Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!!!

Last Halloween, I pretty much stunk it up as a mommy.  I vowed to do better this year, and I'd say I {mostly} did.  Trent and Miles dressed up as the Biscuit Brothers (and Blair was their sister, Buttermilk).  We met up with some friends who have a little girl, Kinsey, that is in between Miles and Trent in age.  And this was our FIRST time to trick-or-treat!!  

**Warning - picture overload to follow.**

Eating dinner - Trent ate approximately 2 bites of his cornbread.  Sigh.

I fed Baby Girl and hung out with her for a bit.

Uncle David is so silly

Posing for pictures...but wait!  We're missing a Biscuit Brother!

Oh...there he is!  Having a tantrum over Miles' guitar!!
Crummy picture quality but such a memory.

Performing for his captive audience

It's Buttermilk!

Our first house!  And T's got the guitar.  We're all happy again.

I mean seriously.  He's totally worth all the fits!

I was so amazed because they totally understood what to do, weren't afraid of the adults and couldn't get enough candy!

Little hoodlums beating up a ghosty.

Trolling for candy.

SO easily distracted...they were 'opening' the fire hydrant.

And that was our night!!  Whew.  We were only out on the street about 30-45 minutes and it was exhausting.  Brent has been sick the past 2 days, so we are avoiding him like the plague, and it was definitely tough to wrangle a 2 year old hyped up on sugar but so fun!!  Glad we've got a year to recover!


One thing I want to remember is Trent walking around with his hands in his pocket telling me everything that was in them (nothing was actually there): "I've got keys and lipstick and a wallet in my pockets!!"  Love this kid!

Friday, October 28, 2011

Yum...or Not

I feel like I spend a lot of my day negotiating meals with a toddler.  This kid of mine wants to eat carbs.  Goldfish, crackers, cheerios, bread are all staples in his diet.  Yes, I pretty much gave up going gluten free.  I try to provide him  healthy meals and encourage him to eat them.  Want proof?

Scrambled eggs (cage free chickens), 
sliced turkey (preservative free), 
string cheese (the little bit of dairy he gets), 
carrots and blueberries.

He informed me that I needed to eat the carrots and blueberries.
He threw 1 piece of turkey on the floor.
He took 1 bite of the cheese.
He DID eat most of the eggs.

Then he was all done.  Until he spied a bag of goldfish.  Sigh.