Our "Supers"

This year...like every other year was full of fun and traditions (besides getting awaken at 4:15AM... see previous post).

Preliminary Activities: Pumpkin tortillas (for the last two weeks) and pumpkin carving (last Monday). As for Halloween Day/Night......Mummy Dogs (new for us this year), Scooby Doo rental, chili and cornbread for dinner, costumes, a "Trunk-or-Treat", come home, go through candy (set aside all the yummy-goodness Cael can't have), put the kids to bed, mom and dad (mostly mom) feast on kids candy (afterall....all that candy is NOT good for them (wink, wink)).

All-in-all good times....noodle salad.

Pics:

Mummy Dogs


Cael wanted "bloody ones"


Our Superheroes


Glorious, well thought out, artistically orchestrated.........somewhat shriveled pumpkins

I wonder how many pounds I will put on this year?

Perhaps a bit too excited...

Gabe is REALLY excited for Halloween...perhaps a bit too much.

October 30, 2009
6:35 AM
"Tomorrow's Halloween....I can't wait...I'm so excited".... etc,etc for hours on end.

6:00 PM
Gabe: "I'm so excited for tomorrow...Cael, Issac...It's Halloween tomorrow!" Blah..blah...much more of the same.

11:50PM
Rob went in to check on Gabe before we went to bed.

Gabe: "Is it time to get up?"

Rob: "Gabe, go back to bed."

Gabe: "Are you dressed? Why are you dressed?"

Rob: "Go back to sleep."

Gabe: "Dad, can you get me up?"

Rob: "No...go back to sleep."

October 31, 2009
4:15AM
Gabe wanders over to my side of the bed

Me: "Gabe?"

Gabe: "Surprise....It's Halloween."

Me: "How exciting (dripping with sarcasm)...now, you have 3 seconds to get you bottom back in bed before I will drag you there myself."

He goes...kicking and screaming...but he goes.

4:22 AM
Cael shows up in our room and thinks it's time to get up for the morning......UGH!!!!!!

4:40AM
Cael: "Is it time to get up?"

NO!

5:15AM
Gabe: "Can we get up?"

NO!


...This all continued until 6:45AM when we finally let them out of their rooms to watch cartoons.



8:09AM
I announce (thinking that maybe...just maybe, the large amounts of sugar we have been consuming may have had something to do with our middle of the night awakenings):


"We will NOT be eating ANY candy or treats today. DON'T EVEN ASK. GOT IT!"




It sounds a little harsh, I know but....hey, they should know better than to wake me up repeatedly in the middle of the night!

Organized....even in the buff ;)

I sent Cael to get dressed this morning.

This is what I found when I went to check on him.

(I decided to spare him the embarrassment and clipped out the nudity)

It was hilarious. He even had his underwear tucked inside the pants.

At least my organizational skills rubbed off on ONE of my kids.

He He....just made me laugh.

2 great things

#1 Gabe rode his bike yesterday without training wheels. Our neighbor Lacey took them off and her daughter I held on to the back while he got started and.....off he went. He's a little frustrated because he looses his balance sometimes. I'm trying to remind him that things take practice. He's a bit of a perfectionist and wants me to put the training wheels back on. I won't give in though. Persistence is a good lesson to learn.

#2 Speaking of being persistent, I finally got a double jog stroller yesterday. FINALLY! It was awesome. I'm so glad. No more 80lb stroller!

Exasperating

Isaac wanted a cup of milk for lunch...so I gave him one.

I thought it would be nice of me to pour Cael a cup of milk too, while I was at it.

Cael starts ranting and raving about how I didn't ask him what he wanted and "I didn't say milk or water," and dumps the milk down the drain.

He calmly proceeds to his chair....sits down and say...."Okay, I want milk."

Now he is yelling and screaming because I wont give him more.

Exasperating!