Gearing Up

Pumpkins are finally carved are ready for Monday's trick-or-treaters. We've been rehearsing the "trick-or-treat" phrase with P, but I am fairly certain that as soon as he sees the bowl of candy at each door he is going to freeze up out of anticipation of the yumminess. Our Halloween Block Parade for the kids is later today, so there will be some costume sneak previews on the blog later today.

Patrick's pumpkin would we the abstract looking masterpiece front center. Tom let Patrick draw on his own face and Tom carved it out.

Let It Snow

When we woke up to this-

We guessed our neighborhood Halloween Block Parade would be traded in for some of this-

Dear Fatty Chipmunk Who Smells of Pumpkin,

I will get you. Four pumpkins on my front porch, and you had to chew a hole through the biggest one? You won't be hard to find with pumpkin guts covering your little whiskers-let's see how chipper you'll be then.

Dear Mrs. 6pm Coffee,

We are like coffee sisters, you and me. Now that we have a Keurig, I drink like 4 cups a day. My body has mutated. I can now drink it anytime and still fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.

If I had an emergency preparedness kit in our house, it would consist of only coffee, diapers, laffy taffy and a flashlight.

Dear You Know Who,

The holidays are approaching, and if I don't see some photos of my goddaughter in some stinking cute dresses during Thanksgiving and Christmas festivities I will call CPS.

Give her a big kiss from me.

Tommy's Six Month Check-Up

Tommy had his six month wellness check this past Wednesday and is weighing in at 16lbs, 6 oz (24th percentile) and 27.3 inches in length (74th percentile). I compared these against his brother's measurements for the same time period and Patrick had him beat by 5 ounces (although Tommy is taller).

T is now eating all baby food-meats (only if mixed with something), fruits and veggies, and is learning the art of puff eating. These are some photos from his first puff encounter. Tom and I were laughing at how long the one puff stayed on his ear. He gets about one in for every 5 attempts, but it keeps him occupied.

(Tommy's first tooth is visible here-now he has two, both bottom front. He bit my foot today.)

I am not sure if Tommy has been sleeping better or whether I have just learned to tune him out before 6 am. The last few mornings I have heard him about 6:15.

Happy Feet

Last Thursday Patrick had his first organized sporting experience at Happy Feet, a soccer program for 2-3 year olds at an indoor sports arena near our house. Wow, was daddy on cloud nine watching P bumble around the field.
Three coaches for about a zillion kids. It was fun chaos. About half the kids actually listened to and followed the coaches' directions. My child was not in that half.

Daddy showed up shortly after the program began and it didn't take long for P to notice.