Happy Halloween!

This Halloween was quite interesting. The Thursday night before Halloween, Elias was sick all night. Friday morning he woke up and said, "I'm better now." (Not surprising due to the fact it was Halloween and his Kindergarten Halloween party was that day.) He seemed to be feeling better, no temp or puking, so I sent him to school. He came home after school and I asked him how he felt. He said, "Fine. I only puked once and my teacher didn't find out." "GREAT," I thought, "now my son has infected the whole school."

Halloween night rolled around and he seemed to be feeling much better. So I let him trick or treat. It was a great night, warmer than usual even if it drizzled occasionally. Elias dressed up as "Venom" (you know, the bad spider man) and Elijah was "Batman". The boys had fun. Dave had fun too passing out (and eating) candy. Better him than me.

Punkin Pie and Ice Keem

Happy 17th Birthday, Ethan! As a tradition, we always get Ethan a pumpkin pie for his birthday instead of or in addition to a cake. Ethan has always loved pumpkin pie, when he was a toddler he would refer to his special birthday dessert as "punkin pie and ice keem". Now for some reason I think he's getting tired of pie. He said next year he'd rather have cake... Alrighty then.

Curious George

Elias, aka "Curious George", age 5, loves to play video games. I used to have some games on my cell phone but I deleted them last August. Elias approached me last month with "Mom, do you have any games on your phone?" I responded, "No, I deleted them." He said, "You have a game on your phone." I said, "Elias, no I don't, honey, remember...I deleted them." He said, "No, mom, you do too have a game." I looked and sure enough a game was on my phone. "Elias, did you put that game on my phone?" He responded, "Yes..tee hee hee."
I learned two important lessons that day. First, a five year old doesn't need to know how to read to download games and rack up megabyte usage on your phone. And second, NEVER leave your cell phone within reach of my son.