Is it too late?

Yes, I am just getting to posting about Halloween.

I had fun this year introducing Liam to witches, ghosts, pumpkins, trick-or-treating and anything else Halloween.  We made spider handprints, ghosts using our feet, decorated cookies, painted Halloween pictures, and a few other things.

Almost every week for over a year Liam and I (and now Asher, of course) get together with my friend Stephanie and her daughter Eliza.  We used to enjoy our time together by crafting and having adult conversations, but with a two year old and a one year old those days are gone.  We now spend our time doing activities/crafts to entertain the kids and have interrupted adult conversation. Well that was a long introduction to the next two pictures.  Here are Liam and Eliza getting ready to decorate cookies.  They both look like they have been caught doing something.  Well they had.  They both have candy in their mouths.

Liam looking so proud of his decorated cookie.  He enjoyed decorating with the chocolate chips and Reese's pieces the best.  He would put them on and then take them off and eat them.

Liam’s spider hat

Jamon decided that he really wanted to wear tatoo sleeves this year so he wanted to be a rocker guy and I would be his rocker girl.  We bought wigs and I made a tutu.  I was a little worried about Liam being okay with us wearing wigs (I scared him before by putting on a mask) so I prepped him the day of our ward Halloween Party.  I put my wig on and he just kept say “No” and didn’t want me close to him.  To get him used to Jamon’s wig I put it on him…

Look at the face. Hilarious!

We dressed Liam up as a ghost this year, because he liked to say “BOO” whenever we saw a ghost.  So we decided to dress Asher up as the same.

Avoid the snotty noses

I forgot my camera (plus it is broken or maybe just dirty) so you get to enjoy phone quality pictures.

For Trunk-or-Treating we decorated our car by setting up a TV and Play Station in the back of the Element and played Guitar Hero.  It was Awesome.

First time Trick-or-Treating.  He LOVED it and it only took him a few houses to learn what he had to do. 

Immediately after we got home Liam dove into his Candy.  He downed 3 suckers within 5 minutes plus much more.  (I’ve confiscated his candy for potty training, more on that later)

5 Months

please excuse the pictures.  My camera is broken and we can’t find the charger for Jamon’s point and shoot camera.  So all we have is our phones. Not horrible pictures, but definitely not great.  Still a cute face though.

Asher’s 5 month stats:

• Weight 15lbs. (bathroom scale)
• uses his feet, while on his back, to push himself across the room.
• enjoys watching TV more than he should at this age. Even when we face him away from the TV he will arch his back or turn his body to watch.

• gives anyone a smile that will give him the time of day
• not the biggest fan of his carseat
• I think I’ve said it before, but he is the wiggliest kid ever.

• can do a sit up (see video at end of post)
• loves playing with toys, and paper, and anything he can get his hands on
• stares enviously at our food and has even started reaching for it
• hasn’t tasted any new food this month, but did swallow a small piece of paper
• has rolled from stomach to back a few times
• still hard to make laugh. Maybe all the smiling is taking it’s place.

Here is an awesome video of Asher doing a sit up.  I recorded it with my phone on a low setting so I could send it to people via text, so the quality is bad.

Asher sitting up.

We are working on getting him to do a sit up lying flat on the ground.  He is close, but not quite there.