Trunk or Treat

The youth put on a FABULOUS Trunk or Treat in our ward last night. (Well, all the youth participated, but the Young Men were in charge.)

First, all the kids went around to the trunks. I didn't get a picture of our decorated trunk, but it did include our jack-o-lantern that we carved for FHE on Monday.

We, of course, put our darling little boy in costume... and didn't he turn out cute?!

Then, they took small groups down to tour the haunted house that was set up in the gym. The young men had it all divided into sections and alleys with big plywood boards, and it looked really good! They had giant pumpkins, a graveyard, a witch with a jumping spider (that was me), a vampire that rose out of a coffin, a mad scientist with different "body parts" to touch, a creepy scary guy popping up out of nowhere, a huge spider that dropped down on you from the basketball net, a fortune teller, and two screaming witches.

Halloween gets even more fun when you have a kid! I can't wait until next year when Aidan maybe sort of gets it! :)

Double Take

I was looking through some old pictures on my computer and I came across this one:

It was in the folder with all of my pictures from when we were dating, and I was like, "Oops, I must have put that picture in the wrong folder!" And then I looked closer... and that's not my kid!

THIS is Mike with MY kid.

That other picture is four years old and shows Mike with my nephew Tyler! You can sure tell these two boys are cousins, can't you?!

P.S. I finally had time to update my blog today (sorry, I know it's been a while), so be sure to scroll down for lots of new entries!

The Dangers of Working Out

I have finally gotten back into my gym routine, and it feels great! (Thank goodness for the child care that comes free with our family gym membership!) However, the other day I finished my workout and was stretching out. I reached back to grab my foot, and my fingernail caught on my shoe. It ended up doing this:
Ouch!!! I wasn't sure which would hurt less: trying to cut it off where it broke, or leaving it half ripped so it pulls on everything. I ended up leaving the rip alone but cutting the rest of the nail really short. I'll try to cut it where it ripped when it has grown out a little farther. Luckily it isn't hurting TOO much any more. That's what I get for trying to exercise, huh?!

Daddy time and toys

This video shows Aidan with some "daddy time"... absolutely adorable in my opinion. My favorite part is how he stabs Mike in the eye. Several times, actually. :)

This video is a little long (sorry - I don't know how to edit them.... you don't have to watch the whole thing), but it makes me laugh. When Aidan gets really tired, sometimes he gets super silly. The smallest thing will absolutely set him off. Here, I pulled out a random pen in a box of old junk. It has a bobble head on the top, and Aidan just went NUTS!

And last but not least, Aidan has decided that his Binky is a toy. Sometimes when he's tired, he yanks it out, but then he howls because he doesn't have anything to suck on! I keep putting it back in his mouth, though - I am determined to not have a thumb-sucker!

Cards

I was asked to teach a card-making class at our Super Saturday coming up on Halloween. Since I needed to plan for that, my card-making supplies have been all over the living room table for the past week. (Bless my patient husband!) The first two cards (the fall-themed ones) are 2 of the 3 cards that I'm going to teach at the class. And the rest of the pictures are some of the ones that I made just for fun. :) Who knows... one might even come to you in the mail!

Which one is your favorite?

Pictures

Just some cute pictures...

Aidan staring at my camera (no, it's not upside down - that's the direction I took the shot!)

Smiling in his car seat... we put that cute little hat on him at night to help keep him warm. (I don't remember why he's in his car seat... he wasn't sleeping in there!)

Like Grandpa, like grandson... look closely at the tongue!

For some reason, he looks so OLD to me in these last 2 pictures... maybe because his hair is starting to grow in enough to see it from a distance.

Check out those chunky thighs - so fun to pinch! (We stripped his bottom half while waiting for the suppository to work its magic - didn't want to ruin the pants!)

School

I was cleaning out the last of my school stuff. I had 2 boxes of keepsake-type things: letters from students or parents, pictures, plan books, evaluations, etc. I think I did pretty well - I went from 2 boxes down to this:

But in the process of cleaning, I discovered that I was missing a class composite picture from last year. I called the photo company... they don't keep them. But they DID give me a permission form to copy it if I could find someone else's. My school had a copy, and I had promised to go visit sometime with Aidan, so I went out to get the picture and see my old students.

It's fun to see how they grow up. Do you realize that my first class of 3rd graders are now sophomores?! And the 4th graders I taught as a long-term sub are now seniors?! That sure makes me feel old!

The Stats

Well, Aidan had his 4 month well child visit on Monday. (Wow, that went by quickly!) He is very healthy; even his hernia has disappeared. And the stats are:

Weight: 17 lbs 15 oz - 95-97th percentile band (Only 4 more pounds until we have to get a new car seat...)


Height: 28 inches - ABOVE the 99th percentile band (I made her double check that because it seemed SO long, but she got the same measurement both times!) (Only ONE more inch before we have to get a new car seat based on height!)

My child is a monster! (In a totally adorable way, of course.) We had four babies born in our ward this summer, and one ward member put it like this: "Aidan looks like the ENFORCER of the babies!" I'm so grateful that he's healthy!

This is a very typical pose for him - he is CONSTANTLY sucking on as much of his hand as he can get in there. In fact, the doctor said he is already teething. (And I say, "NO! I want that adorable toothless grin for a while longer still!" Oh, well.)

(I must confess: my mommy pride is also grateful that he's adorable!)

Another ACT question

This one's for all you math geeks out there. It took us a while to figure this out during my ACT math class, although the reason why was a typo in the book rather than not knowing how to do the math. Try it before you look at the comments.

If [2x-2] > 2 (pretend that the [brackets] are absolute value signs - I don't know how to type those), what is the range of x?

a. x <4> -4
b. x <> -2
c. x < 2 or x > -2
d. x < 0 or x > 2
e. x <> 2

Good luck! :)