Old McDonald Had a Farm…
Hello everybody! I have now entered the wonderful world of having Elmo’s world stuck in my head nearly every day. Aiden also likes Monsters Inc. and asked to watch it three days in a row (we didn’t let him, we mixed it up with The Incredibles, Lilo and Stitch, and Brother Bear). We really wish that we had Toy Story or Cars for him to watch because we think that those would become some of his favorites to watch. I am very excited because this week I find out if the baby is a boy or a girl! Not to mention further reassurance that everything is going well and that the baby is developing correctly. Check back later in the week for the announcement of the gender and possibly the name (we have a girl one all picked out, but if it’s a boy we will have to come up with one and that may take awhile.) In the meantime enjoy the plethora of pictures below. One Wednesday Aiden found Brandon’s shoes laying around and decided to “walk a mile” in daddy’s shoes.
Thursday Aiden and I went to visit great grandma and she let him bring home a mini strainer. You can see that he must have needed some more metal in his diet because he decided it would make a nice little snack.
Thursday evening we went to a pumpkin walk in Centerville. Aiden kept saying, “pumpkin, pumpkin.” One of the pumpkins had a furry monster mask on it which startled me but Aiden came over and said, “Kiss it.” We also enjoyed a free donut and apple juice at the pumpkin walk.
Friday evening the local rec center was having a Halloween carnival. It was free to get in and there were a bunch of carnival games and things that cost 1-3 .50¢ tickets. Aiden got to fish with a pole and a net, he got to “trick or treat”, we posed for a photo op, Aiden tried his hand at bowling and he even bobbed for a donut.
When Aiden bobbed for donuts Brandon held his arms down. The girl held up the donut and Aiden looked at the donut like he was thinking, “You have got to be kidding me, don’t you realize I need my hands to eat that thing.” It was funny.
On Halloween we went to my aunt Vicky’s for the usual festivities. When it came time to frost cookies I gave Aiden his own bit of frosting and a plastic knife. He did really good at frosting when he began but after awhile he decided to just eat the frosting.
In the evening we took Aiden trick or treating at great grandma’s neighborhood. Grandma Juju joined us and we had a lot of fun. When we got to the first door we knocked and when the person opened the door Aiden turned around to book it. He was noticeably upset or frightened and sort of fussing, until of course I pointed out that they were trying to give him candy. He still seemed a little unsure of what was going on as he grabbed the candy from the bucket but then he caught on really quickly. The other funny things is that no matter how many times we told him to “only take one” he managed to grab two every single time. The little sneak… 🙂 and of course he got away with it because he is so little.
After trick or treating we went to Iceburg for a buy one get one free shake and then to Chipotle where they were having a promotion that if you dress up as a burrito you get a free burrito. Well, as you may know all Chipotle burrito’s are wrapped in aluminum foil at the end of the building process so Brandon decided to dress up as a wrapped up burrito. He got a few laughs from the employees and they took a photo of him.
On Sunday evening we had fondue for dinner. The cheese dip was a big success with Aiden but not so big as the various chocolate dipped items that we gave him for dessert. As you can see from the mess Aiden decided that they were delicious!
Lastly, my felt food for the week. Peas and carrots!
Have a great week everyone!