A Nerdy Halloween

I really wanted the whole family to dress up for Halloween this year. Before Bode was born Clint and I were pretty lame. We never dressed up. Bode’s first Halloween he spent in the NICU, the second he was a monkey, and this year he was a nerd! When I pitched the idea to Clint he was all for it. I thought he’d be a bump on a log and say he didn’t want to dress up, but he was good to go.

My cousin, Sara, threw an awesome Halloween party and so that is the first time I dressed Bode up. He refused to wear the glasses and threw a fit when I tried to make him. He didn’t like the sweater vest being tucked in and kept grabbing at it. He was still pretty darn cute though!

 

For trick or treating night he did awesome! Clint was in charge of getting Bode ready while I got ready. He came upstairs with everything on, including the glasses! I couldn’t believe it. Clint said he didn’t do anything special to make him but that he wanted to wear them. Bode kept saying, “Mom! I’n a nerd!” He was the cutest nerd I ever did see. It was raining and cold out so we went trick or treated at the South Towne mall first. It was packed and Clint didn’t enjoy the hundreds of people, but we did have fun. Bode was so cute walking around saying his trick or treat and thanks. He wouldn’t let go of that pumpkin all night long!

We went to the mall with some of our friends, and this is one of the families. What a cute bunch of kids.

After the mall we had dinner at Chipotle in Sandy. No one in the place was in costume and I felt pretty dumb. I was trying to situate myself in the skirt after I stood up and Clint informed me that I nearly flashed everyone in the whole place. Oops. After dinner we drove home and car trick or treated to maybe 10 houses. It was miserable and we had tons of better candy than Bode was getting at home anyway. We passed out candy to trick or treaters until about 7:45 then turned off our light and put Bode to bed. We are lame, I know. We still managed to go through 5 lbs of candy! It’s better that we don’t have it lying around the house.

 

Bode embraced his inner nerd and was trying so hard to be believable. He tried to copy everything Clint did. The glasses kept slipping off his face and he pushed them back in true nerd style. We were laughing so hard! I set up the timer on my camera for some candid shots and Bode was having so much fun! He was laughing so hard! We had such a great time this year. I just love my little family.  A few people asked for our picture, we got tons of “You are the best costumes all night!”s and at least 4 people at church today said, “Oh, hey!  It’s the nerds!” It was awesome. :) Bode had the time of his life and even tried to sleep with his pumpkin. He didn’t eat a ton of candy yesterday, but carried it around all night. Today on the other hand…. Um yeah. We’ve all had waaaaay too much!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Seattle Trip

Bode and I flew to Seattle last week and had a blast! Bode did amazing on the flight there, I was so happy! The kids played and played, Kelli and I shopped, we went to the Space Needle and Pikes Place Market. We met up with some old friends for steaks, talked late, dealt with a trip to the Dr. and a very sick little boy, and enjoyed the time together! It was really good to see them and their beautiful house. Bonnie Lake looks like a really great town and it seems like they love it there. It’s a bummer Bode was sick, but we still had fun. The flight home was a breeze because Bode slept on me the entire time.

Thank you Kelli and family for having us!!

Bode is still talking about Uncle Aaront, Kellis, Kaynan & Kennan! :)

Hee Haw Farms

I’ve been a busy blogging girl tonight! 3 posts… when I should be sleeping.

So Clint and I took Bode to hee haws before the Seattle trip. I scheduled this outing on my calendar! I have had the busiest month of my LIFE it seems like this October. Between hair and photography appointments I didn’t have more than a few free days the whole month. I guess it’s not a bad thing. Bode is sick and we had to reschedule his birthday party that was supposed to be tomorrow. It’s funny how life is SO busy sometimes then something happens and you are forced to slow down a bit. Anyways, onto the farm.

Bode is so funny these days. He was scared of everything at Hee Haws. He kept saying, “Mommy hold you.” He’s almost 30 pounds. He is perfectly capable of walking! He loves “hoseys” but wouldn’t ride on one. We didn’t even try to make him because the last 2 rides were a lot of crying and Bode saying, “All done! I get off! Mom, I get down.”   He loves “hawtas” (tractors.. that’s a funny one.) but didn’t want to get up on one. The second we put him on the huge pumpkin he cried, “Hold you mommy!” Clint thought it would be a good idea to let him go down the slide alone. I sent him on his way and he was really scared, although he didn’t cry and was fine at the bottom. He was nervous about the goats and ducks, although he was talking about goats for days after. He cried a little bit when the big tractor pull started, even while on Clint’s lap. We did a trick or treat hay ride and Bode was not a fan of the people chucking candy at his head. It was kind of an off night for Bode. I kept thinking about last year when we went with the Thurgoods and it made me miss them. I’m glad we went though! It’s always fun to spend time together. I’m wondering if he didn’t feel well? It was just a few days later that he came down with a horrible case of croup while we were in Seattle.

 

Bode a Crynin’ Mom.

That’s what he says when he sees a picture of himself crying.

Watching Nemo and eating lunch. Don’t judge me.

We took Bode to the park every night for 2 weeks right before bedtime. He loved it! The nights I was doing hair, Clint took him. I’m so glad we did while we could because now it’s so cold.

The beard was getting pretty long. Clint likes to play with it and it’s funny. He did have a mustache for a few days but I’m not posting the picture. That would be like a reward for the bad behavior, right? At least this time it was just for good luck on a fishing trip that weekend.

Clint was fly fishing a different weekend and Bode kept asking me if he could go to the park. I didn’t have any makeup on and I was wearing Clint’s big baggy hoodie and some sweat pants that are too big and sag on my bum. (Everyone has some, right? Please say yes.) My hair was a mess but I thought hey, the kid wants to go to the park! I wouldn’t stay long anyway and who was I gonna see? I ran into 4 people and talked to every one of them.

Bode had fun and I guess that’s all that matters.