Bananas, Unite!
Peel, Bananas, Peel Peel Bananas
Chop, Bananas, Chop Chop Bananas
Smash, Bananas, Smash Smash Bananas
Eat, Bananas, Eat Eat Bananas
Go, Bananas! Go Go Bananas!!!
(a nursing banana.)
At least he doesn’t look like this banana:
This post was made possible by, “Presents from Auntie Em.”
‘Sanks Auntie Em!!!
Giant and I were having some issues this morning.
Issues which reminded me why the Hallowe’en candy usually gets tossed/hidden a couple of days after Hallowe’en. It goes, not because of the unhealthy nature of the goodies, but because it incites epic candy gimmies and tantrums!
We started the day with a prayer.
And included an extra plea for patience and love.
Then we looked at our Gospel Picture:
And Ettin erased our message:
Before we had a chance to read it.
So Giant wrote the day of the week:
“MUnDA”
And drew a pattern for us:
We did not get to the gym due to a funeral in the building.
We did go to Make and Mingle, where the boys played and I worked on my Plot and Structure book.
After lunch Ettin did not go down for a nap.
The boy has staying up until 9pm or 9:30pm, after being put to bed at 7pm. So we are trying out not having him nap. Which I am okay with as long as he is happy.
So, together, the boys tried on some great clothes we were recently given by a friend:
And then we practiced Independent Play.
This might sound like a homeschooling cop-out. I mean, just letting the kids play on their own? Isn’t that what they do all the time?
Ettin, yes.
Giant, no.
Giant loves attention and loves to be with me most of the time.
I love it.
Really.
Its just that although he is quite creative and does some really neat things on his own, he would rather be snuggled up to me, or be read to, or play computer games, or watch a movie.
But I’d love to help him be more content finding ways to entertain and make himself happy, instead of relying on extrinsic influences.
So today the boys played:
With mommy nearby, but not the main focus of Giant’s attention.
Oh, and with Ettin not napping?
We had one tired little boy at the supper table:
Thanks for being part of our school day, Ettin.
I’ve come to realize that taking pictures involves a lot of skill.
Which I don’t seem to have.
Case in point:
I was complaining to my Hubby that Ettin is really hard to take a picture of. He is terribly cute, but I can rarely capture that on camera.
For example:
Adorable.
Really.
I would have accepted the last picture as good enough, except I had been complaining to my hubby, you see.
So he wanted to try:
Some people just have it…
The rest of us just need to learn.
A Grand Overview of Our Hallowe’en
We started with Pumpkin Carving!
Giant carved his own this year. While mommy tried hard not to watch.
Ettin Painted:
Then Daddy joined us:
The boys went for a nap and I glued Skeleton Sam together, roasted pumpkin seeds and baked some bones for supper.
After naps we opened Hallowe’en presents from Grandma.
My hubby tells me that opening presents on Hallowe’en is unusual.
Have I mentioned that my family LOVES Hallowe’en!?
We played a quick game of Hi-Ho Cherry-O that we’d got from Grandma and Grandpa, and then ate our Hallowe’en supper.
Brains and Bones:
(Leftovers from yesterday’s Spaghetti and Eyeballs:
Then our boys got ready for Trick-or-Treating.
What did they want to be for Hallowe’en?
Spiderman!!!! (We borrowed some Spiderman PJ’s from their friends)
(How terribly cute is Ettin as Spiderman!?)
We left our friend Sam:
Guarding the Candy:
And we went off trick or treating with our boys…
We made it home with quite the stash, and enjoyed some Ghostly Hot Chocolate with Ghost Peeps from Grandma.
‘Sanks, Gran-ma!
Me? I went as a mad robotisist. I had crazy hair, a lab coat and tools to tweak my Cyborg hubby.
‘Cept he didn’t wear his Cyborg costume today.
And I had to lose the lab coat so that I could carry my Galoot.
But I did keep my hair:
And Galoot?
A peacefully sleeping baby Spiderman.
Whom I will quickly be joining.
G’night!
Having decided not to go to the gym today due to the probability of someone already being there (a nice Friday morning, and a day before Hallowe’en is celebrated in our Town), I was in no rush this morning.
Absolutely No Rush.
It felt wonderful.
While I worked on Plot and Structure, the boys alternated reading with playing.
(That’s Giant caught in a book, halfway undressed, with his clothes just waiting on the couch)
Soon they were wanting to write on the couch beside me.
Nope.
Not that I don’t want them to write, but I don’t want them to write on the couch. Because the couch is usually where their writing ends up.
So I moved their books and pens to the table, and sat with them. And held an Ad Hoc writers meeting:
And even though they are still learning to hold a pen properly:
Or would really rather colour instead:
It was nice having writing company. I think I’ll try to make more opportunities like this in the future.
Then we started on lunch:
Hot Dog Mummies
We rolled out dough I’d mixed together earlier, cut up strips, and rolled them up:
And baked our little Mummies (I used a medicine dropper to apply the mustard eyes after they were baked):
I think the ones that the boys did were my favourites:
We also made some Bone Buns:
*sigh.* I love my helpers, I love my helpers, I love my helpers…
But they do get a little messy.
Bone Buns!
(I think my boys liked these better than the Hot Dog Mummies!)
While waiting for our treats to bake, Giant reminded me that we needed to do our Morning Message.
Thankfully we still had a couple of minutes of morning left, so we got busy.
We looked at our Gospel Picture:
And talked about how King Benjamin was such a good King. And that he loved his people so much that he taught them about Jesus Christ, because he wanted them to be happy.
Then we looked at our Morning Message:
After lunch, all the boys had a nap (on purpose this time), since we were heading to a party and knew the boys were going to be up late!
