Everyone that knows Hayden knows he's a goofball! Lately some of the things he's said have been particularly silly!
One night while getting ready for bed, Jason was helping Hayden put his pajamas on. Hayden looks at Jason and as serious as can be says "You're my son." Followed by the nodding of his large head and "Mmm hmm."
The next morning, Hayden needed to be bribed into putting clothes on. When that happens we usually tell him if he puts his clothes on we'll let him watch cartoons. He whines for a few minutes but eventually gives in. Today things were going in pretty much the same fashion as other mornings and after a short argument Jason had Hayden's clothes on and it was time to watch cartoons. Jason turned the guide on and asked Hayden "Do you want to watch this (Max and Ruby) or Chugginton?" Hayden looks at Jason and says "Oooorrrrr Dora". He's kind of sassy sometimes.
Coming home from daycare that days I asked Hayden if he got to play outside (I knew they hadn't because the weather was bad in which case the kids play "downstairs"). He tells me "yes". I'm not sure why I ask him questions like this because he lies without really meaning to! So being the mean mom that I am I said "Hayden you're a liar!" And very seriously he returns with "not on fire!"
Some of the things he comes up with!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
First Wedding!
The holiday weekend started with the boys getting to stay home on Friday with my mom ("other GaGa" as Hayden says) since daycare was closed (and GaGa wanted to play hooky from work!) along with a trip to the grocery store and some ice cream at Dairy Queen.
Saturday was the wedding reception for a friend of mine and Jason's. Jenn(ifer) Maris (who's father's name is Roger - no joke!) used to live here in McPherson and work at Hospira. We used to hang out a lot in the early McPherson days when Jason and I lived on Oak street. She and I would go on walks with Jager as well as drinking our fair share of tasty beverages from La Fiesta and Hanks! Then about four years ago she moved to Kansas City. Two weeks ago she married Lucas Cole (who she's known for probably 6 or 7 years) in Florida and had their wedding reception in her home town of Valley Center. Since Jason had to work I took the boys by myself.
Things were going fairly smoothly til I got about half way to Valley Center and realized that not only did I forget a burp rag or two I forgot Tucker's bottle as well! I remembered an extra pair of pants and underwear for Hayden but left at home my only means of feeding the baby. Needless to say we were a little later than I had anticipated because we had to make a pit stop at Dollar General first.
At the reception we sat with our friends the Shaws and their little boy Brayden. I was banking on Hayden playing with Brayden while we were there but Hayden fell asleep on the way down and was uber shy as soon as we got out of the car. He refused to leave my side, refused to sit on any other chair other than my lap and refused to eat. He warmed up eventually but not before he spilled sparkling grape juice in my lap! Actually Hayden was something of a mess. Not only was he shy and a klutz he somehow managed to get a bloody nose as well! Tucker was almost an angel - his only issue was spitting out half of the bottle I made as he was drinking it! But that was probably my fault for not only forgetting his bottle in the first place but making him use a bottle with a faster nipple than he's used to as well!
As much as I would have liked to have stayed, the boys and I took off at 8:30. Hayden's hysterics over the bloody nose were a little too much for me to handle in public and deal with a newborn as well. Hopefully the next wedding we go to is a little less dramatic for our family! :)
Saturday was the wedding reception for a friend of mine and Jason's. Jenn(ifer) Maris (who's father's name is Roger - no joke!) used to live here in McPherson and work at Hospira. We used to hang out a lot in the early McPherson days when Jason and I lived on Oak street. She and I would go on walks with Jager as well as drinking our fair share of tasty beverages from La Fiesta and Hanks! Then about four years ago she moved to Kansas City. Two weeks ago she married Lucas Cole (who she's known for probably 6 or 7 years) in Florida and had their wedding reception in her home town of Valley Center. Since Jason had to work I took the boys by myself.
Things were going fairly smoothly til I got about half way to Valley Center and realized that not only did I forget a burp rag or two I forgot Tucker's bottle as well! I remembered an extra pair of pants and underwear for Hayden but left at home my only means of feeding the baby. Needless to say we were a little later than I had anticipated because we had to make a pit stop at Dollar General first.
