Halloween Ready

Handsome Knight

Last week, Matt went hiking in Madera Canyon.  Adam was so excited to go, he kept trying to get Matt to hurry.  Adam was strapped into his car seat, yelling, "Daddy, hurry up!  You're letting flies in!" and calling "Matt!" over and over.  The apparent highlights of the outing were climbing up and down the steps leading to the picnic area, seeing a fallen tree that resembled a horse and spotting another tree with roots resembling spider legs.  Once Matt explained that the second tree was more like a "spooky old tree" (reference to one of Adam's Berenstein Bears books), Adam was spooked and wanted to go home.  He was likely tired from the hiking and ready to go home whether he was spooked or not.

Later that night, Adam told me about the cashews he accidentally spilled and how a squirrel or another animal will find the snack and say, "Oh, thanks, Adam!"

While the guys were out hiking, I went on a quick shopping trip to buy Adam a couple of costumes (pirate per his request) and a knight's outfit (for play); a couple of pairs of shoes (to grow into); and t-shirts (he's out-growing his current shirts).  Aurora stayed home with the sitter, so I was able to get all the shopping done in an hour and a half.

We are almost ready for Halloween.  We have to add the spooky streamers to the windows, add the rest of our Halloween lights, stuff a scary dude on a chair, buy and carve pumpkins, trim and sew those outrageously long fingers on Adam's gloves.  Our fun plans (tentative) are to take Adam trick-or-treating at the plaza where MyGym is located (this weekend) and out trick-or-treating in our neighborhood on Halloween night.