Halloween 2011: A List

1. Emma was a peacock for her first Halloween.  She dressed in costume for a quick photo op and then was off to bed. First Halloween photo. Check.

2. Noah was Spiderman.  Why Spiderman? So, last year Noah was a spider. They really build up Halloween at his school making sure all the kids know the trick or treat rules. So, I think Noah just assumed Halloween = spider costume. I was able to at least talk him into Spiderman instead of the same as last. Kind of a spider, but not.

3. How cute is Emma watching her big brother like a hawk. 

4. Noah: "Hey Momma, where's your costume, Momma."
Me: "What do you want momma to be?"
Noah: "Momma to be a witch."
Daddy thought it was hilarious. Hardy har har. Looks like Momma and Daddy will need to find our own costumes next year.

5. Noah was super excited when the trick or treaters came to our door. Unfortunately I don't think school touched on what to do if you were the  candy giver instead of the trick or treater. Noah invited everyone to "come on in."

6. Obviously used to treating in a crowd, Noah constantly told Daddy, "Let's go find our friends." He'd pass up porchlit, candy giving houses to tag after the costumed kiddos. Then he'd shout, "hey kids, follow me."

7. After about a block and a half, Noah decided he was done. "Hey Momma. We need to go home. We need to find clothes."

8. Thanks to Word World's Kooky Spooky Halloween, Noah's been having quite a bit of Halloween talk flowing from his mouth. Things like. "We need bags to put the treats in." and "You know, B-A-G. Bag."  And, Noah loves his treat bags. He made this one at school. He slept with his candy filled treat bag. And, amazingly enough didn't touch a piece of the candy. I wasn't even able to finagle a piece of chocolate. I'm afraid the bag itself may not last the week. 

9. We actually bought his costume brand new, but after a couple weeks of heavy trick or treating at school, well, things were starting to fall apart by the big night. 

10.  Thanks Grammy for staying behind to hand out candy (oh, and watch Emma), so Daddy and I could enjoy some trick or treating with Noah. 

10.  Nothing made me prouder than to see my sweet boy walk right up to the doors, knock, wait for his candy and move on to the next house.  It was a good night. 

Field Trip - The Pumpkin Patch 2011

What a difference a year makes. Noah took the very same field trip last year to the pumpkin patch.

Last year, he took a picture on this very same pile of pumpkins. This year he is such a big boy, I can't stand it.

Last year, he was afraid of the hay ride, but stoically handled it. This year he hopped right on and was ready to go.

Last year, I got him to sit on a pumpkin. This year he climbed right to the top.

Last year, " no, not train ride." This year, "train car number 7 please. Let's do this."

Last year, I was barely pregnant for Emma and feeling so very sick. This year Emma was in tow and ended up just a little bit sick from the cold weather.  She was super content bundled up in her Baby Bjorn. It stinks that she's running a bit of a temp tonight, but hopefully, it will be out pretty quickly.

I felt like such a proud mommy today. Noah was so excited about his field trip, but he still did some great listening, sat and ate his snack (I'm pretty sure he was super hungry,), and greeted all his friends.

 

Is there anything better than the feeling of your child having a great day?

Five Things Friday 10.28.11 - Photo Purge

1. Emma's getting to be such a big girl.  All ready for her hand-me-down exersaucer from her future Facebook friend Graeme.

2. Happy Birthday to Daddy!  As a surprise, the kids and I stopped by work with cake and balloons.  My grandma may have walked barefoot through the snow to church, but I carried take-out lunch, a chocolate sheet cake, a bouquet of balloons, a wrapped gift, a 4-month old and a four year old from the parking garage to the ninth floor of the hospital just to wish our Daddy a "Happy Birthday!"

3. Here's a sneak peek of Baby E's Halloween costume.  Cutie!

4. Mrs. Jaime gave bottle feeding a shot with Baby Emma.  Emma's response, "it's not you, it's me, Mrs. Jaime."

5. I know I say this all the time, but these guys love each other.  Emma has started pulling on Noah's hair if he's in arms length.  And, now Noah will come up to her with his head down ready for some tough love from baby sister. 

PS - Apparently, I am liking this green dress with the orange stripey pants on Emma because she wore it multiple times this week.  Don't worry Grammy, she is still wearing some of the "pretty" dresses. 

Halloween Treats

I picked up this box of brownies at Target over the weekend.  I though it would be fun to do at home, and it really looked like some super easy decorating.

Noah had a blast.  He was determined to cover the entire marshmallow with green icing. 

Lots of messy fun!  Believe me, I am way craftier in my head than this execution would suggest.

Bottle Boycott

Emma is not a fan of the bottle.  It's my fault for not starting one earlier, because she honestly has no idea what to do with it.  She's literally only taken about... um... 3.  Ever.

Thanks Momma!  But, I'm not really sure what you want me to do with this.

Look Ma, no hands.

Ha. Ha.  This is funny. 

Brotherly Love

This little girl loves her big brother.


And, it's just the sweetest thing ever!

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Good Morning Little One

We were at the pedi on Friday for a weight check. She's grown... a bit. Hasn't fallen any lower on the chart. Doctor mentioned missing just one feeding can make her not gain. This weekend I was all geared up to wake her up in the middle of the night to squeeze in a dream feed. That so didn't happen, but thanks to Noah we are up bright and early. Who would have thought too much sleep could be an issue?

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