October 2013

Lately I feel like I am walking through mud. I just can’t seem to keep up with life! October was a fun month, but I do feel a little guilty for not doing tons of crafts and activities with Lincoln like I did last year. To tell you the truth, last year I went so overboard on the holidays that I am STILL recovering. Seriously, an activity every single day for three months straight completely killed me. So this year, I am really slacking off in the mom-department.

We went to Carleton Farms three times. Once as a family. It is a really neat place where you can ride the wagon, shoot pumpkins, and pick your very own. There is a park with huge slides and tons of fun things to do.

The second time we went was with Lincoln’s preschool. Or I should say not with his preschool. I read the dates wrong and showed up on the wrong day. Talk about awkward! Turns out it was the next day, so we went back for the third time.

Watching the pumpkins launch and my son is the adorable boy wearing a dinosaur hat, dinosaur jacket, dinosaur shirt, and normally matching dinosaur shoes but we left them at home(too muddy). I always try to dress him cute because naturally I want him to be the cutest in his class.  One day I asked Lincoln about another little boy who was always dressed in adorable clothes, and Lincoln scrunched his nose up and said “that kid is fancy.” So I am trying to tone it down so he doesn’t become the “fancy” kid.

Indoor slides into corn!Zipline! Lincoln thought this was awesome and asked to go really fast! He went probably six times before Maverick started screaming to go too.

This year I let Lincoln choose his costume. It was really hard for me to not have him in a fluffy animal costume. He wanted to be a Power Ranger. Ugh! Who knew those were still around?

He is obsessed with fighting and has been since he turned three. I am wanting this phase to end, but he just keeps adding more fighting to it.

The other day Scott and I asked him “What are your three favorite things to play?”

His response:

1. Army guys

2. Guns

3. Transformers

REALLY!!!!???? Since he has been shooting things for so long, it is all Maverick does now too. They both walk around the house pointing guns at me and making fighting noises. Oh the joys of being the only girl. I can’t think of a day I wasn’t tackled to the ground and blown up for being a bad guy. What I would give to hear the peaceful sound of playing cars or building Legos.

Maverick wanted to wear Lincoln’s costume and of course walked around pretending to fight.

 

Another night we did a Halloween dinner. This is a tradition I want to do every year with my family. I think my kids will look forward to it and remember it forever.

The menu:

Eyeballs: Olives

Fingers: String cheese with almonds

Fingernails: bugles

Mummys: Crescent rolls and hot dogs

Brains: Jell-o

Dirty worms: you know what it is!

A few days we did small crafts like tissue ghosts and pumpkin crayons but I didn’t take any pictures. Sometimes you have to put the camera away!

Carving pumpkins!

Maverick putting it on Lincoln’s face…of course

Finally Halloween!

Maverick caught on to getting candy pretty fast. Whenever people would see him they would sigh and say,  “What a cute monkey!” and then he would dart inside their house and just keep running. But we got lots of candy and lots of laughs. I believe Halloween is Lincoln’s favorite holiday. He has been looking forward to it all year. It is crazy that starting last year he will always remember Halloween.

And DONE!