Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat
Smell my Feet
Give me Something
Good to Eat

Tonight we went trick or treating with the Houston's. I'd planned on getting great shots of the 2 boys, and as usual, I'd expected too much. Because we were trick or treating with Ben's best friend it was almost impossible to get a photo of him - the two 5-year olds ran as fast as they could from one house to another. The only reason I got the above photos...The first one was because Bryant's shoe had come unfastened and so we stopped while Bill re-tied it. The second photo I bribed Ben. If he held Jonathan's hand and walked slowly with him then he could have one candy.

Jonathan started off the night in his stroller - it was his bedtime when we set off walking, but, as soon as I let him out of the stroller to walk to one house, that was it, he wanted to walk the rest of the night. Despite not being able to say "Trick or Treat" he quickly understood what to do...have an older kid knock on the door - stand back - look small and cute - then wait until the owner of the house says "awwww, look at that adorable little turtle", hold out your hand, take the candy, put it in your jack o'lantern, then turn and walk to the next house.

Halloween @ School

Today at school was caramel apples followed by a parade. Just before we left the house Bill told me the freeway was closed due to an earlier accident. Therefore, we had to go the back roads - which took forever. While we were waiting in traffic Ben started whining..."Mom, it's not fair the freeway is closed, now my halloween is ruined"

Anyway...we managed to arrived at school minutes before the caramel apple-making began (phew). I was a parent volunteer, helping the kids dunk apples in the caramel, avoiding getting caramel all over their costumes. The kids picked their own apple from the basket, after dunking in the caramel they could pick to coat them in either M&Ms, chocolate chips or candy corn...Ben was the only child who coated his apple in all 3 of the goodies (he's his Daddy's boy!!!).

Thankfully the rain held off and the parade began at 11:30. Despite the kindergarten kids being the last class in the parade, Ben and his friends soon changed that and ran to the front. Which is why I don't have a single photo of him in the parade. Jonathan walked the 2nd half of the parade, he only stumbled a couple of times. Unlike Ben, Jonathan wasn't in the slightest bit interested in the goodies being handed out along the route - he was on a mission, once he started walking he didn't want to stop.

October 27, 2008

It was Monday night, Dad was working late, while the boys had dinner, I thought it would be a nice surprise if I lit the pumpkins. Dad came home, Jonathan was in his pj's, I told Ben there was a surprise outside. I had my camera ready, I thought I'd get the perfect shot of the boys with the pumpkins - wrong. Jonathan was not just upset, he was mad, he screamed, he yelled - needless to say, this is the best shot of the 2 boys with the pumpkins.

A halloween day

Today (after the beach) we started work on the pumpkins. The boys "helped" clean the pumpkins while Bill and I carved them - which is always a bigger task than you expect. While Bill carved an intricate design, Ben and I hunted through the pumpkin guts separating the seeds. The plan is to roast them (if the dogs don't find them first and eat them).
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After dinner we Bill had arranged a special surprise. Los Gatos had a Halloween Spooktacular. A ride on the train (which played spooky music, the whole time Jonathan boogied while Ben kept saying "I'm not scared, for real, I'm not" (yeah right), followed by a ride on the carousel, followed by a walk around Goblin Kingdom.

At Last!!!

At last Jonathan is walking! Of course, in typical stubborn fashion he decided to finally take his first steps on Monday, October 13, when the next day I'd got an appointment to go over the paperwork for his physical therapy sessions.

I received a call from a very excited Ms. Azra, she told me to log on to the webcam because she had something to show me, and there he was, walking across the classroom.

Just like Ben, he refused to walk at home for a few days, but now he's getting more and more confident, one minute he's right next to us, the next he walking down the hall (usually heading for Ben's bedroom)

Crissy Field

Today was a busy day, we left the house early and the whole family (including the 4-legged-hairy-kids) headed to the pumpkin festival at Half Moon Bay, followed by a trip to San Francisco. We spent an hour or so at Crissy Field, where the dogs could let of some steam (off leash). Ben had a blast playing with the dogs, sadly, it wasn't as much fun for Jonathan, who felt miserable thanks to teething. Which in turn meant I didn't get as many photos as I'd hoped - it's hard to take photos when you've got a whining/fussing 17 month old in one arm and trying to hold the camera steady with the other hand (of course, Jonathan wouldn't go to anyone except me).

Pumpkin Patch

Our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. We remember last year, watching all the families with toddlers, thinking October 2008 Jonathan will be running around - nope, oh well, maybe next year

We rode the train.....



Did the storybook and Bumble Bee kiddie mazes


Attempted to get a cute photo of the boys together - failed in this mission. Jonathan just wanted to climb all over a giggling Ben.


Check out the size of these pumpkins - there was a competition for the heaviest pumpkin - the winner would receive $5 for every lb

One of the attorneys at Mom's office rented a Lamboughini for the weekend. He kindly offered to take you for a spin in it. Although you'll never admit to it, at first you were a little nervous about what to expect. Honestly, I expected tears, as you drove around the corner I heard the engine roar - I knew he'd hit the accelerator - hard. Then a few minutes later I heard it again, then again - I guess you surprised me, you LOVED it. The highlight for you - sitting in the front seat!