Around the house

We recently did some online Christmas shopping and got a bunch of boxes on our front porch. Sean has really been into drumming lately, so we made him a drum set.

He loves drumming. He drums on anything and everything nearly all the time.




He is good, however, when Teresa is sleeping, to not drum. At least I don't have to fight that battle, I just have to remind him to do something else for a while.

And we are rewarded with nice big smiles after a good uninterrupted nap!

Sean also has big smiles when he gets enough sleep. He has not yet, unfortunately, made the connection between sleeping and feeling good. All he understands is sleep = no playing, so he thinks sleep is bad. I am hoping that someday soon he will realize he needs to sleep more!

The drum can also be worn.




Does this look like a future ND drumline head snare, or what?

Going a little wild. (Sean has great stick height, which means on occasion the drumming comes to a sudden halt, followed by the look of deciding whether or not to cry, followed by crying and a bruised cheek or forehead.)

My cutie pie #2.

Halloween

This year was the first year we really celebrated Halloween since having kids. Sean met the criteria: he came up with a costume idea, helped make it, and was able to walk most of the way trick or treating. (The past years he was either too young to eat candy, or didn't care about dressing up, so we didn't bother. Actually last year we were still in California and spent the day riding cable cars in San Francisco.)

So, Sean chose to dress up as his favorite snack, a Cheez-It! He got lots of great comments from people as he was trick or treating. I would say it was a pretty unique idea.

Meijer had some trick or treating in the store the day before Halloween. I'm wondering if we send this super cute picture to Sunshine, the company that makes Cheez-Its, they would give us a lifetime supply or something? Mmmmmm......

Sean and Dad also carved a pumpkin. Sean was not too keen on putting his hand in it to scoop out the seeds. At least he did try one of the seeds we toasted, but he said they tasted weird.

Here is the result.

And here are a couple of shots EB took from the weekend before. Grandma and Grandpa H. have some giant sugar maples in their backyard, which made for some pretty huge leaf piles. Doesn't he look so grown up?

Ok, off to bed. Some little people woke me up early this morning, hence the half-coherent and mostly-rambling blog post.

Baptism weekend

Teresa was baptized on October 23 at St. Peter's in Chains in Hamilton. We were so fortunate to have all the family come in to town to celebrate with us.

Sean started the morning raking some leaves with Grandma and Grandpa Spoon.






This is the "I think I might be told to stop what I'm doing in a moment, but I'm going to keep doing it anyway" look.

Teresa was so tired, she cried and cried nearly the whole time until she finally fell asleep near the end of it. (My children do not just fall asleep easily, I think the stories I have heard of kids doing this without fighting it is a myth!)

Still fighting sleep.




Finally.... at peace.




The whole family.




Hanging out at home afterward.



Next post will be Halloween. Yep, I'm behind, but that's the way this blog goes. :)