Baby Cereal

Tiger does not like the baby cereal. He makes this face and shudders if any actually makes it to the back of his throat. Now he has perfected the art of keeping his lips clamped shut. Whatever am I to do?

3rd tooth!

Werty noticed Tiger has a 3rd tooth on the bottom. It kind of snuck up on us. Last night he was having trouble getting to sleep, and he was chewing on everything he could get his hands on, so I guess that's why.

He also had his first rice cereal today. He was not thrilled...shuddered and made a face every time he swallowed like he does when I am giving him medicine.

Werty gave him his first hair cut today...when I wasn't looking. It's a minor hair cut, just cut the long tufts from around his ears that were the last vestiges of the darker hair he was born with. The end result is him looking more blond.

Halloween Pics

I don't like to post pics of my kids on fb much. So, if you read my blog, you get to see a lot more pics - better pics. So, here are the ones I saved for my blog from Halloween.

Here is Bear with his Preschool class. Have I mentioned that Halloween is his favorite holiday? At least that's what he says and how he acts.

 This year Bear wanted to try cleaning out the guts of the pumpkin himself. We let him go out at for about half an hour to an hour until his arm got tired and he finally allowed me to assist with the last stubborn bits. We didn't toast pumpkin seeds this year, which makes me sad, but I am the only one who missed them.

 

Little Miss was Princess Twilight Sparkle, and I love this pic because she is holding her skirt out to show her costume - totally on her own. I have come to the realization that my little 2 year old does not smile on camera. Someday she is going to ask us why there are so many non-smiling candid shots of her, and why she is eating in so many of them. Hmmm, because you stopped smiling when you saw a camera, and often would stick something in front of your face, like food, to hide behind. So, I love this pic because she is happy about her costume and having her picture taken, even if she isn't actually smiling.

Bear wanted to be Blinky the red ghost last year, but I was pregnant and not sure I had the time and energy to make a costume - plus I didn't think his friends would "get" it since Pac-Man is a really old game. So, last year he was a fireman instead. This year he again asked to be a red ghost, and once again picked out a Blinky costume from Pinterest. And it wasn't too hard to make. I talked him into having the blue "blinking" ghost on the back - and in the end he thought that was really cool because it meant his costume changed depending on how you looked at it, like he was wearing two costumes at once. Btw, two years ago he wanted to be a snowman for Halloween, and I had to make a snowman costume because no one was selling snowmen costumes. He got mixed reactions and confusion - why are you dressed like a snowman when it isn't Christmas? This year, there were plenty of Olaf snowmen, and seriously, his snowman costume would make a great Olaf. I guess he's just ahead of his time...or just creative, or both.

 Costumes from the back.

 We only got two shots with our baby dragon Tiger. He had a sniffly nose, so he stayed with me while Werty took the kids trick-or-treating, first at Werty's work, then later around the neighborhood.