Bumps, snow & Halloween

Eli is trying out his new walking/climbing skills all over the house.  He's pretty darned good...but that doesn't come without MANY bumps and bruises.  Poor kid.  He's always got a bruise in some state on his head: the red, fresh bruises, the day old black and blue, and then the 2-3 days out yellowish marks.  

Check out this most impressive bump:  

 It looks horrific - even like one of those fake wounds you can buy in the Spirit Halloween store - but this was a real, honest-to-goodness goose egg that Eli got on the coffee table.
As bad as it looks, he was happily munching Cheerios 5 minutes later.  

And yes, we got some snow at the house on Sunday.  It looks pretty impressive here (Oh, by the way this was taken at 6:00 a.m.  Noah saw the snow and wanted to be in it.  Now.  I was able to at least talk him into waiting until the sun came up) but the snow melted within a day and now we've just got some random chunks of snow in the shady parts of the yard.  A preview of things to come? We can bet on it.

Sunday, Oct 30 2011

And hello Halloween!  Halloween was a 5-day event at our house.  It started Thursday with the Montessori "Trunk or Treat" and then Noah wore his costume to school for a 1/2 day on Friday.  Sunday Noah's friend Nora had a party at her house.  Noah got costumed, and then felt compelled to take photos (I have no idea where he gets that)

Photojournalist skeleton? 

 Here, the children all listen carefully to pinada directions.  We had to leave a little early, but Noah had to stay long enough to whack at the pinada with a stick.  Of course.

We left Nora's and then picked up Gene and Eli for dinner at Auntie Lisa and Uncle Mark's.  The Steelers were playing the Patriots, so we gathered to watch the game and share some lasagna.  Yum.  Of course, Lisa's Maine Kitchen (check out this link to see more of Auntie Lisa's kitchen)  takes a hit with small children in the house - Noah's greasy hands on the leather seats, Eli dropping breadcrumbs on the floor, Eli opening all the cabinet doors......

This is how Eli eats lasagna

 And then Halloween day.  This time, Noah wanted some make-up.  It is sort of cute, but man! - that kid cannot keep his hands away from his face!  I had to touch him up at least 5 times during the evening.  And some extra spice to the night:  Gene throws his back out.  He picked up Noah from school and then could NOT move.  I took this picture right after I helped Gene to the car.  On our way to Auntie Denise's house we dropped of Papa at the ED at St. Joe's.  Ouch.  Double Ouch.  Papa made it home later that night with a trick-or-treat bag of Flexeril and Vicodin.

We stopped by Denise and Ernies and got lots of treats (including a YUM warm dip, chips and a glass of wine for the Momma.) Eli had fun checking out the house now that he is a walker.  Next time we will up the difficulty level and let Bailey B out of the bedroom!

Spooky skeleton with his Auntie Denise

Notice in this photo that Momma got a little glass of Halloween treat! 

And on our way to the next adventure!

A visit to Lori Wingo's house.  We waved at Papa as he continued to wait at St. Joe's  - a quick trick-or-treat at Lori's house and then back to Orono.

Trick or treats and a kiss for the baby! 

Trick or treat at Auntie/Cowgirl Lisa's house

We arrived at Lisa and Mark's house along with the Miller family - Isaac was Harry Potter and Carmen as a Princess.  We check out the new kitchen and get some treats.  

Of course, Noah and Eli will have a slightly altered idea of Halloween after trips to their Auntie's houses!  When they say, "trick or treat!", they get candy, kisses, gifts, appetizers, dinner, hugs, and toys. Lucky, lucky boys.