Happy Halloween!!!!

Dave has been in Canada all this week and missed Halloween, so I had a full house of friends and family to keep me company! My friend Jennifer came over with her boys and parents. Gigi and Dada drove over for the evening and that was a big help after trick or treating wrapped up. My friend Betsy also came over with her son Scott (she is also Juliet's mommy, but Juliet was sick today, which happened to be her 1st birthday, and she had to stay home). We had all boys.... Batman, a knight, cowboy, dinosaur, monkey and Robin. Baby Kyle was the dinosaur and he was awfully cute. I pushed Theo in the stroller even though he is taking steps now. Just easier that way. He "trick or treated" at Ms. Cheryl's house next door and then headed back home to pass out candy with me. He got to taste some of the candy while we greeted the trick or treaters and really liked that! Then he watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and went off to bed. Jack on the other hand ran all over creation and was the speed-trick or treater. I have no pictures of him in action b/c I couldn't keep up with him. He and his friends were on a mission! I managed to snag this video only by getting ahead of them. He finally got so much candy that he tired of carrying his treat bag and returned to the house to pass out candy with Gigi and Dada.

We had a great Halloween and look forward to seeing Daddy later tonight. He is landing in New Orleans as I type this.

Robin taking steps!!!

Sorry this is sideways but I have no idea how to rotate it. Just turn your head and enjoy!! This was taken right before I took off his costume. I've been trying all day to get him to walk while I had the camera handy. No easy feat!!!

Starting off the day

The boys have gotten Halloween cards from Mama, Mimi, Gigi and Aunt Jen this month and I finally let them open their cards this morning! Jack had so much fun and loved the stickers that Aunt Jen enclosed. Theo was also impressed and then demanded milk.

Theo is walking

No video to go with it yet (go figure..... the kid is walking everywhere and then I pull out the camera and he crawls)...... but he walked all across the living room and then from the living room into the kitchen. On a day that my heart is full of sorrow, such simple joy abounds. He's down for a nap so I'll try to capture his steps when he wakes up! He is 14 months today, by the way.

Sad post

This is the kind of post that should never have to be made, but a little 9 year old boy lost his battle with leukemia last night. His mother (Lori) is a friend of a friend and has supported Jen, Brian and Corinne by signing her Caring Bridge site. She lost her mother to cancer earlier this month and now her baby boy is gone as well. Words really can't express the sense of loss I feel right now. If you would, please take a moment to sign his guestbook. Even if you don't know what to say, just let them know you care. Lori has signed Corinne's site several times, even when Cameron and her mom were at their sickest. The random kindness of strangers has touched me more than anyone will ever know. Please give her some back.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/cameronbrown

My first video

Bear with me, I've never gotten videos to work before. He wanted his cup back but at the end of all that, he says all done. So cute! Click on the full size tab to view the video.

The Great Pumpkin

We've been religiously watching Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin every night before bed.  That's thanks to the luxury of a DVD.   Theo really enjoys watching it for about 10 minutes and then he's off to destroy the house.  Here he is stacking some blocks on the toy that my friend Michelle gave him for his birthday.  

Theo's new kick is "all done".  Everything is "all done".  He takes two sips of his milk and he's "all done".  He hands me the cup, whines to get it back and we repeat the process.  I must say that he is so cute saying "all done" that I don't mind, the first hundred times at least.  I counted that he says about 10 words these days.  He won't sign at all so he is the complete opposite of his big brother.  And still no walking.  Crawling Robin it is.

Painting with friends

Today we went to my friend Jennifer's house to paint pumpkins.  I brought two miniature pumpkins for Theo.  Too bad all he wanted to do was crawl around the garage.  Then his woman showed up and he was happy.  Still crabby, but happy.

