Silly Honky Cat

Alex's current favorite songs are "Bennie and the Jets" and "Honky Cat" by Elton John. He doesn't like when I sing along, but he belts them out loud and clear from the backseat. We also refer to Scooter as a "silly honky cat".

Other favorite things include:

Train table

Cutting paper

Using stickers

Playing board games

Eating Halloween candy

Dancing and Singing along to children's CD's (and the occasional Elton John)

Reading books

Anything on PBS

Mickey Mouse and Tigger, although I just rented the Tigger Movie and he does not seem interested in watching this...

Helping me "cook", a.k.a. stir things

Tomorrow Alex's preschool is putting on a musical performance for the parents, so he's been practicing the songs at home, which is very cute. We'll be sure to take some photos at the event!

"Wow, Your Cool Appeal Just Took a Major Hit"...

Because we're just that old.

Easy to Impress

Alex is somewhat easy to impress. I wasn't sure what we should do today but knew I needed one thing from the mall so off we went. Alex loves this particular mall for several reasons, mainly the carousel in the food court. We spent hours there today shopping, playing on the indoor play structure, shopping some more, eating lunch, riding the carousel, and checking out all the Christmas trees at Macy's! He was in heaven!

Then, we found these "try me" massage chairs in the household section of Macy's, you know, the kind with the remote control. Mommy was in heaven! Alex was giggling so loud while getting his "massage" that the workers would come over to check out what was so funny :) I bet we spent a good 15 minutes there getting our back massages!! It was a good substitute for the pregnancy massage I can no longer have due to being in my third trimester, sigh. My fault for waiting too long I guess.

Preschool Halloween Party

We'll cut the preschool some slack because it was the first year they have thrown a Halloween Party like this, but waiting outside in line for 20 minutes in the 45 degree temps and winds gusting to 30mph was not all that much fun. Once we got through the line and inside the building though, Alex had a great time playing all the games and trick or treating around the gym. All of the kids had such great costumes and looked so super cute.

Alex has loved eating so many treats this weekend and cannot wait to go trick-or-treating Friday afternoon. Luckily his costume is warm because it is awfully chilly up here already. We were nervous that the other parents wouldn't dress up for this party, but about 50% of them did so we didn't feel too out of place. I think Alex's favorite costume sightings were Batman, Spiderman, and the Little Mermaid!

Party All the Time!

Arts and Crafts Time
Alex loves cupcake icing!

Jaydon, Alex, Josh, Vanessa, Barbara, Emily, and Thomas. None of the kids wanted to pose for this photo as it was just prior to dessert and they were itching for those special treats!

This weekend was a weekend of parties. Saturday night we threw a Halloween party with the neighbors and all of Alex's friends were there. There was Minnie Mouse, Elmo, 2 Witches, a Skeleton, a Pumpkin, a Power Ranger, and of course TIGGER!! Alex was thrilled to wear his costume for hours, as opposed to last year when we had to wrestle him into the costume as guests were arriving. Hopefully the party was as "sweet" as Alex had anticipated!

"Mom, this party is going to be sweet!"

Today Alex and I started getting together the decorations for the Halloween party we are having on Saturday. I hung up this oversized scarecrow on the back of the front door and Alex told me "that looks beautiful". Then as we started digging out our pumpkin craft kits Alex said "Mom, this party is going to be sweet!" I guess he is pretty excited about it, but where did he learn the word "sweet" in reference to fun events? I just laughed and laughed! Here's a photo of Alex tonight with his completed tiger project that Gigi sent in the mail.

Alex has also been finding creative things to do while I rest on the couch some afternoons. Yesterday he made this funny train track out of my belt, play food, and wooden animals. Today he's been battling off and on with the Rubik's cube. He seems awfully determined to solve the cube and has asked me several times to help him figure it out. Maybe when Brad gets back in town, the two of them can work on this...

Fun with the CrockPot

Have you all seen this website? What a fabulous idea! A mom who resolved to use her crockpot everyday of the year!

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

I just spent a good hour perusing her crockpot recipes and saved several as "favorites" that I would like to try out in the near future. I love using my crockpot so this will be fun. Now, what to make for dinner tonight, hmmm....