Halloween

In our house Halloween is one of the most important holidays of the year. It is the one holiday that there is little stress and lots of fun to be had. This year Dam went as the Punisher, Bean was a turtle and I tried Japanese anime.

Bean got to help carve his pumpkin this year. He wasn't too sure what to do with it. I finally convinced Dam to let me buy one of the kits to help carve the pumpkins. Most years he just carves a pirate. I think his scary scarecrow tuned out pretty good.

This year we actually went trick-or-treating. We went to the houses up on the bench because later we went to a party to celebrate "Uncle" Jack's birthday.

Here is Dad trying to punish the turtle and Bean thought it was time to play.

I have the cutest turtle in the world!!

Adventures in Babysitting

A few weeks ago I started a full time position at the pathology lab at one of the local hospitals. Being the full time care giver of Bean has been quite a change for Dam. I was quite nervous about this at first, but right after I got used to the idea disaster happened.

Bean does not have the greatest history with stairs. Today Papa and Dam had to move the broken trash compactor from the front porch back into the kitchen (it broke a week ago and the trash that is stuck inside of it was starting to smell, so it was moved it to the front porch while we waited for the new part). While they were moving the trash compactor Bean and his cousin Natalie sneaked outside. Natalie was a good girl and came back in when Papa called for her. Bean on the other hand decided to run the opposite direction--OFF THE FRONT STEPS!! Poor kid fell head first off the steps and cut his head open. Unfortunately head wounds bleed enough that they look worse than they really are. Dam thought that he needed to take Bean to the emergency room for stitches, but Papa reassured him that he could stitch Bean up instead of sending him to the ER.

My father has an MD behind his name. While I was growing up I thought it MD stood for mad dad not medical doctor. My siblings and I tease him about it every now and then. I am going to miss having free medical service come January.