Halloween

Here in Winston-Salem, we had a fun Halloween with loads of smiles, treats, and wheezing. We visited 10 houses plus a bonus house (to Jacob, this makes it sound like a much bigger deal than saying we went to 11 houses). 

 Happy astronaut and strapping firefighter. And these are the best photos from the night as I fumbled with a flash issue...

 Figuring out which treat to taste first!

  True happiness. 

As a kid, I know I felt the same way...as a parent, I wish candy didn't matter so much.

 But, to his defense, Jacob ate 1 piece of candy after touching, sorting, and counting his pumpkin basket of loot. Thomas, though carried from house to house, was adamant about walking up to a door and then copying exactly what Jacob did. If Jacob picked 2 candies, Thomas picked 2; if Jacob looked at a bug on the ground, Thomas looked (for) at the bug on the ground.  

Thomas then attempted to eat his candies on the ride home with the paper on it. It seems that Mos has a strong sweet tooth paired with little willingness to be redirected to other foods, activities, etc. Seems that we found a place where Thomas is just pretty downright normal!

Fall fun

October started with us in Raleigh for a baby shower for Steven and Chase Fuller (and obviously their baby Fuller). Aside from loving the cookies at the sweet cookies'n milk shower, Thomas and Jacob rode in 'Herbie' with Papaw! The squeals, grins, and laughter was so precious.

The kiddos then found the phone booth and Thomas got a kick out of pulling Daniel in with him. I aimed to get one of face smush pictures, but Thomas stopped mashing his face into the glass every time the camera emerged... of course.

Daniel's photo skills. 

We have 3 large trees in the front yard showering us with a rainbow of leaves- hourly. The first pile for playing-in was a few weeks. Clearly, Thomas would take a bit of convincing.

He'd rather patrol their falling on motorcycle. And notice the leaves; I had raked the day before. And yes, that's a flowering but fruitless pumpkin vine he's running over.

And then there was a fun Halloween party at school. Thomas was really struggling with his asthma, but managed a game and a treat (yay pretzels and fruit snacks for dairy and peanut free!).

And though we had to exit the party a bit early and have some Thomas calm down/nurse/breathe time in the car before actually buckling up, Astronaut Jacob was pleased with his treats, games, and candy!