We had two rounds of Halloween Trick-or-Treat this year: one in downtown Newnan amongst the local businesses, and one in a local neighborhood. After a few Milk Duds, he was beyond slappy. He was walking into people's homes when he saw more candy inside the porch door, diving face-first into candy cauldrons like bobbing for apples, and trying to swindle the same homes for candy multiple times. All the while, he was giggling hysterically. Many other kids recognized his 'Super Why' costume. He indeed consumed record amounts of candy for the holiday.Favorite foods this month: anything he can get his grubby hands on. Dr. Pepper appears to put him to sleep. I was eating a goofy flavor of chicken pizza at the restaurant buffet, and he took it right off of my plate and chowed it down. He's now ordering and eating... most kids can't make a decision at 4 years old, to ask them what they want to eat. He awakes, places his order with Mama ("eggs and pancakes, please,") and then eats it all. I saw Brandi make breakfast twice one morning... and he ate twice. Growth spurt.
Nick learned to fish while in Georgia, casting from the banks of the lake behind Moose's home. He's using a rock as bait, so not catching much, but he hasn't hooked himself yet, either, so that's good. We took his love of fish back to the Georgia Aquarium for a family day out, where he saw sharks and whales. It amazes me how many of the fish for which he knows the proper names.
I didn't see him as much this month, with him in Georgia and me in Michigan, but his conversational skills via telephone made leaps. He went from counting and singing at me, to sharing real experiences in detail. He's still a little fuzzy on how phones work, though. He takes pictures of Daddy over the phone, and he once took my blood pressure over the phone by wrapping the phone in the sleeve. I just pretend it's working.
He's constantly re-affirming that he's being a "good boy." Most days, we agree.
- Jason
