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Candy Recalled

Hello everyone... this is a forward I received from a friend back home, but I thought it would be important to all of us!!!

HALLOWEEN CANDY RECALLED

(and I even verified on snopes: http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/coins.asp)

There is a new warning put out by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency....
Sherwood brand Pirate's Gold Milk Chocolate coins are being recalled due to
the fact that they contain Melamine, the ingredient in milk product that has
caused many infant deaths in china.
These candies are sold at Costco, as well as many bulk and dollar stores.
please make sure to check your childrens halloween candy and DO NOT LET THEM
EAT THE PIRATE COINS (you know the ones wrapped in the shiny gold foil)
and please let other parents know about this!

My Age

This was our conversation on the way home from daycare today.
Me: "Owen, how old are you?"
Owen: "Two!"
Me: "Owen, how old is Momma?"
Owen: "Momma old!"

Recent Pictures

Here are a few pictures of Owen at Chuck E. Cheese's and at the Pumpkin Patch.

My Sexy Little Man

Owen cracks me up! He picked up the word "sexy" in daycare one day. His teacher apologized over and over for it. Well, last night he came out of the bathroom with his underwear down around his ankles, ran down the hall saying "sexy, sexy, sexy!" You never know what he will say next!

CSU

There was a gunman on CSU's campus last night. Police responded quickly and classes will resume today as normal. You tend to think of this happening at large colleges, not small private Christian ones.

Amazed

I am continually amazed at what Owen does daily. With him being our first child I am not sure what is developmentally appropriate and if what he is doing is the same thing a normal 2 year old will do. Reguardless, here are a few of our amazing moments in the past few days.
1) Austin was outside washing his squad car. Owen walked up to the mop bucket which Austin fills with soapy water. He looked in it and said "bubbles" and then he realized the bucket was empty. He picked up the soap, opened the cap, turned it over and squirted some in the bucket. He then closed the cap. Austin looked in the bucket and told Owen he needed more. So, once again, Owen opened the cap, squirted soap in the bucket and then closed the cap again. Austin added water and Owen had his bubbles.
2) While washing dishes by hand, Owen opened the dishwasher, took dishes out one by one, put them in the sink and kept telling me to "wash it" each time he would add another dish to my dishwater. Nevermind the fact, the dishes in the dishwasher were clean!
3) I told Owen I was going to take a bath yesterday. He ran into the bathroom, dumped all of his bath toys in the tub and then smiled and said "mama's bath." I guess he wanted me to have as much fun as he does.
4) The phone rang and I didn't hear it. He came running to me with the phone hollering "mama phone!" I know it won't be long before he tries to answer it. :)
I just love to sit back and watch him. I am amazed at how much he is learning through play and how he demonstrates it.

Owen's New School

Owen started his new school this week. He is now an official "little gator" at Goose Creek High School. Owen and I will be be GCHS alums. :)
GCHS has a preschool program for teacher's children. The program is interesting. Here's how it works:
Students who want to become early childhood educators enlist in this program. After spending two years learning EC practices in a classroom they are chosen to "work" in the preschool. The students become "helpers" to the preschool teacher. The preschool ratio is set to the one teacher. So, Owen only has 6 other children in his class, but at times there are 3 and 4 workers.
The preschool follows the same EC curriculum that the county uses. Each day Owen has calendar time, centers, arts and crafts, music, outdoor play and then free play. The children play outside daily. If it is raining they ride tricycles under the breezeways and in the school hallway between classes. One of the best things about this program is that breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided! The childen eat in their own little cafeteria.
Owen has done great! He adjusted well and his teacher said he was very well mannered. You can only imagine how proud I am of him! :)