Dragons, Ewoks and....Snow?

I redesigned my blog for fall. Like it? Good, because that's the only thing going on right now.

Life has been it's normal chaotic self but nothing interesting has happened lately. After my diagnosis of experiencing "optical migraines" I've tried to destress and chill out a bit. Apparently it's working as I haven't had another bad headache since then.

Last week was Halloween (okay, 10 days ago) and two days before Halloween it SNOWED. Roughly 4 inches or so. It was up over the top of my snow boots. IN OCTOBER!! Thankfully Halloween day it warmed up a bit and that night wasn't too terrible for the wee ones. Jack's first Halloween was cold and windy and we barely hit one street before we turned around and went home.

You mean you want me to walk in the snow? Not worth it

Jack and Daddy chill in the NOTsnow

Jack is lured to Mama and walks voluntarily in the snow

Family foot prints

It's not so bad when someone steadies him

Trick-or-Treating was canceled in many of the surrounding towns. Our friends got sick and there was snow. It wasn't perfect but it sure was fun!

My child was very uncooperative during photos

All the children. Once again, my kid is acting strange

End of the night. Tired, cold and wants his candy

Enjoying a lollipop on top of his stash

I look forward to these next couple of months because Jack is just so much more interactive. He is cooperative (most of the time) and will follow basic commands and his language skills are still developing but we can understand what he wants, usually. He says "what is dat" and "wasdat" distinctly. One means "what is [his/hers/that's] name" and one means "look over there and tell me what that is." He has learned to unlock and access the text feature of my phone and now sends random jibberish to various people. 

The holidays this year will be fun, and very busy. Todd and I are both in his brother's wedding on New Years Eve so there is all sorts of stuff planned between Christmas and the wedding. I know it will be a busy week. I hope we get through it with as little stress as possible. I'm really looking forward to Christmas though, as we got Jack a train table. We had it stuffed in our hallway that he doesn't normally go in but he found it one day and his face just LIT UP. I can't wait for him to actually open it up and play with it. For the moment he has this little plastic Thomas "take and go" kit that he plays with all the time. It's up there on his list of favorite toys with balls and video game controllers. In fact, right at this moment he is playing with a Wii controller and using it as a sword. It's amazing and awesome seeing the things that he learns every single day.