Hallowtober!

Halloween was so fun this year! Mack loved walking from door to door to get candy, and he wore his costume the whole time - the hood and everything. At one door, the lady was kindly taking her time to make sure she didn't give us any candy Mack might choke on, and I guess she took a little too long because Mack said, "Uuuuuhhhhh!" Like "hurry up lady" in caveman language. We went to about 15-20 houses in my parent's neighborhood with some of Mack's cousins, and he let us know when he was tired by whining for his stroller we were pushing along with us. So, we headed back to Grandma's for chili and to hang out with family. I have to brag and let you all know that I sewed his dinosaur costume all by myself! Isn't he adorable?



A few days before Halloween we went to a Pumpkin Patch they have every year in the parking lot of a local casino. They had little kid rides, a petting zoo, one of those big, blow-up bouncy slides, and pumpkins for sale. We wanted to go when it wasn't too crowded so we went right when it opened on a week day morning (9am) when Gregg wasn't too busy at work. We were the only ones there for the first half an hour or so. It was almost a little awkward, but it was nice to just let Mack run. We went down the slide and checked out the animals, and then a preschool group showed up so we jumped in with them on the one ride we thought Mack could go on (most of them seemed more for kids that are a little bit older (3yrs plus)). It was fun and I'm sure we'll go every year now.

Here are some pictures of us at the Pumpkin Patch and carving our pumpkin:

Since my last Mack update, here are a few more things he's done/said:

** Started saying "cookie" and "drinky" (we add a 'y' on to a lot of our words when we talk to Mack, probably not a good habit to start).

** Mack and I went grocery shopping and I stopped to look at some buckets for trick-or-treating. Out of nowhere, I heard him say "hi", and I looked to see who he was talking to. He was saying "hi" to a bucket that looked like Elmo's head. Of course, I had to buy it for him because he is so precious. Now, whenever he sees Elmo on TV or anywhere, he says "hi".

** I record Sesame Street for Mack and then turn it on when I need him to be distracted. I started an episode for him the other day and it was showing an ad at the beginning that had Cookie Monster in it, and Mack said "Cookie". I couldn't believe it because I have never talked about Cookie Monster with him. You never know what they're going to pick up from TV. Good thing we don't let him watch 24.

** I was wearing an old basketball shirt from high school the other day (no, I wasn't any good), and Mack pointed at the pictures on it and said "ball" and "hoop". Gregg told me he's been teaching him 'hoop' at church whenever they walk through the cultural hall.

** Whenever we give Mack a taste of soda, of course it's way too strong for him, so we say "whoa, that has some kick!" Now, when he wants a taste of Gregg's soda he says "kicky".

Here's what Mack was doing while I was blogging (I wish):


I just realized there are no pictures of Gregg in all of our October pictures! So, here's a little gem for those of you who need a Gregg fix:

I like to think that I can really bring out the dork in him. (Taken when we lived in Spokane (before there were kids around to make us act like adults.))