David spent some time with MawMaw on Sunday evening. When she brought him home, I had lit the candle in the jack-o-lantern outside. I told David to show MawMaw his pumpkin, so he took her across the yard, pointing at it. When we got to the pumpkin, he took the lid off and looked inside saying, "Jesus is inside the pumpkin."
"What?" asked MawMaw, unsure that she heard what she thought she heard. So I explained that in The Pumpkin Patch Parable
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. - Matthew 5:16
I haven't tried to teach David the words to the LarryBoy theme song, but perhaps I should...See more Tiny Talk Tuesday over at Not Before 7!
Thinking about Thanksgiving? My sister has written an eBook called Give Thanks that she's selling at the Homeschool eStore. It has readings for each day from last Sunday through Thanksgiving Day. I've also compiled a list of Thanksgiving books in my Amazon store.
What a good husband I have to pose in his new floor uniform for me to document!
It was pretty chilly, so he wore the new jacket this morning, too. Funny thing is that the shoulders, arms & placket all had a very light gray grid printed on them. We didn't realize it was all reflective until I took the pictures and he lit up!
Of course, I am very glad that he will be so visible at night if he's working a traffic accident or something! Here he is heading out the door...
He called this evening to say he did get to slide down the pole! : ) 
Friday evening we finally cut into Mr. Pumpkin. This was David's first time to "help" carving a pumpkin.
David was quick to say, "No... ok!" (which means NO) to touching the slimy insides, but he watched intently and was excited about the triangle eyes & nose!
So what do ya think?
Dad said we should have
made a scary pumpkin.
I told him he'd have to
do his own!
Won't you join me for a little fall fun this week? Your pictures do not have to include kids or pumpkins - be creative and interpret the theme however you want! If you're playing along, be sure to sign the Linky at the bottom & link back to this post on your post.
To see more Wordless Wednesday photos:After getting the cape & mask in the mail on Monday, David ran around the house saying, "Super David, with the Power to Help!" Super Why has the Power to Read, and he always says, "Super You, with the Power to Help!"
I've been reading a lot lately about more substantial living, urban homesteading, and just saving money through lifestyle in general. That's the kind of links I was clicking on when I ran across Catherine Wheels. Here's where I perked up - free meat!
OK, folks, I did this. It works... as long as the coupons are honored by Omaha Steaks & Geico. So here's what you do (read carefully):
Step One - Click here to sign up for Geico Privileges. This is free to sign up for. You're not asking for an insurance quote or changing insurance or anything, you're just signing up for a perks program. And I assume you'll be able to un-subscribe later. They will email you a confirmation that you signed up. As a thank you for signing up, Geico Privileges will give you a coupon code for $25 off at Omaha Steaks. The code is in the confirmation email and it may take an hour or more for you to get your email. I had to wait overnight before I got my email & code. Check your spam filter if you don't see it & be patient! : )
Step Three - Continue shopping. Really you can pick any other item you want, but if you go to the burger page and select 8 5-oz steak burgers for $12.99, you're entire order will be practically free!
Step Four - Checkout. Enter your mailing address & in your cart you'll see the free steaks, plus the item you selected, plus shipping. My shipping was $13.99, but remember you've got a $25 coupon code from Geico Privilidges! BEFORE you enter your payment information, enter the coupon code that was emailed to you and click apply. On my order of steak burgers, the coupon took my total, including shipping, down to $1.98!!! Then you can complete the transaction, paying with your credit card or even with your Paypal account.
I have my confirmation in my hand from Omaha Steaks saying that my cooler of meat should arrive before October 28. That's 88-oz of steak burgers, or 20 burgers, for $1.98! Catherine figured out that's hamburger for 36c per pound! Cool!
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Today our MOPS group met at the park. See how the little girls are all sitting so sweetly on a pallet, eating their lunches? See the little red shirt over there by the playground? That's David. The other little boys were having their lunch behind where I was sitting with Elizabeth. He did play with the other kids when they were all out there, but didn't join everyone for lunch.
Below, you will see a big boy (aka Grandpa) having fun, playing with his new toy. I've always heard the only difference between men & boys is the price of their toys!
We have had the land surveyed and have a 9-1-1 address for our spot!!! I tied bright orange ribbons around some trees we want to make sure don't get damaged last weekend while Dad cut back some limbs. Grandpa, Dad & one of the neighbors pulled up some trees at the house site after the rain earlier this week.
My best friend sent me this picture this week. She said it's a redfish caught off the Texas coast while the kids were all getting sick in the boat!
Let's compare to Grandpa's fish...
Doesn't Bob Barker (the dog) look happy running in the back ground? The fish were very active in the bag. Below you can see one had just jumped and his head was just going back into the water.
David was very interested in the fish release. He even held a couple of the fish in his hand and asked for more, but the rest of the fish were going to another tank.
Anybody else notice that David & Grandpa squat the same way?
Remember the jar mix I made at my last MOPS meeting? Well, I mixed it up tonight since David had been asking for pumpkin bread. I used my Wilton Silicone Pumpkin Pan and truly had Pumpkin Muffins! Click on the image for a larger view...
Heather from Not a DIY Life asked for the recipe, so here ya go!
Pumpkin Jar Mix
Layer into quart jar in the following order:
There's been a lot of tiny talk this week! It makes me so proud to see David's vocabulary improve. He has come so far in the last year! Visit Mary at Not Before 7 to see more Tiny Talk!
Wednesday night we were late coming in from Cubbies. Dad was just inside the door flicking the light on & off, but David couldn't see him.
David: The light needs new batteries!
Coming home from dinner out with Dad's cousin, the sky was dark but a long wispy cloud was reflecting light from the Metroplex & appeared gray.
David: I see an amazing gray light.
Mom: An amazing gray light?
David: Yeah, a wonderful, amazing gray light!
Sunday afternoon we were hiking around our spot when we came across some critter poop on the path. David stopped for a closer look.
Mom: Some little animal pooped there; don't touch it.
David: It's lion poop!
As we pulled out from that trip, the sun was behind some looming storm clouds. Beautiful rays of sunlight were streaming out from the clouds, but you couldn't see the sun.
David: Mom, the sun is stuck in those clouds!
MawMaw took David to his first PTO Carnival on Saturday. I tagged along as the photographer! There weren't as many things for a preschooler to do as we'd hoped, but David still enjoyed a few things before we had to leave.
He enjoyed the city fountain and wanted to get in to go swimming.
He seemed to be fascinated by the Indian corn.
He had a ball jumping in the bounce castle... until he crashed into another kid. Remember that he got his chipped tooth in a bounce house? I think he hurt his mouth again, but it's hard to pinpoint what the problem is. On Sunday he was still having some pain somewhere in his mouth.
He laughed so hard going down the big slide! It was hilarious! The photo was on his first slide down. The video below was on his second slide down.
We had Elizabeth's 9-month pictures taken today. She was a bit stone-faced, but the photographer was able to get a few grins out of her.
I asked if she could take one with David kissing the top of Elizabeth's head, but Elizabeth looked so blank in that one that the photographer took this one instead. 
For Elizabeth's 9-month birthday, she has decided to give up sleep! This photo was taken at 4:55 am. Doesn't she look happy? I thought maybe if she played a little bit she'd get sleepy. It hasn't happened yet...
Isn't that cute?!?!?! GO VOTE!!!
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