At the reception we sat with our friends the Shaws and their little boy Brayden. I was banking on Hayden playing with Brayden while we were there but Hayden fell asleep on the way down and was uber shy as soon as we got out of the car. He refused to leave my side, refused to sit on any other chair other than my lap and refused to eat. He warmed up eventually but not before he spilled sparkling grape juice in my lap! Actually Hayden was something of a mess. Not only was he shy and a klutz he somehow managed to get a bloody nose as well! Tucker was almost an angel - his only issue was spitting out half of the bottle I made as he was drinking it! But that was probably my fault for not only forgetting his bottle in the first place but making him use a bottle with a faster nipple than he's used to as well!
As much as I would have liked to have stayed, the boys and I took off at 8:30. Hayden's hysterics over the bloody nose were a little too much for me to handle in public and deal with a newborn as well. Hopefully the next wedding we go to is a little less dramatic for our family! :)
Friday, November 25, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tucker turned 10 weeks old the day before his first Thanksgiving which, consequently, is one of my favorite holidays! There's food, family and Dallas Cowboys football - how can it get any better than that?! Tucker's first Thanksgiving was also his first time to meet his Grandma and Grandpa Zind. But I'm getting ahead of myself.....
When we set out on the road Hayden was playing with his Star Wars "space ship" (it's actually the snow speeder from the Empire Strikes Back but he's only three so I'll let it slide) and was being relatively quiet. When we got to the interstate, though, we hear him exclaim "Applebees!" from the back seat. How in the hell he knows what the Applebees sign looks like I will never know! Of course, Jason and I are both cracking up because not only does he recognize Applebees and Pizza Hut, he also knows what Car Fax is! And as soon as Jason mentions how crazy it is that Hayden can recognize "Car Fax" Hayden starts repeating "Car Fax" over and over and over!
We were the first one's to arrive and GaGa and Papa's house with Uncle Scott arriving not long after. Scott went to take a shower and the water hadn't been running more than 3 minutes before Hayden started grabbing his pants and whining that he needed to go potty. And of course he doesn't want Mommy to take him downstairs, no he has to have Daddy take him to the hall bathroom where Scott is trying to shower!
Tucker was his usual sweet self - smiling and cooing and then Grandma Zind arrived. She was excited to meet him and wanted to hold him right away. Not a big deal until Tucker decided to spit up all over himself and the sleeve of her sweater! He proceeded to spit upon her again after that and on G.G. and myself as well! (Thank goodness I had brought one of my Dallas jerseys so I could at least change my shirt!) Not sure why he was so spitty other than the fact that he's still got a booger filled nose and a little bit of a cough.
After lunch the guys went downstairs to watch football while the women sat in the living room talking and watching tv. Around 3:30, Alli was looking to see what else was on and I swiftly and secretly talked her into changing it to the Fox channel - the channel the Cowboys game was on! Tucker woke up from his short cat nap at that point but didn't really act hungry so I turned him around so he wasn't facing the wall. The tv then caught his eye and even though I know he didn't know what was going on and that all he saw was a bunch of different moving colors I like to think he was excited about the game! He kept waving his arms around (as babies do) and making funny little noises. I'm certain one day he will grow up to be a Cowboys fan! And then he'll turn 7 and then I'm sure he'll be persuaded to the dark side by his father and grandfather and become a Chefs fan (and no that's not a typo!).
When supper time came around everyone fixed a little plate of leftovers. Hayden wanted a cinnamon roll. We had had chili and cinnamon rolls at poker night five days before so that's what we thought he was talking about. But those cinnamon rolls were gone! It was then that Hayden pointed at what he really wanted - the rolls left over from lunch. The were those Hawaiian sweet rolls and for whatever reason Hayden associated them with cinnamon rolls. He's a strange child that's for sure!
The night ended with everyone fat and happy. And all four of us in the same bed.
