This is Halloween

This was, bar none, the absolute best Halloween of my entire life. And that's all I have to say about that.

Restoring Sanity and/or Fear

Perhaps you heard there was a little rally on the Mall today, hosted by Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert. Once we tried two different Metro stations and figured out that the line to get in was only dwarfed by the lines of people LEAVING because they'd waited too long for a train, we took a vote and went to a nearby Pub and watched the event on C-SPAN. Those who actually made it to the Mall may have technically been closer to the action, but our audio was awesome, and it came with unlimited free soft drink refills. Also, no line for the bathroom. On the whole, we decided we got a great deal and had a blast.

Sacking and Looting

Mommy: Ian, what are you doing over there?
Ian: I am fighting everyone down out of the dollhouse because I am a Roman. I am not nice.
Mommy: I see.


Hours Later:
Mommy: Your son spent a portion of the afternoon sacking and looting the dollhouse because, as he put it, he was a Roman, and they are not nice.
Daddy: Seriously?
Ian: Daddy, you go get the Romans book. Let's read.

Particularly Spectacular

Ian fell asleep with a wet head last night. The result was not to be missed.  The photo doesn't do it justice.

Splat the Cat Came Back

You may remember that Ian wanted to be Splat the Cat for Halloween. Also, you may remember that, lacking confidence in Splat's availability as a commercially produced halloween costume, Mommy was knitting Ian a Splat the Cat Hat. So now you are thinking... "yes, very funny... and the child wearing it is adorable and IS NOT IAN." You're right. She's not. One of Ian's friends graciously agreed to model it for me, because the total time this thing has spent on Ian's head since I completed it two weeks ago is about 48 seconds.

It's not that he doesn't like it. He does. In fact, he loves it. He thinks it is hilarious. He thinks Mommy should make its mouth. And he likes to stand in front of the mirror and play putiton takeitoff putiton takeitoff putiton takeitoff for long periods of time. Too bad this is not at all photogenic.

So I went to Target and spent $8 on a mass-produced Fireman costume. That, he'll wear.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

More Halloween Madness

Burke Lake Park does an annual "ghost train" for Halloween. There are more fairy tales than ghosts. Ian's favorite was, hands down, the pirates, although Bob the Builder got an honorable mention.

Moral of this story...

If you want your gingerbread house to look really nice when it's done, do not, I repeat, NOT allow me to apply the icing. Next most remarkable thing about this experience: Ian did not eat any of the candy OR FROSTING while building the house with a friend.

Ocean City or Bust

"You just go."

Boardwalk bike rental: $3

Ian's first ride on a "real" bicycle: priceless.

Quote of the day: "Look, Mommy! You get on, and you lean over, and you JUST GO."

The frog boots are just a bonus.

What's Remarkable about this picture?

If you said, "That mammoth pumpkin!" please think again. According to Ian, the pumpkin takes a backseat to the forklift.

Little Man on a Mission

I let Ian pick these out at Nalls Produce today and we went and left them for a neighbor as a nice surprise.  He was so cute pushing them all by himself.  At one point they slid forward in the wagon and he stopped and made the adjustments all by himself.

Pumpkin Races

I made this page from photos taken during Ian's preschool day yesterday. You can see he had a blast!

PS:  Here's a picture of the art project he did during class.  I had to sneak a photo because he was refusing to allow it to be reproduced.  It unfortunately does not fit on the scanner bed so this is the best reproduction I could manage.

Hurry, hurry, ride the fire truck

Our local fire departments conduct annual open house events which are a small child's dream.

ding ding ding ding ding.

Stop, drop, and roll.

Gotta love a rescue dog.

Heart & Soul