PLAYING OUTSIDE

I've been feeling so guilty because of all the television Owen has been watching since the baby has been born. So last week I decided to be brave and go to the park on my own with Owen & Gavin. I had treats (to bribe my son when it was time to go back home) and my cell phone in case I needed reinforcements.

Owen absolutely loved playing at the park. He kept saying, "I'm so excited". It was great to be outside and get some fresh air. And it turned out I didn't need to bribe, threaten or yell to get Owen to go home, all he wanted to do was push the stroller.

A couple of days later, we decided to take a family excursion to Sugarloaf Mountain. My little monkey climbed every rock he could find. It was so much fun to spend time together and get out of the house a little bit!

TRICK OR TREAT

For Halloween, I had bought Owen a costume at the last minute. He kept asking to be things for Halloween that I couldn't find anywhere so I took matters into my own hands and told him, you can be a shark or a hamburger, which costume would you like to wear? For the record, HE CHOSE THE HAMBURGER! The night of the Halloween party, as we were getting ready, Owen decided he no longer wanted to be the Hamburger as planned and wanted to be the cow (a costume he wore last year). I thought it wouldn't fit, so I told him he had no choice, he had to be the hamburger. He looked so cute in it for the short amount of time that he wore the thing, but at least he wore it!

Jason was trying to get Owen excited about wearing his Halloween costume. I warned him ahead of time that I would post this picture to the blog.

However, on Halloween night when it was time to go around the neighborhood, Owen refused to wear the Hamburger outfit. I wasn't in the mood to argue, so lucky for him, the cow costume fit.