Halloween Countdown...

I posted these pics yesterday, but blogger was having issues so I didn't get to finish my post! Nothing spectacular here- just some snapshots of Jace helping me decorate for Halloween last week. That second shot is Jace's contribution to our decorations- faux web-spreading is just a little to advanced for him. Jace is so excited for Halloween this year! Every day he asks "Mom, is it Halloween yet?" or he will just blurt out "HAPPY HALLOWEEN" (no doubt in hopes that if he says it enough he might actually convince us that it really IS Halloween and maybe we will give him some candy!) We even made a paper chain to help us countdown, but gosh that chain still looks pretty long! Poor kid! I am glad he is excited though- maybe all those scary masks won't scare him this year. A couple weeks ago (I think it was the first day of October actually) we were in Waynesboro at the superwalmart there and they had these Halloween ads in the cart. They have every Halloween item imaginable in there. Jace saved it and now carries it around every day, scouring through the pages again and again looking at all the stuff! He is so careful with it, too- If I bend a corner or don't put it away safely, I never hear the end of it! I can't even count how many times he has come up to me and said, pointing to the picture of a big pumpkin bowl filled with candy, "Mommy, that candy looks Deee-LICIOUS!" Funny kid!

I am excited for Halloween too! I have always loved Halloween and I am really a kid at heart- I love Halloween parties and still think it is fun to go trick or treating (good thing I have kids now, as I am a bit too old to go by myself!) And I love candy! Last year we went to the UVA Lawn and every door Jace went to he wanted to pick out the dum-dums, and it took every ounce of strength to restrain myself from telling him to put that dang sucker back and get the Snickers instead! But, as much as I love Halloween, I hate the week after. All that sugar in Jace just spells disaster(disaster as in T-A-N-T-R-U-M-S!)! And some days I just can't decide if I would rather spend the whole day saying "No, Jace, you can't have any more candy" or just letting him have it so it will be gone faster and just deal with the hyperactivity.

Anyways, Jace says he wants to be a scary monster for Halloween, but I just don't think that is going to happen. He would be too afraid of himself! Plus, I got some things to make a pirate costume, so we checked out Peter Pan from the library again and I am going to spend the next few weeks convincing him that he 'wants' to be Captain Hook.

Well, that is all for now folks! Yesterday Ethan turned 9 months so I took some bare bum pictures of him out by our wood pile. He will soon grow out of the it's-not-entirely-inappropriate-to-take-pictures-of-bare-bum stage, so I thought I would take advantage of that! So watch for those coming up!

Take care everyone and Happy 21-more-days-'till-Halloween!