When we set out on the road Hayden was playing with his Star Wars "space ship" (it's actually the snow speeder from the Empire Strikes Back but he's only three so I'll let it slide) and was being relatively quiet. When we got to the interstate, though, we hear him exclaim "Applebees!" from the back seat. How in the hell he knows what the Applebees sign looks like I will never know! Of course, Jason and I are both cracking up because not only does he recognize Applebees and Pizza Hut, he also knows what Car Fax is! And as soon as Jason mentions how crazy it is that Hayden can recognize "Car Fax" Hayden starts repeating "Car Fax" over and over and over!
We were the first one's to arrive and GaGa and Papa's house with Uncle Scott arriving not long after. Scott went to take a shower and the water hadn't been running more than 3 minutes before Hayden started grabbing his pants and whining that he needed to go potty. And of course he doesn't want Mommy to take him downstairs, no he has to have Daddy take him to the hall bathroom where Scott is trying to shower!
Tucker was his usual sweet self - smiling and cooing and then Grandma Zind arrived. She was excited to meet him and wanted to hold him right away. Not a big deal until Tucker decided to spit up all over himself and the sleeve of her sweater! He proceeded to spit upon her again after that and on G.G. and myself as well! (Thank goodness I had brought one of my Dallas jerseys so I could at least change my shirt!) Not sure why he was so spitty other than the fact that he's still got a booger filled nose and a little bit of a cough.
After lunch the guys went downstairs to watch football while the women sat in the living room talking and watching tv. Around 3:30, Alli was looking to see what else was on and I swiftly and secretly talked her into changing it to the Fox channel - the channel the Cowboys game was on! Tucker woke up from his short cat nap at that point but didn't really act hungry so I turned him around so he wasn't facing the wall. The tv then caught his eye and even though I know he didn't know what was going on and that all he saw was a bunch of different moving colors I like to think he was excited about the game! He kept waving his arms around (as babies do) and making funny little noises. I'm certain one day he will grow up to be a Cowboys fan! And then he'll turn 7 and then I'm sure he'll be persuaded to the dark side by his father and grandfather and become a Chefs fan (and no that's not a typo!).
When supper time came around everyone fixed a little plate of leftovers. Hayden wanted a cinnamon roll. We had had chili and cinnamon rolls at poker night five days before so that's what we thought he was talking about. But those cinnamon rolls were gone! It was then that Hayden pointed at what he really wanted - the rolls left over from lunch. The were those Hawaiian sweet rolls and for whatever reason Hayden associated them with cinnamon rolls. He's a strange child that's for sure!
The night ended with everyone fat and happy. And all four of us in the same bed.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Poker Night
The fourth Saturday of each month is the monthly poker night Jason's brother in law Jeremy hosts at their house. While the guys play cards, us women hang out with the kids and chit chat. This month poker night got pushed up a week because of Thanksgiving which just so happened to be the opening weekend of Breaking Dawn as well! So while Jason and the boys hung out at GaGa and PaPas, Marcie and I went to the movie! Was it the best movie ever? Probably not but it was entertaining and well worth it! Bri and Alli got me into the books a couple years ago and it's been interesting and entertaining to see them come to life and how they differ from what I had pictured in my imagination! Of course, there is a cheesy aspect to each one and it's way to easy to make fun of them! For example, in the first three, the main character Bella blinks incessantly (which can be super annoying sometimes) and in the second movie (New Moon) there's a scene where the character Edward takes his shirt off revealing the actors horribly ill portioned nipples! I might be a tad (and unjustifiably) critical though...
After the movie we went back to Augusta (from the 13th street Warren theater because the Warren theaters are literally the best in Kansas as far as comfort and concessions). G.G. (Grandma McCoskey) was getting her baby fill holding Tucker while Hayden was playing with his cousin Delaney. At about 8 or so the kids put on their pajamas and continued playing. First they played with the dinosaurs, then they played school for awhile (complete with a telling of the Pledge of the Allegiance to an actual flag) and then they gave up on toys altogether and started playing with the buckets the dinosaurs were being stored in. Each kid took a bucket and put it on their heads. Hayden's of course barely fit on his big ol' noggin but he managed to get it on like a hat anyway and around the room the two of them went banging on the buckets with wooden spoons, loudly making noise like they were in some sort of parade and giggling! Around and around they went banging and laughing and about falling into each other. Next they took the buckets, turned them upside down and jumped off of them trying to see who could jump the farthest. When that became too dangerous they played "bedtime" by taking turns laying on the floor and covering up with a blanket and snoring like they were asleep. At one point Delaney jumped up and climbed up on the couch behind GaGa. This got Hayden excited and he tried running around the coffee table; except GaGa's feet were resting on the table and he went head first over her legs like he was doing some sort of gymnastic maneuver!
