Ben's best buddy Freya had her 5th birthday at the pumpkin patch, which was really fun! The day ended up being probably the nicest day we had here in October, which meant the patch was PACKED.
Falling asleep SO HARD.
Terrible lighting in this picture, but Ben is "hiding" under the couch during a game of hide and seek. I have to give him credit, he actually HID this time (vs his usual running around scrambling for a place to hide). But he did immediately start laughing SO LOUDLY as soon as I said "ready or not, here I come"! ;)
Playing with glitter at school - adding to the long list of things I love about his school: they encourage him to do things that I would never initiate at home!
Morning snuggles and YouTube Kids on the OLD couch:
Couch upgrade! Due to a number of factors (10 year old couch, massively misshapen pillows, but most importantly - mine and Greg's current bad back situations), we decided to start looking for a new (firmer) couch! My taste/preference is generally a little more expensive and modern than Greg's. We had been looking all over online and in stores trying to agree on what is reasonable to spend on a couch and what style to get. Enter BFF extraordinaire Rachel: She helped us find the best compromise on CRAIGSLIST (which I now am obsessed with. Correction - I'm obsessed with telling Rachel what I'm looking for and allowing her to find it). Anyway, we found a couch we both really love that is comfortable, supportive and at a great price!
My mom brought over a variety of goldfish to do a GOLDFISH CHALLENGE.
Ben reading me bedtime stories...in HIS bed! We had slipped into a bad habit of letting Ben fall asleep with us every night and then carrying him asleep to his bed. All 43 pounds of him. Ben would literally request that "a dream carry me to my bed". Anyway, it got to be too much. Greg suggested requested demanded that we institute a new bedtime routine. SO, we successfully have made a transition where bedtime = Ben reading a book to me, and then me reading Harry Potter to him :) And it's been awesome.
BEN LOST HIS FIRST TOOTH!!! It became loose on October 8th when Greg and I were out to dinner for our anniversary. He had a dentist appointment on the 25th where the dentist said that if it wasn't out in 3 weeks, we would need to go back and have him remove it. (Apparently it can damage the new tooth coming in if the baby tooth hangs around too long). Anyway, it came out on the 28th and it was very exciting for all of us!
My attempt at a Hamilton themed pumpkin :)
Ben had a cold so he joined me at my doctor's appointment - which happens to be where my mom works! He was a hit in his doctor's costume.
Not fun side note: but I have a herniated disc. Lots of PT and a Cortizone steroid shot are in my future. :/
Halloween fun at school:
Counting/organizing his loot:
Coloring while out to breakfast.
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