My Martha Stewart Moment

Yep!  I did it!  I made Thanksgiving.  Jared helped of course.  For you that know me, know that I can't cook.  I can bake cookies, cakes, and pies, but not "real food".  I can't even fry chicken, yet alone make a whole turkey!  I think it went pretty good, and I learned a lot!  I am happy to say that I bought a free-range turkey so it had a happy life before it was slaughtered.  (I do everything Oprah tells me to do).We had Jared's brother Logan and his girlfriend Ashley over, along with Jared's mom Souzzann and Jim.  Clayton fell asleep at the top of the stairs, so he missed much of the dinner, which honestly was nice.  I rarely get to have a meal without having to try to force feed

 him some food.  Here's my man carving the turkey.

Thankful for Clayton, the Narcoleptic

So, today is Thanksgiving. We have a lot to be thankful for, especially in these tough times. But mostly Clayton. That kid is rad.

Onto another update on Clayton's hijinks. Specifically, Clayton has developed a strange habit of falling asleep at the top of our stairs. For two mornings in a row, we got up in the morning and found Clayton sleeping in basically this same spot. I have no idea how early he gets up and moves from his bed in the morning. But he has also done it in the middle of the day. This picture was taken in the afternoon, shortly after I chastised Clayton for throwing something on the floor and took him up to his room to think about it. Clayton decided to think about it by passing out on the landing. Hey, whatever works.

Halloween is finally here!

We started off the day with going to Casey's Halloween parade at school.  Casey was a storm trooper. (I think) I'm not a fan of Star Wars, so he tried to explain to me which "trooper" he was and got confused.  Anyways, my mom thought it would be fun to pretend Clayton was in the parade, so she walked him through the line after the other kids.  Here they are.  Clayton was not a fan.

And the top picture (I can't quite figure out how to get my pictures lined up how I want) is a picture of Clayton right before he headed out to trick-or-treat.  He wouldn't put his mask all the way down, but Jared managed to get it on his head.  Clayton seemed to have fun.  Jared said he was really shy at first, but then once he got used to it, he was was saying trick-or-treat and thank you and I guess he tried to even go into some peoples homes.  

Pumpkin Carving

Clayton invited Casey and Olivia over to carve pumpkins Thursday night.  Once Clayton saw us cleaning out the pumpkins, he didn't want much to do with it so he headed up to his room to play.  That's why he isn't pictured.  Good times!

Clayton's girlfriends

Clayton and I met up with my friend Amber and her two little girls Madison and Marli for lunch at Gardner Village last week and took some pictures. Clayton loves the ladies!