Wonder Woman, Little Pumpkin, and Baby Boo

We were so excited that Anna chose to be Wonder Woman for Halloween. It took a little talking into but she's been all about it for the past 2 weeks. Everyone we pass seems to have a memory of Wonder Woman - especially the women. There was one man who wouldn't stop until he remembered all of the words to the Wonder Woman theme song! If you talk to any one in my family about me and Wonder Woman I'm sure they will quickly recall the year I got Wonder Woman under-roos for my birthday. I apparently had to change my clothes right then and there and proceeded to run/fly around the yard. My Aunt still has it on an old-time video tape.

Grandma Judy actually bought this pumpkin costume 5 years ago when I was pregnant with Anna. I opened up a box from her at my baby shower that was filled with all sorts of baby items and many Halloween costumes from sizes 0-3 months to 18 months. I think they were on clearance! This one still had the tags on it. I'm glad that I saved it and he could use it. He looked so crazy cute! I loved it.

And finally "baby boo" - I thought it would be fun to paint my belly so that baby Tyree #3 could be part of Halloween too. It looks like I painted a regular 'ol belly and not a 20 week pregnant one! I should have taken a picture from the side because from the front it doesn't look like I'm pregnant. I'll have to get Chris to take a picture of me from the side to give a better view.

When I walked out into the kitchen with my belly painted Anna ran right over to look at it. She immediately said, "It says boo". We were excited. Even though it was probably just a "sight word" for her she was able to "read" it. I said, "Anna you can read!" She said, "just a little". It's a small step but it's a start!

The fire ants have attacked my baby!

Grandma Judy has been telling Anna all about the wonderful things Texas has to offer ever since we found out we were moving here. She learned all about mosquitoes, crocodiles/alligators, armadillos, and most of all fire ants! I told Grandma she was going to be in big trouble if Anna started to have nightmares because we didn't have much of a choice about where we were moving to.

Well, this weekend at Anna's soccer game Jaden was introduced to the fire ants. It seems he decided to sit down and play in the grass right on their mound. Poor Jaden was stuck with idiot parents who didn't even realize he was being bitten. He was rolling on his back and lifting up his shirt but he wasn't crying. Chris thought he wanted to play "where is Jaden's belly button?" But, Jaden kept doing his little grunt (he doesn't really say any words yet) and pointing to his back. When Chris turned him over there were fire ants crawling all over his back. He ended with with big red welts that turned into these smaller red bumps with white heads on them kinda like pimples. I've never seen anything like that before. It was gross! He never complained about it or acted like it bothered him. We couldn't believe he didn't cry or scream. He actually fought us more to get his clothes back on after we found the ants. We ended up letting him run around with just a diaper on and his shoes for awhile because he was making such a fuss.

A rare moment captured on film

All of the cuteness of having a baby brother and the adoration 0f having a big sister have started to wear off. We have more days now with Anna screaming at Jaden to scare him away from her stuff or baracading herself in some corner with furniture and whatever else she can get her hands on to keep him at bay. She's been pretty creative, I have to say. Jaden has taken to pushing Anna away when she comes near one of us (lately Mommy seems to be the sought after item - but it changes) while screaming and giving the "dirty look". This usually results in Anna running off to the couch or whatever is soft nearby to throw herself down on while crying (arms in the air and the whole dramatic 9 yards) and wailing "he hurt my feelings".

But today the planets must have been in alignment or something because Jaden went over to Anna to sit on her lap and watch Noggin. He doesn't ever really watch TV but something caught his interest and fortunately Anna was happy to oblige him on her lap. What a nice surprise!