My trip to Winnipeg has come and gone, as has October. I know I say it often, but time flies so quickly. At least I've put up some pictures recently!
Halloween went off without a hitch here - Jaden had a blast and only ate a bit of candy! In fact, he woke up this morning and I heard him tell Tyson "Daddy, it's too early to eat candy, right?". Not sure if that was a question, or merely testing the waters to see if Tyson was really listening...
Our Halloween kick-off was a party on the 30th at Jaden's friend's house. He had a blast playing games with four children all the same age. Also, I got a chance to chat with grown-ups for a few hours - neither of us wanted to leave! :)
That night we decorated a gingerbread house: well, I assembled it, and Jaden and Tyson decorated. I'm not going to tell you which one of those two ate candy the fastest . . .
Yesterday, on Halloween proper, we carved our pumpkin. Jaden surprisingly was squeamish about putting his hand in the pumpkin to clean it out. The child will pick up worms, squish bugs between his fingers, but pumpkin goo? Heck no!
All day Jaden asked about when we would go trick-or-treating. I think he would have gone first thing in the morning if he could. But we passed the time by getting a haircut. I am always surprised by how much of a riot Jaden can be in front of strangers. After questioning the hairdresser about curling irons being only for girls, and what the hair dryer was (I guess he doesn't see either of those at home), the subjet changed to the tooth fairy. The hairdresser commented on how he could use money from the hairdresser to go get a toy from the dollar store....to which Jaden confidently replied "I don't think I would buy a toy from there, those toys are junky.". You never know when they're going to come out with these things! As we were leaving, Jaden asked the hairdresser what she was going to be for Halloween, and she said something like "I'm already dressed up as a grumpy old woman", to which Jaden replied "No, you're really nice.". At least he's sweet.
Trick-or-treating was fun. Captain Hook, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell went out for about an hour, and Peter was ecstatic with a small bucket of candy. I don't think he'll be so easily fooled next year. At one house, as Jaden was leaving (he was smart, and left his comments until AFTER he got the candy), he turned around and said "Your steps need painting". The guy at the house was cracking up, thankfully he had a good sense of humour. At the second house, Jaden turned around and said "Your stairs need a railing." I think at first the woman was shocked, but then she said "I've been telling my husband that for years", and then she opened the door and told him what Jaden had said. We just could not help but laugh it was so funny. And then there were the "scary" moments for Jaden.... At one house, Jaden went up the driveway by himself, and they had a motion sensor monster that would shake and make a spooky noise. The look on Jaden's face as he turned and high tailed it back down the driveway was hilarious - I know I shouldn't laugh, but it was SO funny. And finally at another house, the woman had a doormat that howled when you stepped on it. Well, Jaden would not step on any more doormats for the rest of the night. All in all it was a spooktacular Halloween!
