I would love to say that we have been busy and doing tons of fun things this month, but I would be lying!
Obviously the highlight of the month was Halloween.
We were lucky enough to get several pumpkins from Gene's garden this year. Brenden carved one a little too early in the month, so it had to make a trip to the trash can before Halloween night. He did a great job carving them and had a ton of fun doing it. As a typical boy, getting the "guts" out was his favorite part.
Brenden had decided that he was too cool to go Trick or Treating with his parents and little brother this year. Instead he went with some friends and their parents ( I guess they have cooler parents!) He was a cross between Jason and a serial killer I suppose. Honestly, he just found some things he liked and put them together and called it a costume. He was happy with the outcome, which is the only thing that matters.
Carson had his own ideas about Halloween, which included loving his costume but hating the very idea of trick or treating. He loves having gloves on and his costume had gloves, so he was in heaven. But when we took him out of the car to go visit people he promptly sat down in the street and refused to do anything more. Instead we visited great grandma house and Nana & Papa's.. making it a VERY quick outing! Hopefully next year he will care more about it!
Other than Halloween it's been fairly quiet around the house. Brenden is in his "downtime" between sports and is already going crazy, constantly insisting that he is bored. Although, he has not been bored enough to clean his room, no matter how many times I suggest it.
Carson is being stubborn and has very obviously hit the terrible two's. He is such a strong willed child and is not afraid to let you know that he is not happy when it comes to that! We bought him a toddler bed a few weeks ago so that he would have less opportunity to fall out and hurt himself. From the very second it was placed in his room he was angry. He wouldn't allow anyone to "make" the bed , and ripped every blanket off of it the second it was put on. He screamed and cried at the very sight of it. We thought he would get over it and sleep in it that night. Instead he has slept on the floor NEXT to the bed every night since then with his pile of blankets. I figure someday he will decided to give it a try but until then I guess the floor works for him!
Doug has been overwhelmed with school lately. He spent a week or two with a really bad tooth and minimal class time, which put him a little behind. And like most people, did not have fun playing "catch up". He took a heavy schedule this semester which is proving to be challenging. He spends most of his evenings and weekends downstairs working on homework. He has been really good about waiting until the boys go to bed so that he gets to spend as much time as possible with them. But usually the only quiet time WE get is after the boys go to bed.. so I will admit to missing that time with him!
I have been busy myself with work. We went from not having any projects with the possibility of even having to cut down hours, to being slammed with projects! I am working on 5 projects at once right now. It's nice to have lots to do but sometimes I would like to have a day that is filled with nothing! Ha... I guess that's why it's called work!
Well.. that's that for the month of October. I am SO excited for the holidays and all of the family gatherings!
