Halloween

I ordered the boys Halloween costumes back in September. I was so proud of myself for thinking ahead and getting it done so I wasn't desperate at the end searching for the ever-so-popular Star Wars costumes! That's what I get for thinking. Max's costume arrived 3 days after I ordered it! I love E-Bay! Anakin Skywalker has moved into the McGooden house. We kept waiting and waiting and wating for Yoda to move in, too. Two days ago a package finally arrived from costumedisgues.com Just in time! We were very excited to open the envelope. I thought the envelope was kind of flat for the yoda head piece but, maybe it just got flattened during shipping. Nate pulled the much awaited costume out of the envelope and.... Mr. Incredible. Yep, that's right, a size 3T-4T Mr. Incredible costume. I just can't believe it. What in the world do you do? I immediately called the company only to hear a recording saying the mailbox is full. I've e-mailed twice only to get e-mails back saying "due to the high volume of e-mails expect a longer than normal response time." Today I found a different number which asked "please do not leave a voice message. please send an e-mail to our customer service representative." Oh, I left a message. So now what? Anyone have a Yoda costume lying around?

Isn't it Ironic

We all know Grant is a dirty little thing. He is a dirt magnet (note previous posts and dirt ridden pictures). But, I have to say, he is the tidiest among the Nate McGooden family. Every time he passes the trash can in the kitchen he closes the lid. If there is trash anywhere in the house he picks it up and throws it away in a trash can. If he is running past the bathroom he will stop, go back and close the lid to the toilet. He loves to clean up and sing the clean up song as he does. Bathtime seems to be one of his favorite daily activities. I guess he's making up for his inability to keep himself clean. I thought this nice clean picture of Grant would be a welcome asset to this blogsite that is full of lots of dirty Grant. Clean Max is just an added bonus.

Is that....?

I walked into the bathroom last night to check on the little guys who were taking a bath. Grant is quite the splasher and an incredible jumper given his body mass. He can (and has) completely soaked the bathroom floor with the tremendous waves he makes by jumping and falling down on the bathtub floor. To prep himself before the big jump he slightly bends his knees, puts his arms behind him and yells, "JUMPY, JUMPY, JUMPY!" He also likes to hold a washcloth in each hand, saturate it and fling it toward the bathroom door. Max thinks all of this is hilarious and just sits and laughs at him. So, back to last night...Max and Grant were both standing up in the bathtub laughing (which rarely means anything good is going on) and the far wall of the shower was covered with heaps of brown stuff. Max pointed and said, "Look what Grant did." Grant also had his hands full of the brown stuff. My stomach sank and I started psyching myself up to clean up a wall and bathtub full of poo. But, fortunately, upon closer inspection I realized they had found an empty paper tower roll, soaked it, and Grant was throwing wads of it on the wall. He got it really high, too. Still a mess but oh, so much better to clean up than poop. The scary thing is they are not even 4 & 2. What is going to happen when they are 7 & 9? Or 11 & 13? And what happens when number 3 arrives and is even more mischevious than the 2 of them? God, help us all! Really. That is a sincere prayer.