I’ve been falling down on my blogging duties this month. So many exciting events it’s been hard to find time lately!
Not the least of which was a big 5-year birthday party for Thomas. Grandmas and Grandpas and another fabulous cake by Kari helped make it a festive event.
Thomas’ birthday was quickly followed by Halloween, which is nearly as exciting. As you can see, AJ was old enough this year to start enjoying a bit as well.
We had a witch, Raggedy Ann, an astronaut and a vampire. It was wonderful weather so they could just wear an extra layer of clothes under their costumes. Nothing worse than having to wear a big coat over your cool costume! Our friends the Hands came over to Trick and Treat with us and hit the whole neighborhood. They are already planning next year’s costumes so I guess they had a pretty good time!
Today we finally decided that AJ’s baby mullet was about long enough and took him down to our favorite barber, Tom, to get his first cut. Here’s a shot of Kari taking one last look at his flowing locks…
AJ was a perfect customer the whole time. He was a bit nervous about sitting on the big chair at first, but once Kari volunteered to be his booster seat, he hopped right up and sat still as a statue while Tom went to work.
He suddenly seems so much more grown up — much more of a little boy than a baby. Sigh… still pretty cute though, huh?
One other little story this month, that I don’t have a picture for but we all thought was pretty funny, involves Emma and a giant spider she encountered the garage. It was big enough that she thought it might have been a left over prop from Halloween so she poked her foot at it and it immediately came to life and scurried up and over her shoe. Emma, who has never been a fan of spiders to begin with, totally freaked out and went screaming inside where she immediately tore off her her shoe and sock and wiped everything down anti-bacterial wipes. She then insisted on taking a shower and had to be convinced to not just throw her shoes in the garbage. Since I’m the dad, I got the job of taking care of the spider. I’ll have to admit, it was a big one. Big and hairy. I could tell a quick squeeze with some kleenex was not going to cut it so I got my framing hammer and I got him. It took 2 whacks, but I go him. Ewww. I’m with you Emma. Being a dad can be a hard job sometimes.
