What Comes Up....

Did you know that there are escalators every 50 yards at Valley Fair Mall?  We found out the hard way.  Scrumpy has all of a sudden become very fascinated with the escalator.  He is a little afraid of them, but is determined to master them!  It is also pretty amazing that his eyesight can spot each and every escalator within sight!  Thank goodness there are so many people willing to indulge this fascination and ride up and down, and up and down, and up and down again.

    

Trying to be brave

Getting ready for the dismount!

The shoe saga continues!

As we move into the colder months of the year, yes it gets cold in California, we have gracefully retired his crocs (thank goodness!)  However, that left us with the dilemma of finding easy to slip on shoes for him to wear around the house.  One weekend, we went through this exhaustive phase of buying any kind of toddler slipper from Elmo slipper socks to Cars, to what not.  None of which were up to snuff.  Frustrated, we decided, that socks were "good enough". 

After talking to Becca, I discovered that all the boys in school used slipper socks, Spiderman slipper socks to be exact.  This gave me great hope.  While Elmo slipper socks did not past muster, I was banking on herd mentality to get me through.  We then spent another weekend searching for blasted in Spiderman slipper socks!  In my muddled brain, I knew I had seen them somewhere recently.  I just couldn't remember where.  Hanging on the pegs at JC Pennys were the last pair in his size.  It was like finding the pot at the of the rainbow.  While I had a very small fear that he would still not be open to these, Becca allayed my fears.  Below is proof my hunt was successful!

Halloween Parade

Last week, Becca invited us to partake in this year's Halloween parade.  It was so much fun!  The best part being that Becca was able to get Scrumpy's costume on (note, we were not as successful the three attempts prior nor on the actual Halloween day).  Scrumpy hasn't really gotten the full concept of Halloween yet.  I think that is why he wasn't too keen on the costume.  The first time he put it on, he saw himself in the mirror and got a little freaked.  I think he could not comprehend how his face was in Pablo's body.

As we walked on parade, neighbors stopped us to say hello.  One neighbor asked what everyone was and the children replied,

"I'm a pirate."

"I'm a transformer".

And my little boy, " I'm Dano".

As I said, I don't think he has quite captured the concept, but I am sure that next year will be a different story!  Thanks Becca for a lovely memory!

Ready to go on parade!

Pablo and Optimus Prime

Little Brother got to tag along!

Annoyed that Mama wanted to take another photo