Things to Remember

We have a pretty consistent bedtime routine for Mike. Each night around 8:30 we finish playing and reading books and head upstairs for bath time. Generally I am in charge of getting Mike undressed and Brad gets his bath ready. So up the stairs we troop, me carrying Mike and Brad and Sammy bringing up the rear. Brad tends to make goofy faces for Mike which sends him into fits of laughter and causes him to throw his little body back and forth to look over my left shoulder then my right then my left again. His giggles turn into chuckles and then full blown belly laughs. I look forward to it every single day.

Halloween Candy

This is what happens when you put Mike in charge of the candy bucket for trick-or-treaters.

Monday Picture

Happy Halloween!

Most of our Halloween festivities were yesterday. We spent the morning at Boo at the Zoo with our little horse then in the evening our little skeleton accompanied us to a Halloween party.

Pumpkins

What we started with:

Cleaning them out:

Carving (aka Mike attemping to eat pumpkin innards)

Painting Mike's pumpkin (aka Mike getting paint EVERYWHERE)

The finished products:

Things to Remember

Last Friday night we went out to dinner at O'Charley's. I was pleasantly surprised with their "kids eat free" program so we ordered Mike some macaroni and cheese and broccoli. When the food arrived he happily started gobbling it all down (along with random pieces and parts from my and Brad's meals as well). As the meal was coming to an end and he was starting to get full he began to get more selective about what he was willing to eat. He would still happily shovel the mac and cheese into his mouth, but broccoli just wasn't making the cut anymore. He started studying his plate and picking up the pieces of broccoli and daintily dropping them over the side of his high chair before greedily gobbling up some more mac and cheese. I have to admit, it was hilarious.That's the one...the broccoli flinger.

Mike and Kitty

You may remember (click here and here if you don't) that Mike and Kitty have a special relationship. Mainly Mike likes to lay on top of, and squish Kitty and she puts up with it. Imagine my surprise the other morning when I stumbled across Mike and Kitty having a sweet moment of him nicely petting her. I kid you not it probably lasted a good 3 minutes, which any parent of a baby/toddler can tell you is a lifetime

Please ignore the super ugly blanket on the couch. This is "Sam's Couch," and she has torn up the cushions a little bit so we cover them up with an ugly blanket (no offense mom, I know you bought me this blanket in 1987 at Pamida). Yep, we literally have a couch for our dog.