Crabby

Theo must be teething or something because his disposition matches the design on his sweater these days.  The weather dipped down to the 40's last night and this morning so I busted out the glubs that Aunt Liz sent the boys.  I got Jack a special Spiderman set for school since they play outside several times a day.  Theo didn't know what to make of the glubs and got frustrated that he couldn't suck his thumb.  He managed to hold his sippy cup though!  Sorry the pictures are blurry........... our house is really dark and the flash makes things washed out.

Take 2

Theo was playing with some of the leftover pumpkins from our party a few weeks ago this weekend.  I thought "Great!  Let's try for a cute pumpkin patch picture since he's over his pumpkin fear!!".  Well, hold that thought.  He freaked out at the sight of the pumpkins again.  Go figure.  I guess he only likes them on his terms.  Skunk.

Superheroes

Jack has an enormous amount of superheroes.    We dread when he takes them out to play because there are seriously about a hundred of them.  Today was a rare day.  Jack let his brother play with the superheroes and Theo helped out by putting them back in the box!!

Carving a pumpkin

Jack and his daddy carved a pumpkin this afternoon.  We normally don't carve until the day before Halloween since they rot so fast in the fine October heat here......... but Dave is going to Canada tomorrow and will miss Halloween :(   We took off Jack's shirt so he didn't completely mess it up.  

Cedarwood party

It's been a very busy day.  We celebrated Halloween with Jack's class this afternoon.  One of the moms dressed up as a witch and the kids loved it.  Theo gorged on some cheeto puffs and was perfectly content to watch all of the kids run around.  One of the moms made a cute craft for all of the kids from tin cans.  We had a great time and immediately headed over to my Mom's groups' trunk or treat.......

Trunk or treat

It was our 3rd trunk or treat to attend and this was the best year yet!  The boys were dressed as Batman and Robin.  I should say Theo, the non-walking Robin.  Jack's original costume had a bit of a malfunction, so I substituted the cape and mask. Both boys were hot as could be in those costumes.  I also discovered the joys of taking the entire costume off to potty (Jack that is).  

Theo got to spend some quality time with his woman, Juliet.  Jack snagged his brother some candy since he was stroller-bound the entire time.  Dave and I have already enjoyed some of them!!!

It was bound to happen....

I keep the hair gel in the half bath so I can spike Jack's hair right as we head out for school.  Today he spent a long time washing his hands..... or so I thought!  This is how he came out.  "Look mom, I spiked my hair myself".  Ummm, not a lot of spiking here.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  I had to march him to the bathroom to wash it all out.  The shampoo wouldn't even lather there was so much gel.  Jack, Jack.

My next projects

There are so many cute Halloween treats to make.  Here are some ideas I have found from other people.  The first is just white icing piped out to look like a mummy.  I'm going to take a stab at these for my Mom's club Trunk or Treat tomorrow.  The second picture is nutter butter cookies dipped in white chocolate.  I love it!!

Surprise!

I ordered Jack a ton of Fall clothes from Old Navy (they are blowing out boys' stuff, btw) since none of his stuff from last year fits. at. all.  I'm talking highwater pants and 3/4 length shirts.  Guess he's sprouted up recently!  Anyway, I got more than I bargained for........  surprise!!  We joked that I'd mail him to Mimi's house for a few days.  He was all excited to go!

2nd haircut

I took Theo for his 2nd haircut today and he did great!  Just sat in the Firetruck and didn't move a muscle.  At the end he proclaimed that he was "so big".  He does look so big  :(

Tagged

Shannon tagged me in a blogger game.  I was supposed to pick the 6th picture in this album, but it was a pretty graphic c-section picture that everyone may not want to see (lots of blood, etc).  So I picked the 14th picture b/c I love it. 

Lauren, you're tagged.  Pick the 6th album in your photos and the 14th picture.

Katie's visit

Cousin Katie was working over this way today and stopped by to visit.  She brought Theo a neat cd of music performed by local artists.  We can't wait to try it out on the drive to school tomorrow.  I pretty much have our current music selections memorized!

Thanks for coming by and trying to coax Theo to walk......  every little bit helps!!