Blake's cuteness

So the other day Blake said probably the cutest thing he's ever said.

We were at the district office, signing papers for me to be a substitute teacher (Julianna's school district--I can actually sub for her class!) So anyway, after the woman gave me the papers and left the room, Blake asked what I was doing. I told him I was signing papers so I could be a substitute teacher.

Blake said, and I quote, "I don't want you to be a teacher. I want you to be a mommy."

Can you believe he even said that? I told him that was so nice of him to say, and that I will only do it once in a while, but when I teach, he can play with his friends all day.

His attitude immediately changed. "Oh, OKAY! Are you going to be a teacher now? When are you going to be a teacher?"

I guess he likes playing with his friends more than his mommy. I understand!

Just had to share this funny conversation.

Temple Grandin movie

Making Of

We just watched this last night. AMAZING. I heard about this movie, but it was released on HBO. Now it's available to rent on Redbox and probably Netflix. It's about a woman with autism--true story. Claire Danes plays her and she does a GREAT job. It was nominated for 15 emmys and won 7, including best movie. There were some parts in this movie that I just cried--the screenwriter was really able to say exactly how it feels to have a child with autism as portrayed by Temple's mother. I wanted to find that scene to post, but you'll have to settle for this one I found on HBO. I loved this movie. Watch it! You will love it!

Blake's backyard friends

(Don't you love the face?) Our fish died a few months ago after a long life. Still no new fish yet, but we found a new pet in the backyard. A big fuzzy caterpillar--the biggest I have ever seen. We put it in a jar and gave it some apples. Caterpillars really do eat apples! I asked Blake to give it a name and he thought for a second and said, "Paris!" So Paris it was.

Yes, there's the big caterpillar. We thought we'd keep it until it turned into a butterfly. We kept it about a week, and then I just didn't like having it in the house anymore, or living in a jar. So we set it free in our backyard. Maybe soon we'll see a butterfly flying in the backyard and say, "There goes Paris!"

Our neighbor's cat likes to hop the fence and play with the kids about once a day. Here was Blake today playing with the cat. He usually pulls a bunch of weeds and puts them in a bucket to give to the cat so it can play with the weeds. Or eat them, I'm not sure. He really likes playing with it.

And there you have it! Blake's backyard adventures. Another one of his favorite games is collecting sticks. We have quite an assortment of sticks from walks we go on, or tree trimmings in our backyard. He calls them his lightsabers. He's even got a stick for each Jedi from Star Wars. So we will play Star Wars with our sticks. He's such a boy.

I'll try to post more often! Just don't have much going on besides school, work, preschool, and church stuff! I don't even take that many pictures anymore. Oh well, that will change once the holidays hit.