The kids settle down a little and went quietly into the kitchen. We continued watching Up which was on the Disney channel. A few minutes later Hayden comes running back into the living room shouting "mommy she's putting the dinosaurs in the oven!" He was pretty upset about what Delaney was doing and while I knew the oven wasn't on and that she probably wouldn't mess with it anyway I went in to check it what those two were up to. Well, Delaney was not playing with the oven. All she had done was dump both buckets worth of dinosaurs into the unplugged and completely cool Crock Pot which was sitting on the bottom shelf of the island. It was pretty easy to get Hayden to calm down after then and I went back into the living room, chuckling the whole way. There is never a dull moment with those two! And the best part? Little Tucker slept through it all!
After the movie we went back to Augusta (from the 13th street Warren theater because the Warren theaters are literally the best in Kansas as far as comfort and concessions). G.G. (Grandma McCoskey) was getting her baby fill holding Tucker while Hayden was playing with his cousin Delaney. At about 8 or so the kids put on their pajamas and continued playing. First they played with the dinosaurs, then they played school for awhile (complete with a telling of the Pledge of the Allegiance to an actual flag) and then they gave up on toys altogether and started playing with the buckets the dinosaurs were being stored in. Each kid took a bucket and put it on their heads. Hayden's of course barely fit on his big ol' noggin but he managed to get it on like a hat anyway and around the room the two of them went banging on the buckets with wooden spoons, loudly making noise like they were in some sort of parade and giggling! Around and around they went banging and laughing and about falling into each other. Next they took the buckets, turned them upside down and jumped off of them trying to see who could jump the farthest. When that became too dangerous they played "bedtime" by taking turns laying on the floor and covering up with a blanket and snoring like they were asleep. At one point Delaney jumped up and climbed up on the couch behind GaGa. This got Hayden excited and he tried running around the coffee table; except GaGa's feet were resting on the table and he went head first over her legs like he was doing some sort of gymnastic maneuver!
The kids settle down a little and went quietly into the kitchen. We continued watching Up which was on the Disney channel. A few minutes later Hayden comes running back into the living room shouting "mommy she's putting the dinosaurs in the oven!" He was pretty upset about what Delaney was doing and while I knew the oven wasn't on and that she probably wouldn't mess with it anyway I went in to check it what those two were up to. Well, Delaney was not playing with the oven. All she had done was dump both buckets worth of dinosaurs into the unplugged and completely cool Crock Pot which was sitting on the bottom shelf of the island. It was pretty easy to get Hayden to calm down after then and I went back into the living room, chuckling the whole way. There is never a dull moment with those two! And the best part? Little Tucker slept through it all!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Nine Weeks
This week Tucker has spent a lot more time awake than asleep. And when he is awake he smiles and coos and babbles! Well, when he's not crying because he's hungry! We recently switched him from breast milk to formula and he's done quite well! With Hayden I nursed him up until he was nine months old. But this time around work is more hectic, Jason is working nights instead of days and the pumping was becoming painful. You would have thought after going through all of Hayden's colicky episodes I would have quit sooner with him rather than so soon with Tucker even though he has been an angel compared to what Hayden was like! But for our family I knew this is what was right. Based off of what the girls at daycare were recording as far as how much Tucker was taking at a time, I started him out with 4 ounce at a time. This week he's drinking between 4 and 6 ounces at a time!
