Carving Pumpkins

We went outside to pick which pumpkins we wanted to carve. P3 found a new friend and I had to share the story with my siblings who were truly terrified by it.

Halloween Horror Story:

P3 made a new friend and was holding it in his fingers. He showed it to me and wanted to bring it inside. I couldn't tell what kind of bug it was. I made him put it down, and then it slowly unfolded into a spider!!!  Ahhhhh! We watched it limp away and I had to stop P3 from picking it up again.

We were going to carve pumpkins Tuesday night, but PE worked late and I didn't want to tackle it on my own. Wednesday night we had our ward trunk-or-treat at 6 pm. I asked my family if they wanted to come carve pumpkins with us at 4 pm. My parents and sister came over to help. My mom was a saint and even brought dinner. And then stayed and cleaned up after we left for the Trunk-or-Treat. PE met us at the Trunk-or-Treat.

P1 got really into carving his pumpkin. He carved a lizard and an alligator that he drew all by himself.

 

P3 was excited to carve pumpkins until we actually started carving them. And then he wouldn't touch them. So I carved one for him.

I was running low on creative juices, so I carved "Happy Halloween" in the long pumpkin we had.

 

P1's alligator and P3's cute jack-o-lantern.

P2's pumpkin:

Another side of P1's pumpkin. He carved 3 different things on his pumpkin.

P1's lizard:

My dad's pumpkin had a goofy side and a scary side:

Costumes

P3 loved his Buzz Lightyear costume! He was constantly wearing it. P2 was Jasmine this year, and P1 was Spider-man. I picked out Buzz and Jasmine, but I had no idea what P1 wanted to be. When I asked him, I was very surprised by his answer. He has never really been into superheroes, but I guess that is what they play at school sometimes.

 

 

Hogle Zoo Birthday

Instead of a birthday party, we told P1 we could go do something with 2 friends. He picked going to the zoo. He even made little zoo books for his friends so that they could mark all the animals they found. We went on Saturday the 26th. I thought that it would be the perfect time to go. The weather was decent, and I thought it wouldn't be very crowded. I mean, who goes to the zoo in late October?

Well, apparently everyone goes to Hogle Zoo on the last Saturday in October. Because they do trick-or-treating at the zoo that day. We got there about 1:30 pm, and the parking lot was full. And all I see everywhere are kids in costumes. It was too late to turn back, but I was not thrilled to see the zoo so busy. We had to park up by Heritage Park. I was debating whether I should let the kids join in the trick-or-treating or not. Once we got in the zoo, I saw this huge line that wrapped around the zoo for trick-or-treating. I made the decision not to wait in those lines. Instead, we went and saw the animals like we had planned on. We only had about 2 hours to be there. The animal exhibits weren't too crowded since all the other visitors were simply waiting in lines to get candy. I do believe we were the only ones there not in costume though.

The kids had a blast, and made me take pictures of them at every animal statue they could find. P1 said it was more fun than a birthday party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 Years Old

I have a 7 year old, what?!? Where is the pause button?

P1 is about as good as they come. He loves life and does everything with great enthusiasm. He loves to learn and try new things. P1 is thriving in school and his teachers love him. He is a fantastic reader and is also great at math. He loves to draw and create. Our home is constantly full of scattered drawings. He is very loving and tells me constantly how much he loves me. P1 is a great big brother and is always playing with P2 and P3.  He is the best eater a mom could ask for (and he definitely did not start out that way!). He always eats everything on his plate, even if it is something new and not kid-appealing.  He is still a sensitive boy, and is working on controlling his emotions.

7 Year Stats:

Weight: 46 lbs 4 oz (25th percentile)

Height: 47 in (33rd percentile)

On a side note, at his check-up, he and P2 both got their flu shot. And they were terrible!!! I had to bear hug them and hold them still while they were screaming and thrashing. P2 hid in the corner under a chair when it was her turn. This was the worse they have ever been, and I thought they were supposed to get better at getting shots!

Birthday Boy

For his birthday, P1 wanted some Avengers action figures. In the weeks before his birthday, I spent time finding the best ones. Well, less than 2 days before his birthday, PE starts showing P1 different toys on the computer to see if he wants something different. I was quite upset with him!!! There was not time left to get something different!

Lucky for PE, P1 settled on wanting Dinobot transformers for his birthday. I had 2 dinobot transformers sitting in my toy box that would complete the set we had already started. PE would have been in big trouble if P1 had picked something else.

 

Family came over after dinner to celebrate. P1 received a Wild Kratt's book, a crystal growing lab set, a Spider-man Lego set, a Link's Awakening amiibo, and a fishing pole. 

 

Speaking of last minute changes...P1 changed his mind about what kind of cupcakes he wanted. Initially he wanted Smash Bros characters on the cupcakes. Well, the day before, he told me he wanted Pokemon cupcakes instead. Fortunately, I still had red sprinkles and for the cupcake toppers I just changed out the Pokemon.

Happy Birthday P1!