Just a few things I thought were worth making note of...
11/07/09
The mail lady was greeted at our door and by both Reid and I in disguise. It happens more than you'd think. She always just laughs it off but I'm sure she thinks we are nuts. :)
11/12/09
Before breakfast, Reid took it upon himself to make a turkey drawing by tracing his hand. When I asked him what the "extra" thing was on the back of the turkey, he said it was a propeller, because the turkey wanted to fly.
11/19/09
On the TV, Kai-lan was explaining how to say 'lantern' in Chinese. The phrase is 'Deng Long.' Reid said, "Kai-lan calls it Deng Long, but I call it Lester."
11/21/09
Ross and Reid were reading a Dora book about counting. Ross would say a phrase then Reid would repeat it, except it was SO not what Ross had said. It was so much like the episode of Friends when they try to teach Joey French. Hilarious! I wonder what his Spanish teacher at preschool thinks of his skills?
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
The Passing of Goldfishy
Well, you'll recall from the Fall Fun post that Reid got a pet - a goldfish, aptly named Goldfishy.
Goldfishy arrived at our house on 10/30/09. He lived with us for 13 wonderful days, and was gone on 11/13/09. He will be be missed.
I had told Reid when we got him that sometimes goldfish live a long time and sometimes they don't. So when we found the dead fish, he was not too broken up about it. I fished him out (no pun intended) and put him in a ziploc bag, just in case Reid decided he really was upset so we could have a fishy funeral (Cosby Show-style).
So, the next day, Reid asked me where Goldfishy was. I reminded him that Goldfishy was not alive anymore...
Reid: Is he still in that plastic bag?
Mommy: Yes.
Reid: Why is he in the plastic bag?
Mommy: I kept him around in case you got sad and wanted to see him one more time.
Reid: We should throw him away. He's trash.
Yes, children are quite resilient. :)
Goldfishy arrived at our house on 10/30/09. He lived with us for 13 wonderful days, and was gone on 11/13/09. He will be be missed.
I had told Reid when we got him that sometimes goldfish live a long time and sometimes they don't. So when we found the dead fish, he was not too broken up about it. I fished him out (no pun intended) and put him in a ziploc bag, just in case Reid decided he really was upset so we could have a fishy funeral (Cosby Show-style).
So, the next day, Reid asked me where Goldfishy was. I reminded him that Goldfishy was not alive anymore...
Reid: Is he still in that plastic bag?
Mommy: Yes.
Reid: Why is he in the plastic bag?
Mommy: I kept him around in case you got sad and wanted to see him one more time.
Reid: We should throw him away. He's trash.
Yes, children are quite resilient. :)
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Halloween!
I'm a few weeks behind on the blogging, so I'm just now getting around to the Halloween pics.
This year was Reid's best Halloween yet. We met at the Hennums' for dinner before heading out to trick-or-treat. Reid chose his own costume this year. He was dead-set on being a ghost, much to my dismay. I thought it was a pretty boring costume, not to mention that I knew he wouldn't wear something over his head for any length of time. I tried to deter him but he would not budge. So we set off on trying to find a decent kid-friendly, non-scary ghost costume that didn't cover his face. Not an easy task! I finally found an acceptable one that Reid pre-approved of (ha!) on ebay and snapped it up.
Here it is:
Mr. Incredible, Superman (Joshua), and a super-cute lion (Ian) had a great time trick-or-treating. This is the first year that Reid was super into it. He loved it the whole time and was even a trooper when it rained on us.
The only rough patch was when we went into the "haunted cemetery" in the backyard of a house in our neighborhood. They always have a cool setup so we braved it. We ventured into the dark, rainy backyard that was filled with smoke effects. I was waiting for someone to jump out and sure enough... a super scary clown with a leaf blower (yes, a leaf blower!) came out at us. He scared the bejeezus out of Reid. (See the photo on the bottom right above? That's the guy.) After we calmed Reid down and he came to realize that it was pretend, he still didn't like the clown but was much more interested in why he was "blowing air at us." :)
This year was Reid's best Halloween yet. We met at the Hennums' for dinner before heading out to trick-or-treat. Reid chose his own costume this year. He was dead-set on being a ghost, much to my dismay. I thought it was a pretty boring costume, not to mention that I knew he wouldn't wear something over his head for any length of time. I tried to deter him but he would not budge. So we set off on trying to find a decent kid-friendly, non-scary ghost costume that didn't cover his face. Not an easy task! I finally found an acceptable one that Reid pre-approved of (ha!) on ebay and snapped it up.
Here it is:
See how excited he was to wear it? It was too long so I had it pinned up here so I could hem up. I won't say in print what we thought he looked like, but let's just say it's quite politically incorrect. When he decided to change to Mr. Incredible - a costume we already own - I was all for it.
Mr. Incredible, Superman (Joshua), and a super-cute lion (Ian) had a great time trick-or-treating. This is the first year that Reid was super into it. He loved it the whole time and was even a trooper when it rained on us.
The only rough patch was when we went into the "haunted cemetery" in the backyard of a house in our neighborhood. They always have a cool setup so we braved it. We ventured into the dark, rainy backyard that was filled with smoke effects. I was waiting for someone to jump out and sure enough... a super scary clown with a leaf blower (yes, a leaf blower!) came out at us. He scared the bejeezus out of Reid. (See the photo on the bottom right above? That's the guy.) After we calmed Reid down and he came to realize that it was pretend, he still didn't like the clown but was much more interested in why he was "blowing air at us." :)
November Birthday Celebrations
We've had a few birthday parties to attend this month. Reid's friends Erin and Joshua both turned 4!
Erin - one of Reid's favorite girls from school - had a party at an awesome park. They played games and had some ginormous pink cupcakes, then took advantage of all the cool playground equipment.
Almost all of Reid's schoolmates, from both K3 classes, were there but you would never know it by looking at our photos. Reid, Andrew, and Max were thick as thieves the entire time...
Reid's best bud, Joshua, celebrated his birthday with s'mores in the backyard. They had the BEST weather (particularly for November) and all the kids loved playing the games that were set up. The biggest hit, though, was roasting marshmallows by the fire pit. We lost track of Reid briefly after it got dark but we found him sitting by himself in a corner of the yard, just sitting and enjoying his s'more. :)
(Here: Reid, Joshua, and our neighbor Cooper at the party.)
Erin - one of Reid's favorite girls from school - had a party at an awesome park. They played games and had some ginormous pink cupcakes, then took advantage of all the cool playground equipment.
Almost all of Reid's schoolmates, from both K3 classes, were there but you would never know it by looking at our photos. Reid, Andrew, and Max were thick as thieves the entire time...
Reid's best bud, Joshua, celebrated his birthday with s'mores in the backyard. They had the BEST weather (particularly for November) and all the kids loved playing the games that were set up. The biggest hit, though, was roasting marshmallows by the fire pit. We lost track of Reid briefly after it got dark but we found him sitting by himself in a corner of the yard, just sitting and enjoying his s'more. :)
(Here: Reid, Joshua, and our neighbor Cooper at the party.)
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