waiting for Tricking or Treating

This evening, we went trick or treating (actually, all treating) with William's friend Lindsay and her mom Tracy (friends from my time in FL). These pictures are of all the children waiting for the action. Do you think I could have gotten a picture of W and L together?--Yeah right, they are constant motion next to each other. However, W will stand perfectly straight and still taking a picture next to his friend--go figure. L is a lady bug--she had an antennae headband and a ladybug wand, but she absolutely refuses to wear anything on her head and depending on her mood will act like you are ruining her life if you insist on any type of head piece--so, no headband. W is a modified speed racer driving his race car. He has been wearing his helmet, almost everywhere, for about 2 weeks now. Lindsay is a jellyfish--fabulously crafted by her mom. While we were waiting to go, L so delicately beheaded the scarecrow in their yard and stole the witches broom. Poor Lindsay worked diligently to replace the scarecrows head. Lauren also spent some time dancing, you will see a video next. The backwards stepping is her signature move.

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Trick or Treating

L, W, and Lindsay went to several doors. Lauren wanted to go into everyone's house. I think she thought if they are going to give her candy she was going to stay!
This house was funny. That mummy in the background lit up and made spooky sounds. W could not take is eyes of the thing, not even to walk down the stairs--he nearly fell on every step.

Oh, the world is my stage--according to L. She did not want to leave this porch. It was the perfect location for her monologue.
W was always lacking about an inch to reach the doorbell and his knock was just not loud enough. So, he had to rely on Lindsay (who is a year older and has that extra inch) to ring the bell.

by the end of the evening, W was in the stroller and L was walking. W declared that he had "plenty of candy" and was "ready to go back to Lindsay's house". L was more than happy to walk and what big girl carrying her treat bag.

After Trick or Treating

W wanted to taste all of his candy. He wanted to open one piece, lick it or take a bite out of it, then move on to the next piece

Poor L. She was so made that this bag of gummies wasn't getting opened fast enough. All was well after I opened it for her.

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SeaWorld

W went to Sea World this weekend with his Dad. He had loads of fun and still talks about the size of Shamu. Between Thomas and Shamu, he is completely overloaded with stories.

Day out with Thomas

We had a very fun day out on Saturday. W, L, and I went to ride on Thomas (for those of you without children, he is a train). W was so excited. There were several activities--let me clarify--FREE activities. W was able to play with a variety of train sets, navigate himself through a hay maze (L went in and then turned around and came right back out), jump in a bounce house, and see a variety of snakes and lizards. He was much more interested in the snakes and lizards than I thought he would be. I had to peel him away so we wouldn't miss our train ride. Then W took a picture with Sir Topham Hatt and listened to a story. L had no interest in being photographed with Sir Topham Hatt nor listening to the story. She was very entertained by a bubble machine outside the story tent. Next, we had a picnic lunch. Lastly, the three of us went on the train ride with Thomas as our engine. Thomas pushed us across Lake Blackshear with all the children encouraging him by saying "Push, Thomas, Push" over and over. Then, with the children saying "Pull, Thomas, Pull", Thomas pulled us back across Lake Blackshear and into the station. And, of course, W had to get a new train--he added Henry to his growing collection.

Move over Brooke Burke

...there is a new dancing star stealing the show. I especially enjoyed her sound effects for her turns. She even stops to acknowledge her audience--Zoe, that is.

The Fair

William took his first trip to the fair this weekend. We started the day with the pony ride. William has been intrigued by horses lately. He wants one for the backyard. We'll, that definitely isn't going to happen so, a pony ride was the next best thing. After the ride, he needed a hat to be an official cowboy. He is so handsome in his hat. Then, William's eye was caught by the tugboat ride and he had to get on the boat. Afterwards we rode the Ferris Wheel and some jerky break-your-neck- ride. After the break-your-neck ride William said "that hurt me". We then headed to the kiddie section. William was very excited to drive the trucks on the track--he did this one twice. Then, he rode the carousel. After that we did this gravity jump thing. William was put in a harness and then lifted up by some sort of hydraulic bungee cords to an inflated trampoline. He was starting to jump and get into the swing of things when he all of a sudden went as high as the bungee could take him--about 25 feet--where he stayed for about 5 minutes. Supposedly, one of the undereducated, two-hours off the bottle carnies left some valve open. William was very brave and didn't appear concerned by his unusually high situation. After that fiasco, William was insistent on the bumper cars--I gladly took him. In between the rides, William played a few games and won some stuffed animals. Next we hit the water in a paddle boats; William had fun controlling the direction the boat went. And, finally, we wrapped up the day watching the barrel races--this was a huge hit for both William and Lauren (Finally, something for Lauren to enjoy. While William was enjoying the fair, Lauren was tooling around in her stroller with Grandma.) Not only did they enjoy the racing horses but, they also enjoyed the tractors smoothing the arena dirt back out.

William drumming

William was our musical entertainment before supper one evening. He pulled out a couple of spoons and a couple of Tupperware bowls and went to town (in this video he was down to one drum, Lauren must have taken his other one). William performed several original compositions all starting with "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 HIT IT".