Nana took Benji to music class on Saturday morning and Andy and I hit the gym. No pics, unfortunately, but I did get the reports that he was an adorable little angel who listens well and is starting to participate independently. I hate to brag but...it's my blog so I suppose I can brag as much as I want to. ;) On Saturday afternoon, we made an impromptu decision to go to the zoo. There just so happened to be a Halloween celebration going on, so you better believe Benji wore a costume! We arrived just in time for the costume parade. We watched in awe of all of the creative costumes out there. However, all (yes, he has more than one two costumes) are pretty darn cute too. And at 90% off last season, it was hard to pick just one. Actually, my mom and I both bought clearance costumes last year-- great minds think alike!
As you can see in these pictures, he was really getting into his role and was trying to act like a tough tiger. (i.e. no smiles)
But, being the sweet guy that he is, he ultimately ended up making friends with each and every animal and person he saw.
Andy and I had another famously fall night of scary movies, festive food, and of course fall scents. We didn't want to have too wild of a night because Sunday morning was Auntie Anna's first 5k run! It was a bit chilly, so we decided to stop for a quick bite to eat before catching Anna at the finish line. No sooner did I take my first bite before I realized my phone was ringing. Oops! We missed the whole run, but they still managed to dominate without us. While I think the final verdict was that this was Anna's first and last 5k, they both managed to place in their age group!
As if this weekend wasn't already fun enough, there was more Halloween adorableness in store. Ben got to go trick or treating for the first time with his bff! Ben had never had candy before, but he quickly learned that he likes chocolate. Since I get more than excited when I find foods that he likes, I essentially let him eat whatever he wanted. Even if I didn't let him, he used his dino chops to bite right through the plastic.
Our neighborhood has night time trick or treating on Thursday, but since we wanted daytime fun we went to Andy's parents' neighborhood. They live in an awesomely fun subdivision, so we essentially just visited all of his parents' friends. They really get into it and wear costumes and offer booze to the parents--brilliant.
Since the dino and the pea pod didn't have a beverage to keep them warm, we headed back to Andy's parents' house for dinner after about 7 houses.
My little tigersourus will debut his third and final costume on the actual Halloween day. We're going to have some friends over for dinner and to pass out candy. Ben makes this (and every) holiday infinitely more fun. I loved Halloween as a kid, but it is even better as an adult watching your own kid. It is actually debatable as to who had more fun yesterday, the kids or the adults. All I know is that Ben slept like a champ last night and today and we've now added Reese's candies to his diet. Happy momma and boy.
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