October 23 & 24

We went to our third (and last) pumpkin patch of the season yesterday. Ethan was up sick part of the night, but he felt up to going out to lunch (didn't eat anything) and to the pumpkin patch. He slept most of the ride home, so of course he was up too late last night and didn't want to get up this morning. He stayed home from school today, as he still said his tummy hurt and he didn't really eat much all day. He had half a bowl of noodles for dinner, hoping for a big breakfast tomorrow. He has a 4 day week this week, so I'd hate him to miss any more of it.

His favorite thing at Papa's Pumpkin Patch yesterday was the pumpkin launcher. He was trying to get them through a small hole out in the field, to win a pumpkin. He got close, but didn't make it.Today he laid in bed most of the day, but when he started feeling a bit better we made this cool shrinky dink Halloween tree :) He loves shrinky dinks!

October 22

Today we went to Powell Gardens near Kansas City. I bet in the summertime it's gorgeous, but most of the plants were dead today. It was still pretty neat, and it was warmer than I thought it would be. On the way home, Ethan got sick in the car :( so we couldn't go to the haunted hayride tonight that he wanted to, maybe next year. He went to bed voluntarily at 7:00 and didn't want ice cream, so I sure hope he's better tomorrow. Especially since we have a 2 hour ride home!

October 21

Ethan got a 100% on his spelling test, woo hoo! We are at Granny's house this weekend, and tonight made caramel apples. Ethan ate his without caramel (weirdo), he's trying to get his loose tooth to fall out! No success yet, but it is getting looser and looser. I think he may be singing "All I Want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth" this year!

October 20

Tonight at Cub Scouts, we looked at maps and had to find where we live on a World Map, U.S. Map, Missouri Map, County Map & City Map. Then they played a little game and for snack they made ants on a log. I am shocked that Ethan not only tried it, but ate 4 of them! Of course, he wouldn't touch the celery, but they brought toast too :)

We also stopped in the big consignment sale on post. They had almost no clothes in his size, I was hoping to find a winter coat for him, but they had nothing!! He did find a Pokemon DS game for $4!! and an entire bag of Pokemon books for $3, so he was happy.

October 19

It was so cold today!! I was not prepared for 40* weather, poor Ethan doesn't even have a winter coat yet. I felt like the worst mother ever when all the other kids came out of school with winter coats & mittens and my kid had this thin little fall jacket (well actually he had that in his backpack, b/c he really wanted to make me look bad with NO coat on!) So goal of the next week is to find E a cute winter coat for less than $50. The one I like the best is $78!!

October 18

Ethan is offically signed up to play basketball! He's totally excited, I don't have the heart to tell him he's too short to dunk :P At the sign up place, they had cheerleader sign ups also....apparently he has some natural ability at that sport, not sure where he learned this.....


It was cold out today, and he got to wear this super cute outfit for the first time. Of course when I picked him up from school he was covered in paint!! All the way to his shoes :( It better come out!!

October 17

Today we attempted to decorate the front of our house. Ethan saw these tombstones at the dollar store and thought they were the coolest thing ever. Unfortunately shortly after this photo was taken, one blew away and we dont know where it went :( They were really light, and we had no way to stick them in the ground (thought they would have some sort of sticks or something in the bottoms). Oh well, it was cool for about 10 minutes.

AHHHH! A Zombie!!!

We did find this disgusting/cool slug. It was the biggest slug I have ever seen, and it left this nasty slimy trail behind it. Bleck!