Hectic Holidays!

As usual, life has been busy here at the Lee's house! So busy, I haven't even had a free moment to update this blog in a month! :( Chris has been full swing into school, and is now nearing finals, and he has been working at the bank as well. I have had a ton of late weeks at work this past month which absolutely wears me out. Jayden has been busy with gymnastics, Bible class, and playing. :)

In November, we hosted Thanksgiving (for the first time), and had Jayden's third birthday party all in the same weekend. Thanksgiving was a success! There were nine of us at our meal, and it went off without a hitch-well, Chris cut through the metal roasting pan while slicing the turkey with an electric carving knife and turkey grease went everywhere ruining his nice dress pants-but other than that, it went smoothly!

Jayden's birthday party was also a success! We just had a family celebration at our house, but it was really nice. Jayden wanted a bug party, so there were bugs everywhere-even in the ice cubes for the drinks! He got lots of great gifts, but I have to say that his favorite is the one that we bought him. We gave him a wooden play fort/swing set and he loves it! He calls it his park, and he keeps going and looking out the door to make sure that his "park" is still there. It is cold outside now, so we can't play on his park, but it will be great next year after the weather warms up a little bit. We lucked out and it was warm on the day of his party, so he did get to play on it for a while.

I hope that everyone is doing well. I really do apologize for not posting this past month. Life gets so crazy and it's hard to keep up. Also, I hate posting without any pictures, but I haven't uploaded my pics from Thanksgiving and the party yet, so I will post those really soon!

Halloween!

Thought I would post these pictures before too much time passed! Hope you enjoy them!

Jayden getting ready to help carve the pumpkin. It was much easier to just strip him off!

Daddy carving into the pumpkin.

Jayden attempting to clean out the pumpkin with a spoon. He wouldn't use his hands. In his words, "I don't love it."

Our finished jack-o-lanterns!

Chris dressed as a caveman. He had to dress up for work. I think the wig made him look like Freddie Mercury from Queen!

The caveman and the "friendly" monster!

A very tired Mommy and her cute little monster.

Quite possibly, the cutest monster ever!

My perfect day.

In my last post, I told you that I had last Monday off of work. Well, I have to say, that it was my absolute perfect day. Jayden and I had a great morning going to lunch with Chris, and going to the pumpkin patch, but we had an amazing afternoon as well!

While Jayden took his afternoon nap, I decided to do a craft project I have been wanting to try out. I love decorative trays, but I am not willing to pay $50.00 for a tiny tray that has absolutely no personality. So, I decided to make my own!

I purchased a picture frame without an easel back from Hobby Lobby (on sale for half price of course!)

I also purchased two drawer pulls for half price! (Sorry...I don't know what the black line on the pic is!)

I then chose a fabric that I liked (also half off!)

I drilled holes in the picture frame for the drawer pulls!

The drawer pulls on the frame make perfect handles!

I inserted the glass and the fabric.

Ta-da! Yea! My perfect tray!

When Jayden woke up from his nap, it was craft time! We had been to Hobby Lobby earlier in the morning, and had picked up a bunch of craft supplies. We purchased feathers, googly eyes, and finger paint! Jayden was so excited!

Jayden all ready for craft time with Mommy! I decided to strip him down to his underwear and put an apron on him. It was going to be a messy afternoon!

It's YELLOOOOOOWWWWW!

We traced Jayden's hand to make a turkey!

Jayden's turkey!

Perfect, isn't it? :)

He worked so hard!

He had a great time!

Now onto the finger paint!

He loved the blue paint!

He thought it would be fun to use a sponge too. :)

It's beautiful!

Jayden loved the finger paint!

My little artist's work!

What a mess! Well worth the clean up though for such a happy boy!

After our craft time, it was time to make dinner. We decided to surprise Daddy and make his favorite dinner-lasagna! Jayden was so excited, and wanted to help me!

He pulled up a chair so he could help! (He was being inpatient and wanted me to stop taking pictures!)

Jayden added the garlic. (Don't worry...the stove was not on!)

He also added the tomatoes!

In goes the basil...

And onto the floor the basil goes!

I caught the little man licking the spoon!

He loved adding the cheese...and sneaking a few bites!

He was so proud of his work! He had to smell it before we put it into the oven!

Yea! It was SO good, and Daddy loved it!

So....there you have it, my perfect day! Nothing glamorous or expensive, but it was an entire day spent with my son, and it was perfect. In fact, so perfect that I cried all night and all the way to work the next morning. I want so badly to be able to stay at home everyday with Jayden, but I know that it is just not possible right now. Chris graduates in a year and a half, and then, if everything goes as planned, everyday will be able to be the perfect day, and I will be able to stay at home. :)

Picking the Perfect Pumpkin

I had the day off of work today, and we finally got around to picking out our pumpkin! We met Chris for lunch, and then went to a great pumpkin patch at a local church right by the OU campus. Jayden loved looking at all the pumpkins and trying to find the perfect one!

He liked this one, but thought it was kind of crooked.

I love this picture!

Jayden looking at all the pumpkins.

He had a difficult time narrowing them down!

Daddy found a good one!

Horrible picture, but proof that I was there!

Such a cute little pumpkin patch!

They found the perfect one!

Jayden wanted a little one too!

He wanted them all! It was so hard to just pick one!

He found it!

We had a wonderful fall day together! I can't wait until I don't have to work anymore, and we can do this sort of thing all the time! Just a couple more years!