Just Call Me Mommy!: halloween

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Falling in love with FALL!

When I was a child summer was my favorite time of year, as I got older (and more warm-blooded) the new flowers of Spring always struck my fancy. I would still consider spring my favorite season but the beauty of Autumn has been pulling me in more and more as a 20-something year old. The colors, the smells, the food, the weather, it is all so wonderful.

And then when you include the fun and excitement of Halloween, you have tons of my favorite things wrapped up in the magic of fall.

Last Halloween, we got tons of questions about Colton's dragon costume, mainly "Where did you get it?" The answer: One Step Ahead. This website sends us a catalog monthly and they have some amazing toys and some of the cutest costumes for children that I have EVER seen.

I have a few favorites for this years costume...

The Spider

The Monkey

and the Lil Monster

They are all so cute, it is just so hard to choose. What's your favorite?

Monday, October 19, 2009

Teeth and Halloween!

FINALLY, I have a picture where you can actually see Colton's teeth, he has tons but it has been hard to get a good picture of them until now! I was beginning to think they were camera shy. This weekend while watching UK beat Auburn Colton was grinning ear to ear and I snapped this pic.

I love that smile!

We have been in the Halloween spirit around the Darnell household, watching spooky movies and reading haunting books. We are participating in the National Federation of the Blind's early literacy program; Braille Reading Pals. We read every night for about 15 minutes (print/braille books) and then log what book we read on our chart. At the end of the program we can send it in and Colton will get a prize for participating. Early literacy is incredibly important to me so I jumped at the chance to take part in this program. Colton loves to feel the "bumps" (braille) as Mommy reads. This is how visually impaired children begin exploring words, the same way young sighted children see the words in the books. Anyway, we are reading Halloween/Fall books right now so I thought I would share a few of our favorites and maybe you too can check them out.