We thoroughly enjoyed the Trunk or Treat* put on by our church this evening.
Everett was terrified of a kid dressed up in a full body grassy camo hunting suit.
I put a sample from about six different chili dishes and three different cornbread samples in my bowl and it was all delicious.
I printed the badges on Everett's sash from this site. It has several that were apparently the ones created for the movie. I chose ones that I think are funny as well as ones of words Everett can say. That way he actually earned the merit badge :)
Everett did not want to wear the backpack, so I stuck his flag in the back of his pants. He preferred the cane meant for his dad's costume.
And Kevin is female. She even has babies at the end of the movie. It was a little difficult coming up with a Kevin costume that didn't look completely ridiculous. Dallin said I could be the blimp from Up instead. Thanks, Honey, love you too.
*Where you trick-or-treat around to decorated cars parked near each other in a lot.
This video is from last night. Ev is wearing his new Halloween pajamas from his grandparents. He likes to point out the pumpkins, puppies, and stars on them. In the video, I was searching through his smaller sized clothes stored in the closet trying to find his baseball cap for his Russell costume. I ended up just modifying my BYU hat.
Nine days ago, Everett fell off of a couple steps, hitting the concrete with his face. He has been acting like his normal happy self., so we think he escaped a concussion. The bruises down the sides of his nose bridge came a few days later and are still slowly fading. These first pictures show you the early stages and you can see the bruising in later pictures and videos. I've had a couple of people think he is wearing Halloween makeup. And yes, he does look a bit like a zombie sometimes.
This kid lives on the edge. Also this week, he bit into a raw egg and sucked some out. He didn't want me to take it away from him, so I guess he liked it. But again, he's been acting normal, so I don't think he got salmonella.
A few hours after
Major forehead swelling. Makes him look like Greyback from Harry Potter, or some Star Trek character. Beginning to bruise
We stopped in and visited with Grandpa while Grandma and Julie were in San Jose. Everett sneaked into the chair Julie normally sits in. He also managed to bonk his face again falling forward off of a toy truck. He thought he could ride it like his tractor at home.
This is the tree in front of Julie's house, Gorgeous!
Everett and I went on a lovely walk with Devon and Whitney. It is so beautiful outside. Autumn is my favorite season. I don't even care that it has been a bit cold and rainy the last couple of days.
And who did we run into on our walk? One of Everett's favorite people- Kira! We stopped in and saw her, Kristi, and Ben.
Everett got very excited when he discovered the pumpkins I brought home in preparation for our pumpkin party. I love the way he says "pumpkin".
We painted/carved pumpkins and ate pumpkin bars and pumpkin rolls. Twas fun.
Everett managed to stay pretty clean. The only part of his face that is painted is the speck of blue on his chin.
I did my pumpkin as "night" and Dallin's is "day". Everett painted his three pumpkins, plus lots of Dallin's. Ev likes to look out at our pumpkins and say, "moon, star, sun, pumpkin".
With so many pumpkins around, and from eating oranges, Everett has learned the color orange better than the other colors.
Everett continues to interact more and more with his stuffed animals. He has them walk by him, or sit next to him, puts them on the changing table for a diaper change, etc.
Putting on a show for his friend.
Having his puppy lift the flaps in his book, and clap.
Having his puppy sing "wheels on the bus" with hand motions. Bear joining Ev in the high chair. He takes turns taking bites and feeding bites to his animals.
It is hard to catch Ev's silliness on camera, but here's a bit. The beginning of this video also shows a bit of his increased bathroom communication. We are currently thinking we'll wait until after baby and after holiday season, when we're in more of a routine, to fully potty train him. We'll see.
In recent conversations, I've just had to assume that people are referring to the fact that I am pregnant, though they just start conversations in vague ways.
Euphemisms for "When is your baby due?" I have been asked by residents at my work:
When will you be blessed?
When's the happy/big day?
When are you going to stop/ be done?
How much longer?
When is this all going to go down?
This last Sunday, for the primary lesson: "I Have Talents", Dallin played his trombone for the kids we teach and let them have turns blowing on it and on his mouth pieces. They loved it. We had a bag full of various items they could use to show a talent and one was our camera. These pictures showcase some of the kids' photography skills. (I put them on this blog mostly because this is the only picture of me taken recently with our camera. And because how often do you get to take a picture at church?)
If Ev were to pick out his outfit everyday, it might look something like this. He has wanted to wear his ties a lot of late. But not so much the pants.
He has the tie on his "baby" in the second picture. Ever since I told him there is a baby in my belly, he has called all bellies babies. We're working on that concept. He's sitting on a cardboard box that I drug him around the floor on. Sometimes it is super cheap to entertain this kid.
He has finally started taking a bigger interest in stuffed animals, and in pretend play with them. That elephant is the perfect size for a snuggle. Here he is giving a quick squeeze to Totoro and pushing around his U of Oregon duck. He likes to help me invert the duck into a ball and back into a duck, over and over. I get confused sometimes because it sounds like he is saying "cat" when he says duck.
Everett figured that since our DVD player needs fixed before it will work again, he might as well use it to drive his cars on. He drives them on everything.
I took a nice walk with Whitney and Joanne this week, around the neighborhood. We talked about aspects we like about different homes, so I took a picture of this cool archway in the bottom part of one house we passed.
Dallin started school up again and now gets to also go to his practicum at Franklin Elementary under the school psychologist there. He is loving his practicum and is happy to be back in school and feel more purposeful. The school psych is full of praise for Dallin and they are getting along really well. Dallin likes to just get in and do it, so he has already administered an evaluation and scored it, and made observation reports, etc.
I now babysit the girl I watch from 8 to 12, four days a week. I think overall I like the schedule change better because I feel like I have more time the rest of the day to accomplish things, though she is much less likely to nap.
