Happy Halloween! We decided to take Robbie trick or treating. He had a great time! It took a few houses for him to really warm up to it, but eventually he would say "trick or treat!" all the way up to the door. (Of course he clammed up as soon as someone opened the door.) Robbie wouldn't put the candy in his basket and then when he would go to the next house he would put the candy in his hand in their bowl and pick out more candy. It will be interesting to see how tomorrow goes. We have the candy put away, but I know he'll still ask for it.
Heading to the first house.
Trying to get Robbie to say "trick or treat"
Second house
Robbie's treat and he's not letting go!
Alex is having fun, too.
Heading up with Daddy
Trick or treat!
The best picture of Robbie's costume.
Picking the right piece of candy from the bowl.
This video shows Robbie heading for the candy bowl.
Matthew has been working hard to get Robbie's swing set put together. He started early because he read that he could get some things done ahead of time and then move it to the back yard. Luckily our garage door doesn't work, so it hasn't been a problem having all of the parts in my parking spot. (That's Matthew's job next weekend!) Matthew seemed pretty determined to get it done this weekend and he did. Robbie loves it. We went outside to swing 3 times today: once in the morning (it was so cold!), once after his nap and once after his doctor's appointment. Alex seems to like to swing, too, though not as much as Robbie. It's a great addition to our backyard!
Robbie's 2 year check up was today. I made him upset when we got there because I said that we were going to see daddy. Really I was just giving Alex to Matthew while Robbie and I went in for the check up, and Robbie was not happy with a quick "hi" and "bye". He also cried when we go back to the room and would not sit still to be weighed or measured. The nurse brought in a stand on scale, but Robbie wouldn't stand on it, so she held him and took his weight that way. She said he was 33 lbs, but that's assuming she was right about her weight! (He got on our scale last week and was only 30 lbs.) We tried to get him to lie down so she could mark his height and he didn't like that, either. She measured him at 36 1/2 inches. You would have thought taking his temperature would have been easy, especially since it's under his arm, but he even hated that! After the nurse left I gave Robbie a bag of yogurt melts which calmed him down. It took a while for Robbie to warm up to the doctor, but he eventually did. Robbie only got 1 shot and the nasal spray instead of a flu shot. I'm sure Robbie is glad he won't have to go back for another year!
2 big boxes containing the swing set
Lots of pieces!
Wood everywhere!
First side piece done
The base for the slide
Matt had to dig up the grass to level it out.
More pieces waiting to be put together.
Ready for swings!
Yay, swings!
Robbie's first swing
Ready to go down the slide.
Robbie and Alex swinging
Some videos after the swing set was assembled. (Please excuse the heavy breathing, I've been pretty congested lately.)
Wednesday I took the boys to a pumpkin patch with a group from Mom to Mom. I think Robbie was more interested in playing on the playground than looking at the pumpkins. The church that hosted us planned activities for the kids, but my group had kids that were too young to be interested. The kids played for a while, we tried to get a group picture and then they decorated pumpkins with stickers. Robbie really did not understand that I had to peel the back off the sticker before he could put it on and there were a couple of times that he grabbed a handful of stickers and tried to put them all on at once. Alex was pretty much along for the ride, but he's always a good sport.
Giving Xavier a hug.
"We weren't doing anything!"
And getting a hug from Xavier.
He found a pumpkin!
Getting a hug from Ava.
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The "Daisies" Mom to Mom group. (I wasn't sure about adding Alex to the picture because I didn't want him to fall off.)
Robbie putting a sticker on his pumpkin.
Patting it down.
And there's a handful of stickers on his pumpkin!
Our group of pumpkins.
The only picture I took of the two boys together.
The only game they attempted with our group was a bean bag toss through a pumpkin. Robbie liked handing the bean bags back to the kids. He just likes to be helpful! That was when I could get him off of the playground! :)
Alex has been shaking his head no a lot lately. We think we figured out why!
We continued Robbie's birthday celebration with a party at a nearby park with some friends from church. The weather was beautiful, though a little warm in the sun. The playground is big enough that even though there were a lot of other kids it didn't seem crowded. We made it easy on ourselves and just had pizza and fruit for lunch and cake (duh!) for dessert. Hopefully the kids were able to run off all of the sugar and any energy they brought and took a good nap for their parents. Robbie is still sleeping and hopefully will for a while longer.
We thought Robbie and Alex were excited about going to the park, but apparently not. (This was before we even got there, not after running around for 2 hours.)
Thomas the Tank Engine birthday banner and cake
Playground fun
Cake time! Robbie loves cake so much he barely got any on me.
(I had to hold him back from diving into the cake while we sang Happy Birthday.)
A video of Robbie looking at his Thomas birthday banner.
Alex eating puffs and talking.
Robbie and Ava checking out a black bird that was eating some pizza he found on the ground. They kept saying "I get it!"
