Ghosts n' Gobbling

(no, not "goblin" - "gobbling")

Daigoro wanted to be a ghost this Hallowe'en. Since putting a sheet over your kid and cutting eyeholes is apparently a bad thing for safety/visibility reasons, I took a makeup kit in hand and painted my best scary skull face on him.

Apparently it was scary enough to prompt a lot of comments from adults. Daigoro loved it. Our Kenshin had to content himself with an explorer's helmet and some play binoculars.

We managed to get him to ration his Hallowe'en candy over the course of a month, which felt rewarding.

The usual start-of-winter cold viruses ran rampant through our family, making mid-November quite unpleasant. Fortunately, though all of us were sick concurrently, none of us were bed-ridden at the same time (though Ian and I both had days in bed on different days).

For whatever reason, Daigoro has been more and more difficult to feed at supper and occasionally lunchtime. Kenshin, though usually a bottomless pit of appetite, has suddenly developed a screaming-fit-throwing aversion to bibs, which makes clean up and dinner time somewhat trying.

We attended the Santa Claus parade in Markham this past weekend. A good time was had by Daigoro, who seemed most amused by Mr. Peanut, but Kenshin was pretty unimpressed by the whole affair and spent much of the parade being either wheeled or carried about by alternating father and grandfather comforters. He perked up and paid rapt attention at the passing of marching bands and other sources of music (carollers, speakers playing music, etc.). That boy loves music.

Speaking of which, Kenshin has developed the often amusing but sometimes pathetic habit of crying to himself to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" or "Goodnight Ladies". I believe he finds it comforting when he's feeling upset. He's actually good at carrying a tune, which is harder than it probably sounds, I think.

Daigoro is excited about the Advent calendar given to him by his Mamie. The countdown to Christmas is at the forefront of his mind - this past Sunday after waking up, he blearily looked around and asked "Did I miss Christmas?"