Something else I've noticed about Tucker is that he is a creature of habit. Hayden has always been a kind of easy going, take it as it comes kinda kid and has been perfectly happy and fine with not following a schedule. Tucker is the opposite. For example, like his father, Tucker fills his diaper every morning like clockwork! (Ok so Jason doesn't wear a diaper but there needs to be a lit candle in the bathroom every morning after he exits it!) And every night he takes a bottle between 9 and 9:30 and sleeps til at least 3:30, sometimes longer! Next month we get to start cereal so I'm hoping he take it just as well as formula!
Another difference between the two boys is that Tucker seems to have a lot more baby acne than Hayden did. I think Hayden had a few spots but Tucker's is awful! It's all over his face, the skin behind his ears and even a little on the back of his neck and the top of his head! From what I keep reading/hearing it should go away on its own in the next couple of weeks. I'm hoping that it goes away sooner rather than later!
Something else I've noticed about Tucker is that he is a creature of habit. Hayden has always been a kind of easy going, take it as it comes kinda kid and has been perfectly happy and fine with not following a schedule. Tucker is the opposite. For example, like his father, Tucker fills his diaper every morning like clockwork! (Ok so Jason doesn't wear a diaper but there needs to be a lit candle in the bathroom every morning after he exits it!) And every night he takes a bottle between 9 and 9:30 and sleeps til at least 3:30, sometimes longer! Next month we get to start cereal so I'm hoping he take it just as well as formula!
Another difference between the two boys is that Tucker seems to have a lot more baby acne than Hayden did. I think Hayden had a few spots but Tucker's is awful! It's all over his face, the skin behind his ears and even a little on the back of his neck and the top of his head! From what I keep reading/hearing it should go away on its own in the next couple of weeks. I'm hoping that it goes away sooner rather than later!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
8 Weeks and First Craft Fair
Tucker turned eight weeks old last week. We didn't really celebrate and I've been horrible about updating lately! He does seem a lot bigger than when we first brought him home, but when I look at him and I in the mirror it makes me realize just how tiny he still is! But that also might be because his brother is a giant...
In the last two weeks Tucker's really been smiling and cooing a lot more! Any time you talk to him, his face lights up! Of course, when you try and take a picture of it he stops. Go figure.
I took the boys back home to Alta Vista over the weekend for the annual Buttons and Bows craft fair in Manhattan. The plan was to take Tucker with mom and I while Hayden stayed with dad on the farm. Tucker was such a good boy hanging out in the peanut shell and of course a million people oohed and awed over him! Hayden was super excited about helping Papa on the farm! All evening and even Sunday morning all he could talk about was feeding the cows hay bales! Mom and dad even pulled out a pair of rubber boots they'd had when our cousin was little. Hayden didn't want to take them off!
Friday and Saturday nights were a little rough. Hayden, Tucker and I slept in what had been Matt's room when we were growing up and for whatever reason Hayden woke up screaming a couple times a night. He could never tell me what happened or why he was crying but he eventually calmed down each time and went back to sleep. Tucker, on the other hand, would sleep most of the evening, all night and wake up at 6:30 happy as a clam. I'm pretty sure neither one of them want me to sleep! ;)
In the last two weeks Tucker's really been smiling and cooing a lot more! Any time you talk to him, his face lights up! Of course, when you try and take a picture of it he stops. Go figure.
I took the boys back home to Alta Vista over the weekend for the annual Buttons and Bows craft fair in Manhattan. The plan was to take Tucker with mom and I while Hayden stayed with dad on the farm. Tucker was such a good boy hanging out in the peanut shell and of course a million people oohed and awed over him! Hayden was super excited about helping Papa on the farm! All evening and even Sunday morning all he could talk about was feeding the cows hay bales! Mom and dad even pulled out a pair of rubber boots they'd had when our cousin was little. Hayden didn't want to take them off!
