Saturday, Logan still had a nasty cough and seemed to be crying out in his sleep, so we took him to see the doctor to make sure it was nothing serious. Luckily, his ears look great and there are no signs of pneumonia or bronchitis, so looks like it just has to run its course.
While I was at the doctors and the store, Dennis took Colin and Evan to see the movie Puss and Boots. Evan especially has been asking to see this for a long time. So as soon as it came out we knew we needed to take them. The boys then spent a lot of the afternoon playing outside. Colin went over to a friends house to play, so Evan ended up outside with two older girls (2nd and 3rd grade), but that didn't seem to phase him at all. He jumped right in playing with them. They were playing on our neighbors play set and Evan yelled "Hey guys you want to play with my sidewalk chalk?" Later the girls were riding their bikes and I heard Evan say, "Ok, the first one to get to me wins." It is funny how he jumps right in and doesn't even care that they are girls or older than him. He is so fun to watch.
Even though I don't like Halloween, I do love Fall and baking with pumpkin. Since Evan has been asking me daily when I am going to make a pumpkin pie, I decided to pick up some pumpkin at the store and do some baking. I told him he will have to wait until Thanksgiving for pumpkin pie, but I did make a batch of chocolate chips pumpkin muffins (because everything in my mind is better with chocolate) and a loaf of pumpkin bread. The house smelling like pumpkin just has to put anyone in a good mood.
Dennis and the boys spent the evening carving pumpkins. I gladly step back and let Dennis do this each year because he is creative and artistic. He also seems to enjoy it. Of course the boys wanted super hero pumpkins and Evan made his own design on one of them, which I thought was really cool.
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| On Left Evan's design, middle is Hulk and right is Wolverine. |
Sunday, Dennis spent most of the day (it was a long process) cleaning and cooking pumpkin seeds. They tasted really yummy despite Dennis dirtying up every dish in the kitchen!
Sunday was pretty low key. Church, Church class, Football, and Colin playing at a neighbors again. Now the kids are all tucked in bed and looking forward to Halloween tomorrow. Me, I'm trying to figure out how I am going to get through the next few weeks with all this candy in the house (especially Reese's peanut butter cups, my favorite). I'm not sure why I decided I need to loose 5-10lbs right before the holidays are starting. I must like to torture myself, but at least if I eat well for the next few weeks I can better rationalize eating two Thanksgiving meals like we do each year!
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