Happy Halloween

So we were able to get Bennett in to the Superman costume. The other one we had was a lion and he did not like that one. I took Bennett to a party that is held in town every year where they have games and give out candy. He was a little too young to understand the games but he did his interpretation of the game and got some candy.

Here is a picture of Aunt Shirley and Bennett since she was the person working this game.

Too bad I cut his head off...

After the party we headed to Grandma's, Great-Grandma's and Aunt Shirley's for "Trick or Treating".

Uncle David showing Bennett how to fly like Superman

He had fun checking out his candy supply but I figured he didn't need any candy at 8:30 at night so I put it on the counter. A few seconds later, I caught this picture. And, a few seconds of trying to reach the pail, (sigh...) he did. (Nothing is safe on our counters anymore)

Carving Pumpkins #2

Mike & I finished carving the other two pumpkins last night. They all turned out pretty cool. And for those of you that don't know, pumpkin #1 is one of Bennett's favorite characters - Curious George.

I hope to post pictures of Bennett in his Halloween costumes tomorrow night but, we'll see. I have two of them - one given to us and one at a garage sale. I tried to put one of them on him tonight to see which will fit him better and he FREAKED out! I wasn't expecting that to happen. So like I said, I guess we'll see...

Carving Pumpkins

We "helped" Bennett carve one of the pumpkins this afternoon. Sometimes he gets very upset when he has messy fingers so I was prepared that he wouldn't enjoy this at all. But, he actually had no problem going in to get the seeds and stringy stuff out. It turned out pretty good!

Training Pants

Quick question - does anybody know if they still make washable training pants? Or is it just underwear or pull-up diapers? I haven't really looked specially for training pants but I can't remember ever actually seeing them in stores. I'm debating if I want to seriously start the potty training process - more than the occasional potty we're lucky to get Bennett to do once or twice a week. Talking to my mom about it she was the one that mentioned that we all used training pants and that these would be much cheaper than pull-up's. Anybody know?

Pumpkin Patch

Last Friday we went to the pumpkin patch. This is the first time I've ever gone to one because usually mom either grows some that I take or I buy them at the store. This year because of mom's surgery and everything else going on, she didn't plant and garden. And, they seemed to be really high priced at the stores this year so we decided to try our luck at the pumpkin patch which is just a few miles from us. We were able to get 3 larger one and 2 small ones for $8! Here are a few random pictures from that afternoon.

As we were loading the pumpkins in the car, Bennett climbed over the center console and decided driving looked fun.

Volleyball

Last night was Kristen's last volleyball game of the year. She's a sophomore and was on the JV team this year. Bennett and I went to a few of her games. We would always try to get Bennett to watch her but I think all the girls out there looked the same to him because he would never really see her until she came to get him after the games. Her team did really well this year and won a couple of their tournaments. Kristen has also improved so much this year and has become quite the blocker and middle hitter. She's got the height and arm length for sure - now she just needs more muscle by next year!

21 Months

Bennett is 21 months. It seems so crazy to think that he is almost 2 already!

He's constantly learning and doing new things but not that much new news to mention I guess. Here are a couple of things happening with him these day.

-Getting in to trouble!

-Getting in to trouble!!

-Getting in to trouble!!!

-He isn't talking much yet but his two favorites are Oh-oh and Uh-uh. (He usually says these while he's getting in to trouble!)

(I make it sound like he is a terror but he is far from. He's such a sweet boy. He's just in a stage right now where he likes to investigate EVERYTHING. And all of that curiosity is what is getting him in trouble and making messes for me to clean up.)

-He is addicted to Blue's Clues. It seems that some days the only way I can get things done is if I pop in the DVD for a little bit. Otherwise he follows me around or hangs on my leg wanting up. I hate to do that but it's what works for now.

-He eats really really good at our meals at home but when we try to go out, he will barely take a bit or just messes up the table and floor. He'll eventually learn what he is missing out on.

-He has managed to put his shoes on himself a few times and we're also working on getting dressed (pulling up his pants, putting his arms in etc.)

-Bedtime is at 8:30. We have no problem at all getting him to sleep for nap or night. It usually just consists of laying him in bed and telling him goodnight. But he does usually wake up and wanders in to our room around 3:00 every night. Usually I can just carry him back to his bed and he'll sleep the rest of the night until around 7:00. Not that I want him waking up at 3:00 but that is usually around the time that I need to get up and go to the bathroom anyways. At least this way I'm not waking him up.

-He really likes looking at books but doesn't have the patience these days for me to actually read the story. So we do a lot of looking at pictures and pointing out different things in the picture. He does remember these things though because most times when he brings that book back to me again and I ask him "where is the___", he'll be able to point to it.

-We had our first watercolor painting project the other day which he seemed to really like. I was able to score a Handy Manny paint book with the watercolors at Target the other day on clearance for $.88 (original price $3.59)!

Contently watching Blue's Clues