Classic October post... and other ramblings

I can't believe October is just about over! What the heck!?! That means I only have November, December and a bit of January before I have 2 kids. And I am betting that November will be my only productive month before I become a beached whale and don't want to do anything. That seems crazy to me. Oh so much to do and right now I don't want to do a thing.

Jeremiah's Grandma Joncas flew in from Missouri for a surprise visit. Hopefully Bode hasn't worn her out to much with his rambunctious ways. He has been thoroughly spoiled, but I know he likes it. We have sure enjoyed her stay with us. It has been more than 2 years since we have seen her, Bode was only 3 or 4 months old.

On Monday night we carved pumpkins. I thought Bode might like cleaning them out but he was not a fan, so Jer and I did the yucky job.

This is about as close as Bode got to the pumpkins when we cleaned them out. Jer threw a bit of the stuff out of the pumpkins at him and Bode got a rag to wash his foot off. He really didn't like it. (PS he is experimenting with underwear this evening)

I wasn't afraid to get my hands dirty.

Jer pointed out that my belly is as big as my pumpkin.

We got fancy this year and printed out patterns to carve our pumpkins. You had to pin them on and then trace them by poking hole around the silhouette. Bode felt like this was something that he wanted to do. He loved poking the pins into the pumpkin. He got very serious about it, even sticking his tongue out, he get that from me.

So yesterday I felt it was getting to close to Halloween and Bode needed a costume. I really have never liked store bought costumes, I prefer homemade ones. But man I for the life of me could not figure out what to make Bode. Any idea I had was shot down by Jeremiah. My sister in law found red leggings at her Wal-Mart, but I forgot to pick them up from her house when I was on the east side of town, so I couldn't make the "Dash" costume I had settled on. Jer suggested that we go buy one. This tiger outfit was what we came back with. He was not a fan of putting it on when we got home, but later in the evening he decided to show it off. Hopefully he will want to wear it on Halloween. If not we will just put a sign on him saying he is boycotting his costume and just wants candy.

Here is our finished pumpkin carving product. Jeremiah's turned out great. It is the tombstone/skeleton one on the left. And mine, after help from Jer and some tooth picks looks good too. If you can't tell what it is, it is ghosts in a window. To bad my camera made the pictures so fuzzy.

Bode is thinking about the potty more and more everyday. He wants to wear underwear, sit on the potty, and wipe, but nothing comes out. I am going to start really trying next Monday, anyone have any tricks or ideas to help us out? I figure that while he shows some interest I need to act on it. Other wise I may not get to it for a while and he is getting to bit for me to change his diaper. He sure does like to wear underwear though. He likes to show me his buns.

I guess he figures if the fridge is locked there must be something in the freezer worth scaling the fridge for. Bode must have grown a bit in the last few weeks. He can now open the tv cupboard and the freezer.

Here is Bode's latest trick. He finds "key" (coins) from around the house and figured out how to unlock the doors.