Pioneer Day

We strolled on down to Pioneer Day today in downtown Grove Hill. Sadly enough, in my 10 years here, I don't think I've ever gone before. We didn't get a chance to really stop and listen and learn with a 20 month old. Turner did get to make an Indian headband and got a football painted on his hand (he wouldn't let them do it on his face) while I made him a wooden bead necklace. He was fascinated by the animal skulls and petted a few animals at the "zoo". Instead of stenciling or doing leaf rubs like the other children, he used the markers to color his own abstract picture. The question everyone asked was "What happened to his nose?" Yesterday at school when he was wearing his costume, we said the tiger attacked. But today we just admitted that the toy car at daycare dumped him out on the pavement. He must have enjoyed himself because he was so worn out on the ride home that he couldn't keep his eyes open. This evening, we'll don the costume again for the actual night of trick or treating. That boy has already gotten so much candy and junk as it is though. He's never seen so many lollipops in so short a time period. Thanks go out to those that have given him fruit snacks and things a little healthier. Arthur took pics of Turner this morning, but I haven't looked at them yet. I'm sure there's something we can post later of him checking out his first Pioneer Day.

pics of halloween and gap

Here are some pics of T in his costume--some were taken at home and some were at CPS. There are also some pics of him that we used for a GAP casting call. They wanted pics of kids in blue jeans so that they can choose their new models for GAP kids. Wouldn't it be nice if Turner brought in some income for us? If he were to win a contract, you probably wouldn't have to read about it on here. You'd hear me screaming from whatever part of the US you're in.

CPS Fall Festival

I love Grove Hill. Not to speak ill of other Clarke County cities, of course, but Grove Hill loves them some Turner in some contests. We can spend tons of money, time and effort on entering Turner in competitions elsewhere and we walk away without even an honorable mention, while everyone who sees what we've done says "Wow. That should have won something." But we can do something simple locally and not have any expectations and hear "The winner is...Turner!!" I never realized how disliked the newspaperman is in a place, but that has to be part of the reason his child gets passed over all the time. I say all this to announce that Turner won the costume contest at the CPS Fall Festival this evening in the daycare category. And there were so many other cute kids and costumes that I really didn't think he had a chance. But somehow he won over the judges carting around his stuffed elephant in his zoo keeper costume and hat. He was definitely a cutie in my book. Arthur got a couple of good shots of him tonight that maybe we'll get posted soon. I'm definitely ready to say "Forget entering Turner in anything outside of Grove Hill." If Grove Hill loves my baby, then let's put all of our focus and energy into pleasing the people of this town!!! :) Thanks CPS for doing a great job with the festival tonight.

glow in the dark pep rally

We had a glow in the dark pep rally at CPS Thursday for Homecoming (since a no burn policy wouldn't allow a bonfire). We took Turner and I was surprised at how well he did. He really liked those glowsticks! Also, instead of carving a pumpkin, we bought foam face stickers and let Turner put them on a pumpkin, so there's a pic of him doing that. He seemed to enjoy that as well. I should have pics of him in his Halloween costume soon. He'll be wearing it several times in the next week. We have a fall festival at Horeb and Ghostwalk tonight, plus the fall festival at CPS Tuesday, plus Halloween parties at school Friday, not to mention Trick or Treating next Sat.

here we go again

Turner got kicked out of daycare again today for a fever. After Arthur got diagnosed with pneumonia yesterday, I figured we'd better head back on to the dr. After spending an obscene amount of money on x-rays and bloodwork, there wasn't anything to be concerned about. Ears, nose, throat, chest, white blood cells, temperature--everything looked normal. We got another antibiotic to cover every infection that the augmentin might have missed. I don't know what's going on with my child, but my employer is getting aggravated about calling in subs every other day it seems for me. But what's a mom to do?

no surprise

Is anyone surprised to hear that Turner has an ear infection? It seems we're starting out this fall season exactly like we did last year's. He's back on the strongest antibiotic he can get and some cough syrup. Hopefully, we'll clear it up and not have it again in 2 weeks time. Let's hope we can make it through this winter without needing tubes in the ears.

Mustache man

Arthur got a mustache out of one of those vending machines one day at the Chinese restaurant. It wasn't the right style for the ideas we had, but the pics will still make you laugh. We were going for Tom Selleck--Magnum PI in the Hawaiian shirt and a Mexican with the sombrero and the oversized baja hoodie that is swallowing him whole. Turner didn't like wearing the mustache so we didn't get too many shots. But I thought you might like a laugh---

Little man's running a fever right now. He got sent home from school today and I'm waiting for him to wake up from his nap so that we can go to the doctor. I'll post an update once I get a diagnosis.

hello darling, nice to see you, it's been a long time!

Sorry it's been so long. This pic is of Turner at his first Thomasville High football game. Arthur's got some funny shots of Turner wearing a moustache, but I don't know when he'll ever get around to editing them. Hopefully, by the end of the month, we'll have some of Mr. T in his Halloween costume. He's going to be a zoo keeper this year. We're starting off this fall season just like last year: lots of snotty noses, coughs, and random fevers. Hopefully ear and sinus infections will not be the norm again this year. My migraines have gone from once a year to once a month. I'm going to start documenting them to see if I can figure out what is triggering them so often now, so that maybe I can find a solution for preventing them. That's all the new stuff I can think of right now to share. I just knew I needed to get something on here, since it's been almost a month now since my last post. I can't promise that it will get better, but I'll see what I can do!