Friday and Saturday nights were a little rough. Hayden, Tucker and I slept in what had been Matt's room when we were growing up and for whatever reason Hayden woke up screaming a couple times a night. He could never tell me what happened or why he was crying but he eventually calmed down each time and went back to sleep. Tucker, on the other hand, would sleep most of the evening, all night and wake up at 6:30 happy as a clam. I'm pretty sure neither one of them want me to sleep! ;)
Sunday, November 6, 2011
First snow and Daylight savings
McPherson had it's first snow of the year/season on Wednesday which was as fun as it was disappointing. It was nice to see the rain (what little we got) but it was too cold to enjoy. The snow was fun but there wasn't a lot of it either. Hayden even told me he wanted to play in the snow this year. We'll see if he changes his mind once we actually get enough to play in!
The cooler weather has brought in some wind with it. Our house was built in the late seventies and most of the windows are still the originals. One such window is in Hayden's room. Every time the wind blows harder than a light breeze it rattles rather loudly. On Saturday Hayden pretty much put himself to bed (after a small temper tantrum because Brian and Angela asked Olivia to put the cars away and he wasn't done playing yet!) in our bed. About an hour after we all laid down he was ready to go to his own bed but after being in there for five minutes we heard him crying and went to check on him. All he would say was that it wasn't spooky anymore. Jason put him back to bed. Another ten minutes passed and he was knocking on our door asking for help and crying. Again all he would say was that it wasn't spooky any more and went back to bed. The third time he cried and asked for our help I went in there. The wind rattled the window on my way in and he cried harder. Then it stopped and he calmed down in my lap. I asked him what was wrong and again he said it wasn't spooky anymore but that he had a bloody nose. I assured him that his nose was indeed not bleeding. A small discussion about how if he went to sleep it wouldn't be spooky at all and he laid back down and we didn't hear another peep out of him.
Until 2 am that is. We heard him crying again, this time because he was "wet". A few days before this (on a day Jason was working which means Hayden sleeps in my bed) he had woken me up for the same reason. Fortunately he was completely dry and just having a bad time. This time no such luck. Poor daddy had to change his jammies and strip the bed!
The cooler weather has brought in some wind with it. Our house was built in the late seventies and most of the windows are still the originals. One such window is in Hayden's room. Every time the wind blows harder than a light breeze it rattles rather loudly. On Saturday Hayden pretty much put himself to bed (after a small temper tantrum because Brian and Angela asked Olivia to put the cars away and he wasn't done playing yet!) in our bed. About an hour after we all laid down he was ready to go to his own bed but after being in there for five minutes we heard him crying and went to check on him. All he would say was that it wasn't spooky anymore. Jason put him back to bed. Another ten minutes passed and he was knocking on our door asking for help and crying. Again all he would say was that it wasn't spooky any more and went back to bed. The third time he cried and asked for our help I went in there. The wind rattled the window on my way in and he cried harder. Then it stopped and he calmed down in my lap. I asked him what was wrong and again he said it wasn't spooky anymore but that he had a bloody nose. I assured him that his nose was indeed not bleeding. A small discussion about how if he went to sleep it wouldn't be spooky at all and he laid back down and we didn't hear another peep out of him.
Until 2 am that is. We heard him crying again, this time because he was "wet". A few days before this (on a day Jason was working which means Hayden sleeps in my bed) he had woken me up for the same reason. Fortunately he was completely dry and just having a bad time. This time no such luck. Poor daddy had to change his jammies and strip the bed!
He loves his brother!
These are the next morning pics! Tucker had been smiling but of course he stops as soon as I get out the camera! Silly boy!
Happy Halloween!!!!
My little Darth Vader went Trick or Treating for the first time Monday! We met up with the Shaw's and the Miller's and just walked the houses around the neighborhood (Brian's mom and dad live on Ranch road which is the next street over from Dover). It was so funny watching the kid's go up to the door! Brayden and Olivia are much more out going than Hayden and would rush the door, knocking loudly. Hayden would stand back and just grin. The home owner would hold out the bowl and while the other two kids were yelling "Trick or Treat" Hayden just grinned. A couple of times I heard him say it but he's so quiet it probably just sounded like mumbles! He'd pick out the candy he wanted and was the first one to come bounding down the steps, a big smile on his face, so proud of himself for getting a piece of candy! Every time I asked him if he said "thank you" and every time he told me he did. Never heard it myself but I'm hoping that it's just because he's so quiet!
