BounceZone

We haven’t done much lately. It’s been cold and dreary. I’m not ready for winter but I fear it’s almost here. To break out of the boredom Ben, Noelle, Alec and I ventured over to the BounceZone to let those overactive boys get some energy out.

As you can see, we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves which made it nice. The boys just ran from one thing to the next and back again.

They both are great jumpers and got some serious height.

Up and down..up and down…up and down..over and over and over again.

Noelle and I played a little along with them. It was fun. Now we are both hoping for great naps from the boys!

2 thumbs up from Noelle!

It’s a baking day!

On this cold and rainy Monday, Alec and I pulled out the baking gear to kill some time.  Oddly..my 1 can of pumpkin turned into 2. Not sure how that happened?! I do love pumpkin!

My trusty helper was ready….

I mean the mixer not the young one. :) He seems to always get into trouble while we cook. Like this…..

 

I think he got it all.

I over filled the pans. Oops!

Way too much on one of them!

But they still came out pretty tasty!

Pumpkin Cream Cheese bread. Super YUM!

Sausa Out?

When Alec much younger and trying to speak he would say “sausa –out”.

Sometimes it was a question and sometimes it was a statement. Erik and I had no clue what he was talking about.  After a while Erik would ask “sausa-out?” And sometimes Alec would say “it’s sausa out” and sometimes when Erik would ask Alec would say “no”.  And Erik would say “What does it mean? “ And Alec would laugh and laugh and laugh and never tell him.

It drove Erik crazy.

This went on for a quite a while but then we kind of forgot about it.  One day recently it reappeared and Alec started saying it again. And he laughed and laughed and laughed.  Of course now that he can speak clearly we asked the obvious. “Alec- what does sausa-out mean”?  He so very matter-of –fact answered “it’s dusk out”.

A 2 year mystery solved. 

Was it as anti-climatic for you as it was for me?

But hey’ it’s sausa out. I gotta go get that kid to bed! :)

Scarborough Marsh

We had a fun date on Tuesday. After going to vote, Noelle and I took Ben and Alec to lunch and a walk through the Scarborough Marsh.  This is one of my favorite walks. It seems like the colors are always vivid no matter the time of year and all the fresh ocean(ish) air always seems to wear Alec out. Noelle was hoping it would have the same effect on Ben!

Our goal is always to get the bridge so we can throw stones in the water. Hours of free fun. I’m all about it.

Noelle was pretty happy to pick up the dead crab!

It was so pretty –it was hard to take a bad picture. Plus-these kids are too darn cute!

Messy Craft time….

Finger painting progressed into…..

Tummy painting

which progressed into bath time!

All said in 1 day…

Shania racing into our bedroom directly followed followed by Alec.

ME: “Alec! Stop chasing the cat”

Alec: “I’m not chasing the cat. She’s in front of me and I am following her.”

 

ME: “Come on Alec –we have to go to the bank”

Alec “Take Shania –SHE’LL go with you. I’m all set”

 

Alec: ”What bus is that?”

ME: “It’s the Saco Parks and Rec bus”

Alec “Yeah..it is parked and resting”

 

Erik watching the news about the elections. Speaking to no one in particular…

Erik: “Florida is always a mess.”

Alec stops playing and says in a distressed voice ”Oh no.. Florida is mess…how will we ever get to go now?”

Erik (cracking up) “Don’t worry buddy –they’ll have it cleaned up by the time we get there”.

 

Tonight at dinner:

Alec: “I think I will dress up as a TV for Christmas”

Me:  “We don’t dress up for Christmas”

Alec “Wow-I didn’t know that. That’s really too bad.”

Halloween Recap

FRIGHT NIGHT @ THE Y

Although our YMCA puts on a Fright Night the week before Halloween every year – this is the first time we have decided to partake in the festivities.  There were tons of people and it was pretty chilly but we still had a decent time. The bonus for Alec was that a lot of the staff from his childcare facility were working at this event so there were lots of friendly faces to greet.

They had a hayride (which broke down before we got to go for a ride on it), games, a bonfire (fire pit), trunk-or treating (businesses set up in the parking lot and decorated their vehicle trunks and handed out candy…odd), crafts, and a haunted walk through the woods (we passed on that).

Playing games (below)

Roasting marshmallows…or rather Erik charring the marshmallow.

A thoroughly thrilled spidey.

Spooooky!

School Party

The Friday before Halloween weekend Alec’s school had a party. Actually they had  2 on 1 day. They dressed up in the morning and paraded to a local business to trick-or-treat through the office. Erik and I could not make it to that but we did make it to the afternoon party.  I made ghost cupcakes for the afternoon party.I was frosting at 9:30 at night. I did not do such a good job.

And here is the few pictures I took of the party. It was pretty unorganized. My work was having a kids party at the same time. I think next year we will skip the school party and take him to my work one. That looked REALLY cool! One department dressed up and decorated their area after the game Candyland. It was VERY cool.

Isis and Alec play together a lot. They both turned around at the same time. The stinkers.

Crashing from the sugar high. Good thing swimming lessons were next. He needed to balance the equilibrium and get past the fun day letdown.

Prepping for Halloween

Painting pumpkins. Now the funniest part of this was that we did not use washable paints. Erik could not relax enough to have fun. He was tweaked the whole time worrying about where the paint would end up. On my end…pretty funny. His quote “I don’t do messy crafts”. So instead of focusing on Alec we will focus on Erik. Notice his hands clasp together. Feel free to chuckle with me.

CARVING THE PUMPKIN

 

This is the first time we actually carved a pumpkin with Alec. He was not so thrilled with the insides. Chuckling again….Look at that expression!

Erik continued to clean it out. Erik’s dad oversaw the process and Alec played.

 

We went all out and saved the seeds to cook. We are wild and crazy here!

I carved the pumpkin. There are no pictures of that. But here is the final product. It was Alec’s request. He’s not egocentric. AT.ALL.

Trick-Or-Treat Time

Alec and Auntie Hil on our way to Knox’s house!

Kiddo’s ready for the sweets! The crazy part was –we didn’t ask them to sit like that. They did it all on their own!

And they are off….

And that my friends is the end of Halloween until next year. Phew!