!!

And of course we ended the night with turning on our Christmas lights!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! Be nice to your cashiers if you go out shopping!

He Melts My Heart!

I've been thinking a lot lately about how my little boy is just that....a little BOY! I'm amazed at all the "little boy" things that Simon does even though he's surrounded by girls all the time (no offense Ady, Sienna, Jaycee and Hannah). I used to say that boys come out of the womb making machine gun noises (somehow girls can't make that noise), but now I really do believe that! Although he is around little girls as his play mates he has somehow learned a few things like....

How to "punch fight" and make the punching noise with his mouth.

How to "sword fight" and make the sword clashing noise with his mouth.

How to tackle (and actually take you down).

How to love watching Star Wars over and over and over and over.

How to call Barbie comercials "stupid".

How to pick his nose and wipe it on anything, anywhere.

How to "rock on" like any rock star would.

How to laugh at a fart...anytime, anywhere.

Not sure if this one fits in here...but he somehow has learned how to comb my hair like a "Jedi Princess". (OK, that's just sweet!)

He'll run around in a diaper, with his "big boy" underwear pulled up around his chest (all of this through one leg hole), his spiderman socks pulled clear up to his knees, his sunglasses with no lenses on, and pretend that he's a super hero (He is to me!).

Where did he learn all this??? I guess boys are just boys and you can't do anything about it. But I don't think I would anyway....I love Simon so much and have so much fun watching his imagination grow. I find myself laughing so hard I almost pee my pants some days!

I love you Simon!