Happy Halloween

Patrick was too cute today in every possible way. He started out his bid day at preschool where all 3 of the Tuesday classes sang a little concert of Halloween songs and had a costume parade. Patrick sat with his class and was so good, he didn't sing so much as he goofed around and giggled, occasionally making the hand gestures that went with the songs. They pumped him full of cookies and juice and sent him home for the day where we carved pumpkins and got ready for the real fun. Last year Patrick loved opening the door for trick or treaters and this year not only did he open the door but he handed out the candy. I bought Play-Doh for the smaller kids and Patrick would yell out "You want more Play-Doh? Did you get candy? How you doing kids? Happy Halloween! Trick or treat! You're welcome! You want more Play-Doh? We got more Play-Doh!". He had us cracking up all night. We took him to a few neighbors to trick or treat and he quickly caught on to the idea that knocking on a door meant candy! So it was a great day. Patrick crashed in bed and will hopefully sleep well tonight.







Yesterday our playgroup had a Halloween party, Patrick was a complete mad man in the bounce house. Here he is with his friend Skye (dressed as Uniqua from the Backyardigans).

Pumpkin Patch

On Friday afternoon we took Patrick to the pumpkin patch. He's been rather excited by all things Halloween this year and loved seeing all the farm animals and pumpkins. We picked out two pumpkins, hopefully we will actually get around to carving them before Halloween! We also went to a Halloween party this weekend, Patrick had such a great time that he cried when we left and keeps asking to go back. On Tuesday Patrick's preschool class is having a Halloween recital and party, I am completely giddy about it and will be bringing both the video camera and the digital camera. I've turned into one of "those" parents, oops!

Fair Share

A conversation I had with Patrick this week in the car...

Patrick: I want to drive.
Me: Sweetie you are too little to drive, Mommy will drive.
Patrick: I want to drive! I big boy!
Me: Sorry, not going to happen.
Patrick: You need to share. It's my turn.
(followed by pouts when he didn't get his way)

Nice to know he really is listening when I am constantly reminding him that he needs to share and take turns. Not so nice to know it can be used against me.

Big News

Baby W, The Sequel, is currently under production and set to premiere in late April!

Home Sweet Home

We got home late last week, we were all a little tired of all things Mickey Mouse and were glad to be home. Patrick was very excited that the journey home included rides on not just one, but two airplanes! Patrick has been talking about Disney World non-stop since we got home. He will happily tell you about all the characters her met (he seemed to favor Minnie Mouse, but also enjoyed meeting "Fuzz Lightyear") and all the rides he went on. His favorite ride was Small World, if I never ride on it again it will be OK. Patrick also loved the teacups, Dumbo, and the little "roller toaster" in Toon Town.

Patrick has just been really cute lately. He is very good at saying "God bless you" when someone sneezes. The other day he sneezed and said "God bless me!". He's also decided to refer to Tom as his "best friend Daddy". I have no idea where he learned about best friends but it is just too cute and melts Tom's heart (and maybe makes Mommy just a smidge jealous). Patrick is so verbal now, it's fun to be able to carry on conversations with him and ask him question and get real responses. Tomorrow he starts back at school so there may be a little disruption in his life. He's been surprising me lately with his adaptability so I may be worrying about nothing.

I took 1200 pictures during our trip and I still need to download a bunch and go through them but I will post more later this week. What did people do before digital cameras? :)

Vacation

Hey Hey, It's JoJo's Circus

Greetings from Walt Disney World!