1. Zane had a great 6th heart birthday at school this year. I was at work and missed the whole thing, but did enjoy the heart shaped cake that he and daddy made after school. Also we took a few selfies before bed. How has it been six years??
2. Last Thursday was a very spooky, foggy, morning which made for lots of fun during our morning ride. The last fifteen minutes or so before we have to head to the bus stop this is what the boys do. Pick their ride for the day and then ride in circles until my alarm goes off. This day was very spooky so they had to stay on the side walk.
3. Thursday was also Harry Potter Day at Zach's work. Of course Zach was The Dark Lord, but he won lots of bonus points for the surprise appearance of the cutest little Dobby in the world. Rowan made his rounds, getting lots of oohs, aahs, and candy. So adorable!
4.This week was the make up campfire for the boy scouts who missed out on a bonfire during their camping due to rain. This was the first den meeting I had attending it and it was pure and utter craziness. To be fair this one was outside so they were less contained, but still lots and lots of boys, even for a well seasoned boy mom. Zane went around glad handing his friends and making new ones all evening. Zane's boy scout troop consists of him, Mase, Owen, and four Jacobs. Can you guess what the number one most popular name for boys was five years ago??? All very cute!
5. Rowan has taken to getting to the bus stop in style. It is a two block walk, and that's obviously "too far away" for my lazy Ro! He has found second gear and now is not only riding in style, but riding quite quickly too.
Friday was also dress up as your favorite Story Book character at Zane's school. Of course there is no contest for Zane, Harry Potter (from the Sorcerers stone).
6. Rowan and I went to the Harvest Party in the afternoon, where we got to enjoy snacks and watch a magical "potion" experiment (dry ice). Zane is best buddies with everyone in his class and I'm so proud at how well he is doing in his new environment. Lots of moms told me they had heard all about Zane, hopefully good things.
7. Friday afternoon I had a fun outing with the boys after the harvest party. We had to replace Rowan's skinny jeans that I had ruined in a terrible toilet cleaning accident involving bleach. Both boys were starving so we had an early dinner followed by pumpkin carving at home. It was a great evening with no fits, everyone getting along, and great fun. I miss my outings with both of them so so much!
Pumpkin carving this year was quite amazing since both boys carved almost all by themselves. I helped with the clean out and a few pointers here and there, but for the most part they were fully independent.
8. Friday night Zach and I went to his work's Halloween Party. The boys had a baby sitter for maybe the second time since moving here. She was a work friend of mine who I think felt bad since Rowan had a pure panic attach when we went to feed her dog for her earlier in the week. Rowan got all dressed up and ready for her. I hear they had a blast with her and got to stay up late!
The theme of the party was 90s movies and Zach and I knocked it out of the park with our ode to Wayne's World, circa 1992. I was pregnant Garth and loved how comfy my costume was!
9. Halloween morning was tough for Zane. Halloween is by far Zane's favorite day and this was his first year "missing it" at school. Nothing exciting was going to be happening, but he didn't accept that. All this sadness was followed by him nearly breaking his leg on a ladder while falling out of a tree. Needless to say Zane needed a pick me up. So I brought him lunch and surprised him with Grandma, what could be better?? It was lovely and we had a great little chat with him during our 20 minute lunch. I love this kid.
10. Usually my Halloween party is pretty intense. Sadly the baby was trying to murder me yesterday so I wasn't at the top of my game. I have to say that I'm getting pretty sick of felling miserable. However, I did the best I could to put together a festive dinner. The menu included spider web taco dip, rice krispy snakes, donut hole eye balls, zombie burgers, mummy dogs, and of course watermelon jack-o-lantern vomiting fruit salad. That's the best I could do.
Before we knew it the sun had set and we had to rush to get into costumes and get pictures taken before we headed out to trick or treat. Zane was Daniel Son from Karate Kid! I am confident that there is a picture of Able from our childhood that looks exactly like this. Big props to Grandma for getting him this outfit for his heart birthday.
Little Rowan, my pumpkin head, was a pumpkin! Grammie's pumpkin costume was used once again, it's a classic. Rowan was adorable and rocked it with cowboy boots, which really pushed it over the top.
We went trick or treating in Aunt Abbey's neighborhood so we could see the super spooky house and trick or treat with our cousins. Zane got a glow stick at Sunday school so spent a lot of his trick or treating singing "The Light of Christ" a la Easter Vigil Mass. Classic!
Our little pumpkin trick or treated at his very own, slow pace. He didn't keep up with the big kids, but trick or treated at all the houses mostly by himself, sometimes with little E. He was very brave, spoke to everyone, and had a great time, minus that one time he walked straight into a mailbox while looking in his candy bag.
Here he is braving the very scary witches house. When she asked if she could make him into a pie and responding "Ummm, NO I'm going with my Mamma!"
And his evening was topped off with his favorite candy, Sour Patch kids!!! A great time was had by all.
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