Halloween Party

Our friends down the street have a disco Halloween party every year. They had it tonight and the boys had a blast. There were spider peanut butter crackers (that's what we brought), chili, graveyard dip, kitten cupcakes, and other fun treats. Near the end of the party, they turn off the lights, have flashing lights synchronized to the music, and a disco ball. Both boys danced the night away. Glenn was always looking to other kids for cues on dance moves. And surprisingly, Alexander danced non-stop. He was so cute. He was the cutest little monster on the dance floor. He was hopping, clapping, bouncing, and singing. Glenn tried to catch the light from the disco ball. They had so much fun. Glenn was hard to dress this year since he doesn't like to wear costumes. The hat didn't last long, but that's okay. I didn't expect it to last. He was so happy to be the green crayon-- it had to be green. :)

Elmo and the Green Crayon

First round of CT Pics

Below are the first round of pictures from CT. I'll add the wedding pictures later. We took over 100 pictures up there, but not one of the fall foliage. :( At least I got to see it. Glenn loved the fall colors and got so excited when he saw the leaves falling. Last year around this time, he learned a song about the leaves falling and fall colors, so it was fun for him to actually see it. I still haven't unpacked even though we got home on Monday night. I've been busy making Glenn's Halloween costume and had to make a shirt for a friend that she's going to wear for Halloween. Alexander is back to his routine, but unfortunately Glenn is having his post travel nightmares again. He was up for 2 1/2 hours last night, poor guy. So, I let him sleep in until 8 and took him to school a little late. Hopefully tonight will be a better night.

The first pictures are from the rehearsal dinner (for my sister's wedding).


Lisa and Jon are way in the back of the picture:


Glenn was dressed up for the occasion, but wouldn't take off his fleece, he has a thing for jackets.


Jon's niece and nephew checking out Glenn's new watch he got for being in the wedding:


Lily and Alexander really hit it off. She was taking care of the baby:


The rest of the pictures are from when we went to Pumpkintown in East Hampton with my parents and brother.

Aren't they cute holding hands?


Alexander pointing to a pumpkin person and talking about it:


Alexander spent most of his time in the hay bale maze:


Glenn liked the maze, too:


Alexander laughing and running through the maze:


Jack-O-Glenn


Jack-O-Alexander


Alexander and Uncle Brad


Glenn's favorite part was jumping on the tubes:


I could not get a good picture of the boys in the pumpkins, they were not cooperating. I thought this one was pretty funny, though:


A pumpkin just his size:


The pumpkins did not go on the plane with us, they stayed with Nana and Papa:

It was just not Zander's day. He fell 3 times today. He fell on the ceramic tile shortly after he got up and split his lip. Then we were playing in the tennis courts, and he was kicking a ball, tripped and scraped his forehead. It looks like a bruise is forming, too. Then at the playground after dinner, he fell again on the sidewalk and scraped his knuckle. I felt so bad for him. I'm thinking he had a growth spurt and is off balance because of it. I also got his hair cut today. It was down into his eyes, so we had to do it. I actually took him somewhere to get it cut. He screamed the whole time. She got it too short on one side in the front, and it's probably because he was moving so much. Here are the before and after pictures, and you can see his boo-boos, too. Bob and I miss the shagginess of his hair. And looking at the picture, it looks like the front isn't straight at all. I'll have to look at it again in the morning.


Bob replaced the tubes in my bike tires, so I finally got to ride to school today. Alexander road in the trailer this afternoon to pick Glenn up and when we got home, I wanted a picture. They are really snug in there. Alexander was happy until we got home and just before I took a picture, he started crying because the neighbor started mowing the lawn. But Glenn was willing to pose for the picture:


And here's one more picture of Glenn playing in his police hat. He kept telling me which way I needed to walk when I was walking around the house. He's so cute:

Alexander has been signing. I've been showing him a baby sign language video pretty much every day after lunch. He loves watching them. And we use sign language when we're talking to him. When Glenn was delayed in his speech, it was recommended so that he could tell us what he was thinking. And the words he was signing ended up being the first words he spoke. It's so cute to watch Alexander sign, and he gets so excited because he knows we know what he is thinking and he is so proud of himself. He also says "I did it!" It's not completely clear, but we know that's what he's saying because he'll repeat his brother when he says it.

We got the boys' Halloween costumes today. I got an Elmo costume for Alexander from a friend. It fits him perfectly, he loves it, and he's so cute. Glenn is going to be a green crayon. I saw it in a magazine, and we got the stuff to make it tonight. I just hope he wears it. He said he was going to be a doctor, and we already have a doctor costume. But when I tried him on him, he freaked out. He has been talking about the crayon costume since I showed it to him a week ago. So, hopefully he'll wear it.

Here are a couple pictures. The first is of the boys at Disney just showing how much they love each other.


Bob brought out Glenn's Jaguar's jersey during a Jag's game, but he didn't want to wear it. So Bob put it on Alexander.

I had been struggling with finding shoes for Alexander because of his latex allergy. He had some fabric shoes, but he wants to walk every where now, so he needed something more substantial. Most shoes have latex in the adhesive in the insole or in the foam insole, or on the bottom of the shoe. But I found out through a forum online that Nike shoes use as little latex as they can, and as long as he wears socks, he'll be fine. So, while we were on vacation, we went to the Nike outlet. I didn't think they made Nikes for babies, but they do. Here's a picture of his new shoes:



They look like they lace up, but that's just for show. The velcro strap is what really keeps them on. Of course he loves undoing the velcro, but he can't get them off, yet. He's walking great in them. The only problem now is when he tries to run, he falls. He scratched up his nose and above his lip, but it healed quickly.

Glenn is home from school, AGAIN. This is the third time since school has started that he's been sick enough to stay home. And he actually hasn't been healthy at all since school started. He doesn't have a fever, but his temp is elevated. And his cough has gotten much worse. So, we felt he needed a day to just sit and rest. Of course that doesn't mean he wants to rest. I'm trying to get him to take a nap right now, and he's come out of his room 3 times already. He brought out his empty tissue box and asked me to make a guitar out of it. :) He's so cute. So, that's what we'll be doing after I give in that he's not going to have a nap.

Bob's been having a lot of back pain. We're hoping the doctors can find out what is causing it instead of just giving him medicine to treat the symptoms and make him loopy. He's also coming down with Glenn's cold (so he's a lot of fun to be around).

I'm healthy, and busy taking care of my boys. I've been having fun making new bags. I'm also looking forward to my sister's wedding in less than 3 weeks. So, I've been making sure all my boys have what they need for what they are wearing to the wedding. I am my sister's matron of honor, and am picking up my dress this week from being altered. I'll post pictures of us all decked out when we get back from CT.