Will it never end!

Like everyone else I want this election over like yesterday. The advertising gets more divisive as Election Day approaches. The amount of TV ads and direct mail pieces make me think two things: 1) what a waste of resources and 2) why isn’t my agency getting in on some of that revenue. In case you are wondering, I voted by absentee ballot already.

Collin loves Bill’s skateboard. He pulls it out and tries standing on it by himself. We are going to the finals of a skateboard competition on Sunday; I think he will be in awe.

Pumpkins and a Corn Maze

Today was a beautiful fall day. The leaves are shades of red, gold, orange and green. The air was lightly damp, but clear skies. It was amazing. We hit the corn maze/pumpkin patch about 10 this morning. It was perfect timing, not too crowded and tons of other parents with kids that wake up way too early also.

Bill led us through a 2.3 mile maze with no detours. Collin tromped most of it himself. He stopped only for the occasional dog, kid size hole in the maze or fallen corn stock. Then we hit the pumpkin area. Ah, glorious pumpkins everywhere. Collin climbed on many pumpkins, helped push the wheelbarrow and later opted to ride in the wheelbarrow.
We carved up the pumpkins at home. In reality, Bill carved and Collin and I scooped. We are going to toast the seeds this afternoon!

Fall fun for all.

Date night

Collin’s daycare provider offered a date night last week and it was fabulous. We were able to eat at our favorite Auburn restaurant Ristorante Auguri‎. Unfortunately for us, the owner was short handed that night and was waiting tables himself. He is a true Italian, an abrupt tough guy who just wants to do business. We wanted to be moved from our table by the door to farther back in the dinning room, but I was afraid to ask. You know, he might kick us out.

He approached our table to take our order and said “What?” Not, What do you want? What sounds good this evening, just “What?” He also was attempting to be refined by not writing down our order. As a result he came back to our table three times to clarify the order.

And then we hit the movies. Amazing. We saw all 2 hours and 9 minutes without ANY interruptions! No baby to chase. Ahhh, it was great.

Peer pressure

Today, on his way to daycare Collin insisted on wearing a miniature backpack Auntie Elizabeth gave us. I schlepped his diaper bag and my own bag, while he wore his empty bag with glee. He EVEN climbed into the car seat and sat with the bag on his lap ready to go (a miracle in itself). Collin goes to a family daycare with some elementary school kids and I think he just wanted to fit in with the older kids. He promptly removed the bag when he got to daycare and gave it to me for safe handling. Our little boy is growing up!

Mini Pooper

We invested in a potty chair today. Collin promptly took to the chair making sound effects and saying "poop, poop". Bill and I would like to thank our parents for toilet training us :)