Mother/Teenage Son Bonding Experience

I had today's post written out in my head but I have a doctor's appointment today and very little time so I decided to go with plan B instead (no i'm not going to the doc for Plan B).  Wow, that was poorly worded, lol.

Several months ago my teenage son and I were driving somewhere in the van (probably making another 10,000th trip to his high school).  I love my son to death, but sometimes there is that weird awkward silence as we don't always know what to talk about.  My son finally broke the ice and said, "Mom, look at that sign".

So I look to my right and there is a sign attached to a utility post that says, "I buy homes".

However, someone vandalized the sign and this is what it read: 

(I had to create this little beauty of a sign in PS as I could not take a pic since I was driving):

I immediately started to giggle and then both my 15 year old son and I were cracking up over this simple, but creative genius of a sign.  Yes, i'm probably too old to be laughing at this, but I couldn't help myself.   My son has my quirky sense of humor and that makes me so proud (and a little worried that he may blog someday and tell stories about his whackadoodle of a mother).  

Peanut's First Birthday…sniff, sniff

Peanut's First Birthday Party Theme, 

"This Little Peanut is One"

Look what I just bought in honor of Peanut's birthday...for me! It was kind of expensive for a necklace but I couldn't help myself :) 

Mine says, "Peanut" instead of Celeste of course. I love Etsy!!!!

A HUGE Thank You to Christina and the Bamboletta Team!

I just want to thank Christina from Bamboletta Dolls from the bottom of my heart! For anyone not familiar with Bamboletta Dolls they are inspired by Waldorf Dolls and they are hand made dolls made from organic, all natural materials. These dolls are very special and hard to get but Bo's was selected as a giveaway recipient. I bawled my eyes out when I got the news that she would be receiving a doll. Her name is "Molly" and she's a beauty!

This will be her main Christmas present and I can't wait to give it to her! Thank you so much Christina and the Bamboletta team!

Yo Gabba Gabba

Look what we bought M today?! OMG!!! I'm in love!!!!! I think I want these for myself :) We got him the pair in the middle with all of the Gabba characters on them! So badass!!!! 

    

Waldorf Doll Fun

M's Custom Waldorf doll is DONE! I think he turned out soooo cute! You can't really see in the pics but he is wearing a penguin t-shirt because M loves penguins :)

I love him! Hopefully M will love him too! I cannot say enough good things about Roberta from Hazel Dolls on Etsy! She is fantastic to work with and so sweet! I highly recommend her!!!!

Here are some pics of the doll and then some pics of M that I sent to Roberta. I think she did a fantastic job of making the doll look like him!

Spooky Fun!

How freaking cute is this?  M got a Halloween themed Mr. Potato Head at Fred Meyer today and it's so cute I could just eat it up! He's been playing with it ALL day long. The best part is it was only $4.99. It has a little pumpkin purse and vampire teeth, an orange nose and green pointy ears, plus just a regular black hat and black shoes and the white arms. It also comes with a little cloth sheet that you can attach to the eye piece to make it a ghost.

It's super cute and cheap entertainment for toddlers Actually Bo's is playing with it too right now and she's 6!   This definitely gets a thumbs up and is an awesome addition to a Halloween obsessed house like ours :)

Deadliest Catch

My husband and I are humongous fans of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch show. We've watched it since Season 1 and never miss an episode. When we heard that the Time Bandit Boys (my personal nickname for them is "My Time Bandit Boys") and Captain Sig were going to be in Portland for a live show we knew we just had to go! We had such an awesome time at the live Deadliest Catch show! It was amazing! The boys told stories and talked a little bit about their lives growing up on the boats. It was really cool to see them in person! Despite their fame they are still just a bunch of goofy, down to earth guys! Captain Sig ended up grabbing J by the back of the neck because he thought J was trying to hug him (even though all he did was put his arm around him). I had no idea what was going on at first until I heard a loud commotion.  I remember rolling my eyes thinking, "Only my husband would cause a scene", lol!!!  So yeah, Sig grabbed J by the back of the neck and threw him down in a chair. It was hysterical!  Everyone was laughing except for the poor girl trying to take our pics.  The first pic Jonathan grabbed the camera out of her hands and said, "Take that one again.  I look like an asshole in that one"…LOVE IT!   People in line were getting irritated that we were holding up the line but F them.  We had a blast!  As for myself?  I stood there silent like a drooling, bumbling idiot.  I was completely, 100% star struck!  I was finally touching my favorite Time Bandit Boys and I totally froze up like a dumbass.  Oh well. It was seriously one of the best nights of my life! So much fun!