October Happenings

In the Parking lot of the church for the trunk-or-treat.
Trunk-or-treat activities inside the church...

At the Zoo Boo Christian was looking in at some farm animal...can't remember what it was.

I'm sad this turned out so fuzzy. This was Christian at the Zoo Boo in Memphis. I was trying to get a quick pic of him by the kitties. I think it freaked him out that their heads moved!


The pictures always upload out of order! This is Christian having a fit when I put the dragon head over his head on our way into the zoo. He's such a mild tempered child.

This is our little guy a couple weeks ago. Jared was letting him lay in bed with him while I was out for couple of nights, I think he was getting used to it. So the next night I'm home kneeling in his room for prayer and he runs away from me, into our room, gets in our bed and pulls the covers up all comfy cozy. Pretty funny little man.

My baby helping make jack-o-lantern sugar cookies for the trunk-or-treat. Yum!

This year Jared went out and bought our pumpkin. I was pretty impressed. I wasn't so "on the ball" with pumpkin carving this year. He carved a cat on our pumpkin, free handed! It turned out really well.

Our little boy scraping out the guts.

I took Christian and little Jet (Who I babysit every day) to a pumpkin patch at a little church in town. Notice he is wearing no shoes. The little poop wouldn't put shoes on and screamed when I tried putting them on. So, he went without. :)

He was pretty excited about the "baby" pumpkins.

Getting ready for the Trunk-or-treat

He was NOT happy about the dragon head going over his head.


First off, the reason for the lack of good pictures of Christian, is that he is a stubborn little toddler and didn't like being in a costume. He was super cute as a dragon though, I have to say.
Despite not having many pictures this year, we had a fun Halloween.
We wished that they would have switched Halloween to Saturday so we could have trick-or-treated in our neighborhood this year, but due to an Ole Miss vs. Auburn football game that was on Saturday, they kept it on Sunday. Football is a really big deal in the South.

Fortunately we had a couple of chances to enjoy some of the festivities this year!

We took Christian Trunk or Treating at the Church activity last Wednesday night. He loved carrying around his little pumpkin, he wouldn't let the thing out if his sight.

Then Saturday night I took Christian to the Memphis Zoo Boo. He loved it! He really got the hang of saying "trick-or-treat." It didn't take him long to figure out that that was all he had to do to get the candy in the bag. He screamed every time I tried to take his pumpkin away. He kept on eating all the candy! He is a treat-o-holic, like his mother. I have no doubt he would have eaten it all if I'd let him. Jared didn't make it because he got a ticket to the football game. We missed him but were glad he got to have a fun night out.

Jared was trying to catch Christian doing a little dance with the Frankenstein doll.

Atlanta

Last weekend we decided to take a whirlwind trip to Atlanta. After Jared's comprehensive exams last month we needed to have some fun. And it was fun!

We rode the train through the city to get places, and Christian did really well. Jared carried Christian around in the REI backpack we have, and he loved it.

The night we got there we had dinner at a yummy taco place (Taqueria Del Sol) where we stood in line for about an hour. Luckily it started to rain, this kept Christian occupied. Just afterward we went to the Brave's game. At the game we bought Christian a frozen lemonade and that kept him happy for the first hour...We left early but were still able to enjoy it.

The next day we rose (is that right?) early and ate a breakfast of champions at The Original pancake House. Those who know me best know breakfast is my favorite meal...pictures of the delicious meal to follow...

We finished the day with a trip to the Atlanta Aquarium. Funny story...Christian was standing in front of the glass window, admiring the penguins that swam by, when a little boy his age walked over to him and pinched him really hard on the cheek! He wouldn't let go. It took me a minute to realize what was going on. Jared and I had to laugh because 1.)the paren'ts of the little boy were horrified and 2.)Christian just stood there frozen with his hand on his cheek. Every day since he brings it up by saying, "Mommy, pinch," and pinches his cheek like the little boy did. Ha-ha!

Before we started the drive back to Oxford, lunch followed at a hotdog place called "Varsity." It leaves a lasting impression on one because they holler at you, "What'll ya have?"- When you order.

What a great trip!

Caterpillar's at the Park

Christian gets very excited about bugs. We happened upon a whole bunch of fuzzy caterpillars last Friday and well...forget the park! He didn't even touch the swings.
We ended up leaving not too soon after the discovery of the caterpillars, because he was in hysterics from a little girl wouldn't share her stale Cheetos's with him. (It was time for lunch!) The girl's mom didn't make her share with him, (my bad, forgot the snack.) Which I don't understand. I would have made Christian share. But then, I guess that's not teaching how to share? I have a lot to learn about being a mom...

Random pictures....

I had him try this hat on at Square Books Jr. and he didn't want to take it off!
This is us at the Memphis Zoo a few weeks ago. This is a really neat exhibit where you hold out a stick of bird food and the birds fly right to your stick. Needless to say we were there for an hour and a half!

Yum!

Christian got up there and sat all on his own. Had to get a picture.

At the park.

Down the slide with Daddy.