Keith's Nightmare

If you know me you know that I LOVE Halloween. It is my favorite holiday, and I have been known to take it a bit far at times. This year we are doing the wizard of oz; Lily is going to be Dorothy, Sam is going to be a flying monkey, Keith the scarecrow and I let Lily choose mine, which is the good witch. Everyone’s costume was fairly easy to find but mine. So as we are watching the movie for the 100th time (thanks to Lily’s obsession with it) I realized that her dress just looks like a bad 80’s wedding dress. So I hit up the DI’s and found one that will do, and am going to dye it pink in the bathroom tub. When I came home and showed Lily, like a girl, she just had to try it on. Hence the picture below. It gave Keith a lot of heat burn and a sudden urge to get a gun out and clean it. I think it was adorable.

My funny monkey children

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, life in the Mecham house is always on the move. Things are going well right now, Keith is still home and should be home until they deploy again in the spring ( fingers crossed ). But with the military you never really know what to plan on. I am still trekking along with school, if everything goes well I will be graduating in the spring and hopefully be taking the NCLEX by the end of spring or early summer. Thank heavens it is getting close enough to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Some days it is all that keeps me from climbing a clock tower. But even with the prospect of losing my mind, I love learning more about nursing and can’t wait to finally walk in and say; “Hi, my name is Sadie, I am your nurse today.” Instead of, “ how is your pain? Oh you want something, ok let me go hunt down your nurse.” No I don’t really say it like that, but you get what I mean.
Keith and I actually had a day off at the same time this week, so we took the kids to Wheeler Farm. I always seem to forget how cool that place is. The kids had a blast feeding the ducks, riding the pony, the wagon ride, and seeing all the farm animals.


Lily loved the pony ride. She is still talking about how fun it was to ride Marshmellow, and how Marshmellow is her favorite pony friend. I may scream if I hear the name Marshmellow again today. But you have to admit, there is something so cute to see a happy little girl on a pony. sigh....

Lily just being cute. She actually stopped and said, "look mommy I am cute take my picture." and when I turned around there she was all posed and ready. She is so cute it kills me.

Yes, that is my little man helping daddy and grandpa tile the mantel for the fire place. He was playing in the pool and that is why he is half naked and not wearing shoes.

Silly little man. 18 months going on 18 years old.

Lily is now in full time preschool. I can’t believe how big she is getting. It kind of freaks me out to think that she is starting kindergarten next fall… My baby is all grown up. Lily absolutely loves preschool. Her teacher is the same preschool teacher that taught Keith in preschool. She is so wonderful, all the more reason to be sad when she goes to kindergarten.

Samuel is getting so big. He is almost 18 months and into everything, but all he has to do is give you that big smile and you just melt. I do believe that he only comes with two speeds asleep and running. It never ceases to amaze me how so much energy can fit into such a small body.