I'm at home tonight with a baby. A cute one who doesn't look like a newborn anymore.
We're doing laundry, sweeping floors, peeing in our eyes (him, not me) and passing out candy to the neighborhood kids. The boys are out with Trevor collecting as much sugar as they can, I'm anxiously awaiting their return so I can enjoy some goodies I remember so many Halloweens that involved winter coats, hats and mittens but not tonight, it's in the 60s!
I started the day out dealing with this. That's the school parking lot and that's where Spiderman landed after I drug his thrashing, flailing body through the parking lot. This fit, which is more common lately, lasted all the way home and through my attempt to feed him lunch. He missed lunch and instead was thrown in his crib. Two year olds are awesome. And you know what the best part is? I get to do it all over again in 2 years. Yay us!!
Luckily Spiderman woke up on the right side of the crib.
We carved pumpkins this weekend. The boys had a blast, mostly Trevor.
Our creations!
The boys are back....time for me to dig into the bucket!!
Yes Bennett, they are crazy.
I prefer each layer to be a different blue, it adds depth, and makes him look like Ralphie's brother. But he was warm and he could still walk so that was a plus.
We brought a sled this year to help tow the hooligans. Cold weather usually brings out the inability to walk.
Somewhere along the way it also became hard to sit up. That many layers and a big belly can make that a difficult task.
We searched and found a tree. It was as far out as the tree farm went. We wouldn't want to pick a close one because we prefer to make things difficult.
We also had a few moments to have a snowball fight.
We are a fan of child labor.
But whose that I see coming?
It's Santa! And he's come to carry our tree. That Santa, he's useful for so many things.
Declan didn't want to ride with Santa.
No crying. No whining. Smiles all around. And little snowman who now have a tree that is as fat as it is tall! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
In honor of the Feast of St. Nicholas the boys left their shoes out on the front step last night. I was informed by a certain 5 year old that they had to be outside and that they should be filled with gold.
No gold but St. Nick did fill them with candy, books and a car. Oh and he brought them inside so they'd be nice and warm in the morning.
This one...
and this one were not afraid
But this one was not impressed.
He was impressed with his new mittens though.
And his cute new shark hat.
And the snow.
We went on a sleigh ride.
And huddled close to stay warm.
We also pretended to be Santa's helpers.
I'd say they are the cutest elfs I've seen.
