Owen Tyler Tuesday

The other night Owen wrote down his Christmas List for 2010. Santa might bring him a trampoline, but Santa will not bring him a go-cart or a TV for his room.

On Friday, Owen had Thanksgiving at school and he was allowed to dress as an Indian or Pilgrim. He wanted to be an Indian. Our little boy is getting to big and he is happy to be out of school this week and at Memaw's house.

Owen Tyler Tuesday

The first week of school Owen lost his first tooth at school in his corn dog at lunch. Brett was sad that we weren't there to witness it. I picked him up from daycare and he was so excited. He was playing outside that is why he looks so hot and sweaty, he was.

The tooth fairy got too excited and gave Owen too much money. The tooth fairy's wife hopes that is not expected for every tooth.

In other news Tball is over. They did really good even though I don't think Owen knew what was going on half the time. The won 2nd place in the 2 day tournament they attended. We were really proud and hope he enjoys sports as much as Brett and I enjoy watching them.

I don't want to forget the funny things Owen says. With Brett's recent change in occupation, Brett and I tend to talk a lot about being happy with our careers. I never think about all the things that Owen hears us say. The other day I was mowing the yard and some of the children from the neighborhood were playing with Owen. I had stopped mowing and was walking around the corner when I heard one of the kids ask Owen is his dad was a firefighter. Owen looked at him and said "No." Then the kid asked Owen "well, what does he do then." Owen looked at him and said "He burns dead people.," Oh, I think I almost passed out. The kid said "huh," and Owen said "He cremates people, duh." Poor kid went home.

Even Happier - Week 6

Week 6 is titled Benevolence. Benevolence means an act of, or a general inclination towards, charity. The author states that "Helping oneself and helping others are inextricably intertwined: the more we help others, the happier we become; the happier we become, the more inclined we are to help others." Today is Veterans Day and this reminds me about people caring so much about Veterans on Veterans Day, but what about the other 364 days of the year? People volunteer on Christmas and Thanksgiving at soup kitchens but what about days that aren't holidays? I do not volunteer as often as I should and I could come up with a million excuses but they would be just that excuses. The other day Brett and I bought some Sprinkles cupcakes to donate to the Salvation Army. We didn't eat them because we had just had breakfast. After leaving Sprinkles we were stopped at a red light and there was a homeless man asking for money, Brett rolled down his window and asked him if he wanted a cupcake, he did and Brett gave him a Sprinkles Red Velvet cupcake. I hope it was the best cupcake he has ever had.

I'm too busy!!!

Time feels like it is flying by. Life in the Mitchell house has changed drastically since I last blogged. I talked about job drama for B and I, well B's job drama went away. On a Sunday in September, I can't remember the exact date, he went to work. We talked as usual throughout the day and he told me he was having a bad day. Then he called me that evening and told me he QUIT. :o WHAT, you just quit your job.... you're joking right??? I can't say that I wouldn't have done the same thing if I were him, or maybe I wish I were him. Firefighting is how we met, it is our life, hell our house is decorated with fire stuff everywhere. I was really sad, but we will have a better life and B is really happy now. He works with his dad.

Owen is so grown up and says the funniest things, I want to remember them so I need to start blogging them.
Life has been amazing lately, but the days just seem to fly by. I can't remember the last time we were home for more than a couple hours except to sleep. My house is a wreck the backyard looks like a jungle, B is sick, but we are all just so happy. I love my boys more than anything and I see Brett maturing more and more everyday.