Super Why

This is our little Super Why (previously known as the Little Man).

If you don't know who Super Why is, I'm not surprised, unless you have a toddler, then I would be surprised. As one kid from our ward said, he's an 'educational super hero".

Hey, if my kid knew who Superman or Batman was, maybe we would have chosen a different superhero, but my kid LOVES Super Why.

It's a good thing he loves Super Why so much, because he's had to wear this costume A LOT in the last 2 weeks. I had no idea a 2 year old could cause Halloween to last so long.

First, there was the Harvest Party at church. This year they had it pretty early, the middle of October. I'm not sure why this is the only picture I took of the party. There were a ton of kids, lots of games and candy, and everyone seemed to have a really fun time.

Earlier this week we carved our own pumpkin. Our own pumpkin that we (Justin) grew in our own garden. The Little Man wasn't so sure about all of the 'guts', but he seemed to enjoy watching dad carve and then light it.

Next came our "Happy Halloween Party" as the Little Man called it. I'm not sure why I decided to throw a neighborhood party, but I did, and it was also really fun. Again, I didn't take the best pictures of the whole group, but these were the kids who came to play games, do a few crafts, and eat sugar. Like every good Happy Halloween Party should have.

The evening of the neighborhood party we went to Mimi and Papa's house to show them the kids costumes since they were heading out of town. The kids weren't very cooperative with the pictures, and I missed the little scarecrow, but here is Cinderella and Super Why.

Friday we visited Aunt Jodi and Grandpa Hardcastle at their offices. The Little Man learned what Trick or Treating was. He was pretty good at it too! He started grabbing handfuls of candy if we didn't keep an eye on him. He was always very polite about it though, he was sure to say, Trick or Treat, Happy Halloween, and Thank You after grabbing chocolate.

We had a small incident with a "Scary Face" at Jodi's work. There was a guy dressed up as an army dude from Toy Story, and for some reason it really scared him. He was almost shaking he was crying so hard from the Scary Face. It took a few minutes, but he calmed down and we made it through the rest of the bank without any problems.

Jodi was Etch a Sketch.

After the office visits we had dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Hardcastles. And... pumpkin carving. Justin wanted to try something a little different.

It turned out pretty awesome.

We finally made it to actual trick or treating, which in our neighborhood was done tonight. I had to play at a baptism, so Justin took the Little Man around with some friends around the neighborhood. Here's a shot of them before it started pouring rain.

Seriously, I'm exhausted, and I didn't even dress up once.

Homecoming

I love going up to Logan/Utah State. It feels a little like going home when we drive into the valley. Now that Justin helps out with his fraternity more, we also make the trip a bit more frequent than we used to.

This weekend was homecoming, and while we didn't go the game, we decided to go up for the parade, walk around campus, and let Justin sign a few things for the fraternity.

We also finally bought the Little Man his own Aggie t-shirt, and took him to his first parade. As a general rule, I hate parades, but it's usually because it's too hot and crowded. It definitely wasn't too hot, and luckily the rain held off while we were up there, and it wasn't too crowded.

Turns out it was probably a good thing we didn't try to go the game. I'm sure the Little Man would have not enjoyed it much, and it was a bit too much like homecomings in my past (mostly high school). We lost. Miserably.

Go Aggies!

What's up doc?

We harvested most of the garden this morning. We had to let the corn go (we might have waited too long to pick it, because it was pretty gross). Our peas dried up a couple of weeks after we started picking them (they were pretty good while they lasted though). We got quite a few beans, a few onions, a lot of zucchini and squash. We picked the last couple bags of potatoes and carrots, and quite a few bags of beets today.

The tomatoes are still going strong, our pumpkins are looking good, and we still have more squash and probably zucchini.

The Little Man loves any time we let him play in the dirt (and eat tomatoes). He has luckily figured out we only eat the red ones. Although, he couldn't help himself with the carrots, dirt and all.

Date Night

Last night the Little Man stayed at his Mimi and Papa's house and Justin and I went out. It wasn't anything special, we wanted to take a tour of the hospital we'll be delivering Baby #2 at.

The tour was less than ideal. When we toured the last hospital it was pretty apparent the regular tour guide wasn't available and the person who gave the tour knew next to nothing about labor and delivery or the hospital policies.

This hospital at least had a nurse do the tour. Unfortunately, the labor and delivery side of the floor was pretty busy, so the postpartum nurse did the entire tour. Which, once again, left us with a few questions about the labor and delivery side. Ya know, the important part.

So, to cheer Justin up, we went and got chocolates. From Hatch Family Chocolates. I would include a link, but surprisingly enough, doesn't have a web site. Seriously? You have a show on cable about little people owning and operating a local chocolate company, but you can't manage to get a website?

Either way, we had a couple of delicious (and expensive) chocolates that, as Justin put it, "were most likely made by midgets".

Not too bad.