Tucker did not dress up this year. Instead he wore a Halloween shirt and his black jacket and slept through the entire event cuddled up in the peanut shell as we walked the neighborhood. He never made a peep!
The first block we went to was pretty quiet. I think we saw maybe two other groups of children besides our own. Which was fine - there wasn't a lot of car traffic which was safer for the kids (who of course didn't want to hold our hands) and we didn't have to worry about bigger kids crowding them out. The next block we went to was a different story. At this point it was completely dark (we started at dusk so there was a little light out) and there were multiple groups of children and their parents out and about. Even saw some people traveling by car from house to house. We had gone to only one house on this block when Hayden announced that he needed to go potty in a somewhat urgent tone. I asked him if he could hold it for just a few minutes (bad mom alert!) and then we'd go home after the next house. Tucker had coughed a couple of times by then and I didn't really want to get him any sicker than he already was. Plus with the oncoming mass of children I knew Hayden was going to probably get scared and want to be held and there was no way that was going to work well - to hold a toddler, an infant in a sling, the bucket of candy and a light saber.
When we got home a few minutes later, Jason was hanging out in the front room, stereo on, a cup of coffee in his hand. We gave him a break for a little bit and handed out candy to the few kids that stopped by. Our neighborhood is a pretty nice place - well kept houses and not a lot of traffic - but we never have many kids that stop by trick or treating but a block over there were lots of people! But not having a lot of kids wasn't all bad. Hayden got to sample some of his candy (which he called his "supper" yet after he tried a small portion of it he spit it out and claimed he didn't like it) and we got to turn the light off at 9 and finish watching the Chiefs game. Or at least watch a quarter of it before falling asleep! ;)
Tucker did not dress up this year. Instead he wore a Halloween shirt and his black jacket and slept through the entire event cuddled up in the peanut shell as we walked the neighborhood. He never made a peep!
The first block we went to was pretty quiet. I think we saw maybe two other groups of children besides our own. Which was fine - there wasn't a lot of car traffic which was safer for the kids (who of course didn't want to hold our hands) and we didn't have to worry about bigger kids crowding them out. The next block we went to was a different story. At this point it was completely dark (we started at dusk so there was a little light out) and there were multiple groups of children and their parents out and about. Even saw some people traveling by car from house to house. We had gone to only one house on this block when Hayden announced that he needed to go potty in a somewhat urgent tone. I asked him if he could hold it for just a few minutes (bad mom alert!) and then we'd go home after the next house. Tucker had coughed a couple of times by then and I didn't really want to get him any sicker than he already was. Plus with the oncoming mass of children I knew Hayden was going to probably get scared and want to be held and there was no way that was going to work well - to hold a toddler, an infant in a sling, the bucket of candy and a light saber.
When we got home a few minutes later, Jason was hanging out in the front room, stereo on, a cup of coffee in his hand. We gave him a break for a little bit and handed out candy to the few kids that stopped by. Our neighborhood is a pretty nice place - well kept houses and not a lot of traffic - but we never have many kids that stop by trick or treating but a block over there were lots of people! But not having a lot of kids wasn't all bad. Hayden got to sample some of his candy (which he called his "supper" yet after he tried a small portion of it he spit it out and claimed he didn't like it) and we got to turn the light off at 9 and finish watching the Chiefs game. Or at least watch a quarter of it before falling asleep! ;)
Pumpkin "Carving"
Ok I didn't really let Hayden carve a pumpkin; not only because I was afraid of what might happen if I let a three year old handle a knife (of sorts) but because I waited until 6:30 on the Sunday before Halloween to actually get the pumpkins! Instead of carving we used the finger paints left over of our pre-Tucker photo shoot to decorate our pumpkins! Here's what we came up with:
I have to admit, I almost misspelled our last name on my first attempt. I had "s i e m e s" spelled out and it fit so nicely! Then I realized what I had done and had to wipe off the last "s" and try again. But it turned out just fine after all! And Hayden had a blast!
The little artist!
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