We haven't made cookies for a while so one Sunday evening Jordan and I decided to make some. As you can see above, the boys were so excited for the cookies to be done!
Where are the cookies??
Yay! The timer dinged!
I put Maxwell on the chair so I could get the cookies out of the oven without worrying about him and McKay went and sat next to him.
'I
love chocolate chips!'
Check out the size of that pumpkin! 20 lbs! When we were at the pumpkin patch they showed the boys where the pumpkin's bellybutton is and Max loves to point it out.
The Saturday before Halloween we went to Sea World to see their Spooktacular Shows. We went to see a Pirate show in 4D. McKay liked it until the very end. Then he wanted to leave immediately. The bad pirate got a little too mean.
We enjoyed a couple other shows and the boys did a little trick-or treating.
After a loooonng wait in line, McKay and Jordan finally got to go on the Elmo ride. Max wanted to go too but I wasn't about to go with him!
For family home evening Jordan and the boys carved the pumpkin. McKay remembered carving the pumpkin last year and knew exactly how he wanted it to look this year.
He always makes this face when he is carving or doing other things that require the same amount of concentration and precision.
Maxwell didn't love the carving part. Nothing to do but watch and wait...
Maxwell wasn't too sure about touching the slimy stuff at first but he got into it... and made sure nothing stayed on the table if they happened to miss the bowl.
It was dark in the room so I didn't know McKay was doing this until I saw the picture later.
Our ward had a dinner and then trunk-or-treat this year. McKay knew exactly what to do and most people could tell what he was right away. Maxwell caught on quickly. He wasn't too sure when Jordan gave him a bite of chocolate so he just took a bit. He said 'mmm' as only Max can and opened up
wide for another bite!
Front - notice the line of mailboxes along the road. McKay picked where each car should go.After I took these pictures I added a tent and campfire that you can see in the picture above. I thought this would be a breeze compared to the christmas tree last year. It wasn't as difficult but it turned out to be harder than I thought it would be. Hopefully McKay will pick something a little easier next year!
This is the back. McKay chose Jessie to be the rock climber. He initially chose Buzz but after I warned him there was a chance he could get lost, he immediately changed his mind.
McKay wore his costume to pre-school so I let Maxwell wear his costume to take McKay to school. Halloween evening we took the boys to a few houses in the cul-de-sacs near our home. McKay was all business and said 'thank you' at each house. Max said thank you sometimes but he
always waved and said his sweet little 'byen', sometimes several times, which of course made most people smile and 'ahhh'. It made Jordan and I smile every time.
We got home and McKay was anxious to finish trick-or-treating inside (hand out candy) and anxiously looked out the door for the next people to come.
After putting way the clean silverware (McKay's job) he offered to help me with the dishes. Maxwell woke up before I could finish so McKay ended up doing them for me. He did a good job too!
Tuesday Morning, November 1st, McKay woke up with a croupy cough and sore throat. We haven't left the house yet. So far Maxwell has escaped sickness but he has been taking nice long naps; he usually sleeps 2 1/2 hrs but I've been getting 3 this week. I haven't fared quite as well and am hoping to get some sleep tonight!
Here McKay is trying to take a nap... in his box. He tried for quite a while but didn't ever succeed. The boys have had SO MUCH FUN playing in this box. It will be a sad day when it falls apart!
