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.]

Fall Color

For a couple of weeks we had cool days and little wind. Thus, we had gorgeous fall leaves. Now, we have insane wind and gorgeous fall lawns. Or so I shall try to convince our neighbors now that I'm actually responsible for raking...

I tried to get some great pics of all that color, but somebody didn't think standing/sitting still was a good idea. So you get this.


"BIKE"
"wait a minute..."
"You stopped pushing!"
So much for artsy, gorgeous shots. The leaves do make a nice crunchy sound when you run them over with a tricycle, though...