Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge 5K

I did it!  I ran in my very first race.  Well, the word "ran" is relative.  My sister, Liz, and I walked it most of the way, as did many of the other participants.  The event was non-competitive and wasn't timed ... it was just for fun.  And we had a BLAST!

Before:  All clean and dry!

 

My mom joined us and helped watch Jonathan watch the kiddos.

 

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere!

And the boredom sets in ...

 

Christian is really, really bored. 

 

Bubble time!

 

My mom getting stuck in bubbles - ha!

 

Liz and I finish the race together ... wheeeeeee!

Halloween 2013

We had such a fun Halloween, esp. since Scarlett was totally into Trick-or-Treating!

 

I present to you, Captain Hook and Tinkerbell. :)

 

Early Pumpkin Carving

Christian was very eager to carve pumpkins ... even though Halloween is still a couple of weeks away.  He has been asking non-stop since I bought the pumpkins and for everybody's sanity, we decided to go ahead and carve!

 

 

Jonathan asked Christian to draw an image of how he wanted his jack-o-lantern to look.

Christian called it his "map." :)

The Mystery Girl

Christian was pretty tight-lipped about the identity of this little girl, but from what I could gather, they are in the same class.  She followed him around a lot at the trampoline place and then decided to sit next to him. 

I thought this picture was priceless. :)

Christian's Official Kindergarten Picture

Captain Hook Cookies

As Christian's 6th birthday fast approaches, I'm in cookie baking mode, preparing for his birthday party.  I plan to make the following cookies to go with the pirate theme:

1.  Skull and crossbones
2.  Crocodile (the "Tick Tock Crock")
3.  Sharks
4.  #6 cookies
5. and Captain's Hook's hook

I started out with Captain Hook.  It took me a few days, from start to finish.  I did not have a template for visual reference, so I just made it up.  I used burgundy for the slice of coat sleeve, white for the ruffle, black for the cuff that holds the hook and then gray - painted with metallic silver "Luster Dust."  And while none of the cookies were perfect (I'm still a novice), I was pretty pleased with my work.

Until ... tonight I decided to package them for the fridge, so they'd keep for the party next month.  Alas, unbeknownst to me, a shaped cookie cutter like this produces a more brittle cookie and numerous cookies have had their hook break off.  :(

The Awesome Dentist Visit (kinda ...)

Today was Christian's regularly scheduled six month dental exam.  Since the last exam saw two of his teeth pulled out, I wasn't too sure how he was going to feel about going to the dentist.  But he was perfectly fine with it.  I didn't have to drag him into the building and he wasn't obsessing over it.

When the hygienist came out to get him, Christian was practically giddy and was chatting up a storm as she took him back (Scarlett and I stayed in the waiting room).

When we were called back, both the dentist and the hygienist commented on how great he did and how very polite he was.  I LOVE that he's polite and well-behaved without being prompted by his parents!

We learned he has a small cavity in-between two teeth.  I must admit, I was crushed at this news.  I had taken pride in the fact that he hadn't had any cavities so far.  But, it is what it is ... we'll go back later so he can have the cavity filled.

We also learned that two more of his front teeth will need to be extracted in the coming months.  Even though he's already missing his two front teeth (well, missing four of the original front teeth, if you count the extras we had extracted six months ago), the adult teeth that will be coming in do not have enough room ... so the other two front teeth will need to be extracted.  I really wish that wasn't the case, as I know the procedure is unpleasant for him (despite their amazing efforts to make sure the kiddos are calm and comfortable).

Additionally, the dentist was really surprised by how "advanced" his teeth are.  That is, he's already got three of four adult molars that children get at a younger age (although, not THIS young, typically).

Christian got to pick a couple of prizes and one was a cute little moustache.  Here's how he looks with it adhered to his face! :)

Cute Little Pumpkin Cookies

This week's cookie decorating adventure was to make cute little mini "pumpkin pie" slices.  The dough was a really yummy pumpkin spice sugar cookie.

I love how these little cuties came out!   I packaged them up in sets of four and delivered them to friends who live nearby.  It was fun giving everybody a small treat and making them happy!