Fall is here!

I am so far behind...... my house is not decorated "fall-like", my closets have not been switched over, and I have not bought a pumpkin yet. AND, I have not blogged in a while.

From this past Saturday until this Saturday, I was "kidsitting" two kids from DA.  She is a 7th grader and he is a 9th grader.  They live in the MOST amazing house ever and the kids are awesome.  Hank, unfortunately, did not go with us since they have 2 cats and 2 dogs (Boston Terriers), so that was a little stressful for me and Eddie-- one of us had to go over there at night to let him out before bed.  I would be up with the kids in the morning, so Eddie would run home to let him out.  About half way through the week, I just told Eddie to stay at home.  It was just too hard on him.
So, Cal and I got to hang out in this amazing house all week!

Sweetpea and Hobo loving on Cal.  And he loved that they were his size!

During the week, we went back to the museum again, and this time, we were able to spend some time outside since the weather had cooled off so much (finally!).  There are some great animals there and Cal LOVED them!  He would gasp over and over and over again every time he saw something new....actually, he would gasp when he saw something for the second or third time.  He was just flat out excited!

 Cal and his buddy Wyatt at the museum.  The boys loved the animals!

 I love Cal's hand in this one-- he was waving it at the animals over and over again. 

These pictures were taken today.  I just loved his little outfit (thank you, Target for the $6 sweatshirt!).  Cal was in kind of a funk and was having a total meltdown in between pictures.  As you can see in the second picture, he reached his limit.  I am not sure what his deal was today, but he was SUPER fussy.  He tried every last one of my nerves today!  Every time Eddie called me, Cal was screaming in the background.  He knew it had been a rough day! 

It actually got so humorous, I broke out the video camera to film his meltdowns!  (okay, before you give me the award for the worst mother of the year, just wait.....)  Cal was melting down over NOTHING.  He would press his favorite button on a toy that plays music and it cycles through 2 different songs.  He loves one and likes the other one (they really aren't that different).  He pressed the button today and the song he likes came on and he just fell to the ground screaming and crying.  Then, I would press the button and the song he loves would come on and he'd pop up and start dancing.  This little routine was on repeat for about 15 minutes until I just took the toy away....which caused him to have another fit!  Then, he was opening and slamming cabinets in the kitchen and if they didn't make a loud enough noise, he would drop to the ground screaming (at least, I am guessing that is what caused him to drop.  Really, there is no telling.  He wouldn't scream if it made a loud bang, but he would if it was quiet.....sigh).

He didn't take a morning nap today, but he did take an afternoon nap, so who knows what his problem was today.  I am sure he will be fine tomorrow and it's probably teeth or something upsetting him.

Ahhhh, the joys of parenting!
:)