Fun with Underpants and Other Adventures

For Thanksgiving this year, we had Joey's parents, sister, uncle, and niece come down to celebrate with us.  We had a huge dinner and very full bellies when it was all said and done.  Connor, who had done nothing but talk about Thanksgiving and "turkey dinner" barely ate any of it.  He'd been asking for weeks for me to make him a turkey dinner.  And here it was; sitting in front of him and he had no interest.  I did manage to get him to eat a few bites of turkey and squash, but that was about it.

I did have Connor dressed in a very adorable sweater vest, but he got some water on it (and that's just a big deal breaker with him), so Mimi helped change him.  They were joking around about underpants being shirts and the next thing I knew he came out of his room with his underpants on his chest.  It was really funny, and he thought he was just a little comedian with this outfit on.
The trend seemed to continue through the night, as he did the same thing with his pajamas.  Although this time, the underpants were on the outside of his PJs.  He ran around for hours like this.  I kept calling him "Captain Underpants".

We rounded out the weekend by attending the Brockton Holiday parade.  This was the first time we've been, and it was VERY long - an hour and a half!  We went with several friends, which made it more fun, and the fact that it was 65 degrees out didn't hurt matters.  Connor had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the parade.  The sirens and loud cars really bothered him.  We've noticed lately that loud sounds irritate him, and when the drivers of the vintage cars revved their engines, he had a bit of a meltdown.  I don't blame him - they WERE loud, and right next to us.  It seemed all of the loud noises happened right in front of us.

Connor did like the horses, especially the one that had to relieve himself in the middle of the street.  It seemed to be a hit with ALL of the kids.  I recommend every parade have a horse that pees -it was a HIT!  He did like the marching bands, too, as long as they weren't too loud.  Overall he was pretty good considering he had some traumatic moments.  A little popcorn seemed to help things, though!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  We can't believe Christmas is in less than a month!

Happy Halloween!

What a busy Halloween for our little man!  Connor celebrated at daycare, then again at speech therapy, and then, of course, trick-or-treating.  This was the first year Connor showed interest in Halloween, so I'm glad he got to celebrate it 3 times! He was very excited for the big day, and talked about it for weeks before.  When asked what he wanted to be, his response was always "a pumpkin!".  I think Dad was hoping for something a little more original, but who can argue with an adorable 4-year-old?  Because of that same reason, Mom also knew that Connor could change his mind at any minute, and didn't really feel like spending loads of cash on a pumpkin costume if he ended up not wearing it.  So she had Grammy send down the very old pumpkin costume that she used to wear when she was Connor's age!  It was a little worn, but a few stitches and a hand wash later and it was good as new.  We stuffed the costume with batting, and went out into the streets for some candy!

It was fun to watch Connor get so excited this year.  He'd see pumpkins on everyone's doorsteps and yell "OH, LOOK - A JACK-O-LANTERN!" and RUN toward the house.  He had practiced Trick-or-Treating etiquette at speech, so he knew what to do, and did a great job.  He did forget one time, and after knocking on the door, he yelled out "CANDY!" to the woman inside.  Luckily, she thought he was adorable, and it definitely made for the best moment of the night.  

As with any little one, he made it about a half hour before he showed signs of wear.  His once loud "trick-or-treat" turned into a whisper, and he kept asking to be carried.  So it was back home for us (yet another reason not to spend tons of money on a costume when it was only worn for 30 minutes!).  Connor had a fabulous time, and has been on a sugar high ever since.  Mommy and Daddy *might* be sneaking some candy, too, but that's ONLY so Connor doesn't eat it all.  That's our excuse and we're sticking to it!

We hope everyone else had a very Happy Halloween!