Alternative Costume

Oh, Hi. How are you doing? Yeah, it has been a quiet week here, sorry about that - moving, lab meeting, all that. Just trying to get the house cleaned up so we can post a tour, really...

In the meantime, here's one of Eamon's alternative Halloween costumes. Daycare dresses up all the kids pretty much just for the teachers' amusement, and I had already moved E's costumes to the other house when I realized I needed to send him in on Friday all costumed up. So, he got the first (of probably many) last-minute costume.
 The (German?) tourist. I blame his Aunt Laura for this (or at least my urge to put black socks on him). Ray and I find it hilarious.

Happy Halloween 2010!

The Eamonator costume that Ray's mom made still fits.
And the tail is still too cute.
I told him if he put it on and we went out, he'd get candy.
I never told him that I'd let him eat it.

Actually, at this point he had already had a Reese's. We stopped by Alli and Isaac's (E as a crazed Vikings fan: jersey and a hat one of my ex-students gave me that will be featured here soon), and he ate a whole peanut butter cup. Funny how it takes exactly five minutes and then you can literally see the chocolate hit his brain. We watched the end of the Vikings game (boo) and then got home (yes, to the new house!) just in time to see the entire block worth of kids mustering up. We got our treats together and joined them for a few houses.

E was wide-eyed, between the kids (probably 15 or so between 19 months and 8ish), the crazy decorations (one house had an inflatable haunted tunnel) and the proximity to bedtime. However, I think he had fun. We came home and ate dinner near the front door so he could help hand out candy. All in all, a good halloween. I can't wait till next year when he really knows what's up.

Although we may need a new costume... Laura?

Daredevil

Jana sent this photo that her mom took at the apple picking party. Eamon wasn't nearly as interested in apple picking as he was in the big kids' toys.
We're pretty sure he learned this from Wii.

[Edited to add: I didn't explain this nearly well enough. The last time this boy saw a skateboard (Kaya's graduation), he pushed it around but couldn't really figure out what it was for. This time, he knew he was supposed to stand on it sideways and bend his knees and kick to push. He just had no idea what to do about balancing. And I do sincerely think he learned what he did from the Wii ("skating" with his dad). It's a little crazy.]