School Halloween Parade

Friday afternoon the boys had their school Halloween parade and party. I had a mom fail moment where I was 10 minutes late to drop off their costumes and Beck was standing in the middle of the room looking like he was about to cry, bundled in his coat. His teacher Miss Johnetta (to the left in the class group pictures) was on the room phone calling me in a panic. Thankfully the costume arriving saved the day. In Theo's class there were almost as many adults as children, so I went on the parade with Beckett's class even though I'm room parent for Theo's class. It was really fun to see all the kids and parents and teachers, and great to see the kids celebrating the holiday together.

The pirate to the left of Beckett is the boys' good friend Walter. Then there's Juliesa (Doc McStuffins) and I think Anthony next to her.

I walked part of the parade with Theo's class. Theo has two costumes, one Olaf and one Raphael (a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) and he went with Olaf for the class parade and party because they didn't want kids wearing masks. It turned out to be a totally awesome decision on his part because of all the little girls dressed as Elsa (also from Frozen, for those not into Disney) who wanted to take their picture with Olaf. Theo was the only Olaf I saw, so really we should congratulate Theo on his stealthy ways with the women. Above is Theo with his friend Johnny the cowboy. Then his friend Lucas photobombed below.

Beckett and Walter walking with their friend Kieran.

Eating!

So lately Reed has been getting really grumpy around mealtimes, especially dinner. Last week, on a whim, I decided to give him a piece of bread to see what he'd do with it. He continued crying more frantically until... the food hit his lips, at which point he started madly sucking. Turns out the kid was hungry. You wouldn't know it by looking at his thighs. So we started doing food just at dinner (greek yogurt, applesauce, rice cereal) and then today he was screaming at breakfast until I sat him down and he started sucking down applesauce and rice cereal.

Neighborhood Halloween Parade

Introducing Raphael (a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, AKA Theo), Superman (AKA Beckett), and baby Robin (AKA Reed). Sunday afternoon we met up with Mama Sara and Preston (dressed as Darth Vader) to march in the Strathmore Neighborhood Halloween Parade and then go to the afterparty at the Firebarn in the Park. Theo and Beckett saw a few friends from school and we saw some neighbors and friends, and thankfully the sun came out just in time for the start of the parade! After cider and cupcakes and chili and candy with our neighbors, the boys had some fun chasing each other in the park.

Brotherly love

MoST trip

We hadn't been to the MoST in a while (probably since last winter) so after school on Friday we took a short trip. Driving the helicopter and jets are the coolest part but we also got a lot more out of the air traffic control tower exhibit than we had before, and spent a while at the funhouse mirrors, laughing and running around. Again, no one else appeared to be at the museum when we were there. Weekday afternoons are the best!

Last weekend the big boys spent a few days with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Greg, so Jeff and I had some time alone with Reed. He did great at our neighborhood Mexican place, Azteca. The big boys had a wonderful time in Johnstown too!

A little bit of Reed