All things Scary

As the month of October winds down, we celebrate Halloween! I do enjoy my pumpkins and the annual trip to the pumpkin patch is one of my favorite parts of the holiday. This year, the sun was shining and the place was packed, as usual. Somehow, I didn't get as much pleasure out of the trip as I usually do. I think it was just harder for me to wander the fields with my boys this year and I didn't get as many cute pics as I wanted. I did find my perfect gourd for carving, though. I like the green and orange ones best. After the patch, we all descended on our little house; stuffed ourselves with pizza, lasagna, and brownies; and created cool Jack-O-Lanterns. Fun was had by all! Here's some pics from the day.

Derick is going to be Bob the Builder for Halloween this year. I went to Value Village to get the clothes, and he supplied the cute!

I'm not sure what caused the change, but for the last week or two, Derick is having trouble falling asleep at night. I don't know if it's all the talk about Halloween or if it's just a coincidence but both Jeremy and I are unable to get him to go down easily like he used to. The routine is the same, the timing is the same......but he fights it like crazy. "Mommy, I have to go potty. Mommy, I want water. Mommy, cover my toes." When he finally runs out of things to ask for, he just cries and cries. We changed his bed location to make room for a night light. Didn't matter. We tried asking him to tell us why he didn't want to go to bed. He really can't tell us. Finally, we just started leaving his door open. That seems to be working, for now. He'll stay in his bed and drift off. Once he's asleep, we close his door so Daddy won't wake him in the morning. Pool little guy, I know the lack of sleep is getting to him, here's hoping now that we have something working we'll all get caught up.