Happy Belated Birthday Boys!

Saturday night we had a wonderful Lebanese dinner at the Mizerany's in honor of the three Mizerany men who celebrated birthdays this month: Big Lou, Louis and Steve. Since everyone has been so busy, we

were unable to find a date until this weekend. In typical Myra fashion, she made each man their own birthday cake: Steve got a chocolate cake with chocolate icing, Louis got a mandarin orange cake with a light pineapple flavored icing, and Big Lou got his favorite yellow cake with chocolate icing! Needless to say, there was A LOT of cake leftover!

Bennett helped her Mimi with the candles, specifically putting her daddy's candles on his cake. She put them in the reverse order which we all got a kick out of...everyone except Steve that is.  After our huge dinner and dessert, we all had food coma and just laid around watching football.  We finally rolled ourselves out of there so we could get some much needed rest.

Bennett's Parade & The Parties!

Friday was Bennett's big day at school! She got to wear her princess costume and tiara, and she had a big time. Preston's class came to watch the "big kids parade," and it was so sweet to see her run up to him and give him a kiss. He didn't see me there, as I arrived a little late, but he was sitting on the bleachers like a big boy next to his teacher just watching everyone walk by. I can't believe my kids are growing up right before my eyes.







After Bennett's parade, all of the classes went back to their classrooms for Halloween parties. Bennett's class had four stations, with various games or crafts for them each to do before they sat down to listen to a Halloween story, and then lunch.

It was at that time that I skipped out of her party and walked over to Preston's Halloween party. They were just coming in from playing outside, and Preston was so excited to see me! However, when his teacher said it was lunchtime, each child found a seat and sat down. It was so cute to see all of these little 1 and 2 year olds around a table being quiet and eating.












Of course Preston didn't eat his sandwich, but he did have thirds of the chex mix (my child is the WORST eater). After, they each got a darling witch cupcake that one of the moms created. Being the type A person that I am, I immediately saw visions of Preston's shirt soaking in oxyclean for the next week because of green icing being all over his shirt. So, in order to avoid any undo stress, I took off his shirt. He was mad at first, but forgave me after his first bite of the cupcake.




He eventually grew tired of eating, so we packed up and headed home. He was so tuckered from all the fun, that he went down for his nap early, and I got some much needed downtime. All and all, it was a fun day for everyone!

Preston's Parade

This morning Preston got to wear his costume and go to school! When I started dressing him, he was so excited, and kept saying that he wanted to ride the train (poor little guy thought he was going to the zoo again). I tried to explain that he wasn't, but he didn't believe me.

Thankfully, he was happy when I dropped him off at school. Like every year, they push the kids around the gym a few times so we can get photos and they can wave to us. There were a ton of cute costumes, and waving kids (Preston included).

Friday, I can to do it all over again with Bennett! Then trick or treating this weekend. Fun, fun!!

The iPad is a Hit!

Since Steve was given his iPad, it has had a permanent spot in his lap once he gets home from work. He has enjoyed playing with it and downloading various apps. However, it wasn't until last night when we had some friends over that things took a turn.


While we were watching football with friends, a few of the folks let the little ones use their iphones to play games. Bennett was hooked, so Steve downloaded the app and the rest is history.

Don't judge, but we let her stay up til 10pm with a friend of hers because they were playing so quietly with Steve's iPad. However, when we finally pulled the plug, and told her she needed to go to bed, she lost it. Steve told her if she went to bed, she could play the "matching game" when she woke up.


So at 6:30 this morning, she walked downstairs and went straight to Steve to ask for his iPad. She played all morning until we went to church, then again after church, then again after her nap, then again after dinner. He has downloaded a couple of new apps since this morning to keep her interested and challenged. One is a spelling game, so we'll see how long it takes her (and Preston) to master that!

The Cast is Off!

This morning we rushed to the doctor for Preston's 8:10 appointment to have his cast removed! Things couldn't have gone more smoothly. He woke up happy and was genuinely excited to get it taken off. When the tech came in, he told Preston it would tickle. Pres sat up on the table by himself like a big boy and just watched him saw off the cast. I kept thinking he would freak out a little with the noise of the saw, but he was fine. In fact, he was all smiles and kept saying "it tickles, it tickles." When the tech finally removed the smelly thing, Preston looked down at his arm and said "gross."


I must admit that I had to agree. It was all chaffed and had a small sore at the bend of his arm. Preston stretched it out and kept staring at it, but within a few minutes, he was jumping around the room and was back to normal! He went in for an xray all by himself, and talked to the doctor about the fish in the waiting room. When we left (just 40 minutes later), he got a piece of candy and the cast as a souvenir (without the smelly padding). If only every doctor's visit could go so well and so quickly! Dr. Killean and his staff are awesome!

Now we are home and he is soaking in the bathtub. We were told that would help remove the dead skin. I scrubbed his little arm, so I am optimistic. I am so happy that it was off before our annual family pictures on Thursday (that I booked over 2 months ago)!

Poo-Poo....don't look if easily disgusted...

Over the past several weeks, if Bennett speaks out loud about her need to go "tee-tee, " it has prompted Preston to say that he needs to go as well. Because we want to get him comfortable with the toilet, we always take off his diaper and place him on the big toilet. Of course he never goes, but he likes the idea of pretending he does. I know he is too young to really start potty training, but I want to get him used to the idea of sitting on the toilet, so we can push for the big goal in about 6 months. He holds on to us for dear life while he is up there, but is slowly getting more used to the idea.

Today he said out of the blue that he "poo-poo." I asked him if he had a poo-poo, and he said "yes." Then Steve asked him if he wanted to go on the toilet, and he said "yes." Thinking that he must have already done the job in his diaper, I told Steve to go for it. So he took off his diaper (with nothing but tee-tee in it), set him on the toilet and then he actually pooped. We got him off and clapped and gave him high fives. He smiled so big and was so proud of himself and he asked to go again. Of course, he didn't go again, but we were proud of his small prize at the bottom of the toilet.