{"id":12050,"date":"2012-11-04T20:44:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T02:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=12050"},"modified":"2012-11-04T22:10:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T04:10:40","slug":"happy-halloween-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=12050","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry celebrated his first Halloween this week! Henry, I think, was mostly confused as to why he had a banana sewed to his sleeve. Eleanor was also a bit confused, but because we kept telling her to go up to strangers, say “Trick or Treat”, and then pick out some candy.\u00a0 I think she enjoyed it thought, and was definitely less intimidated than last year.\u00a0 Eleanor said \u201cTrick or Treat\u201d to most of the folks, and we usually got a \u201cThankYou\u201d (she says it as all one word :) ) out of her as well.\u00a0 Several times other kids came up to her and said \u201cElmo!\u201d, but Eleanor wasn\u2019t sure what to make of them.\u00a0 Most of the houses let you pick your own piece of candy out of the bowl, and more often than not Eleanor choose Almond Joys.\u00a0 Mom and Dad suspect that it was due to the blue wrapper, but both would have preferred Mounds instead.\u00a0 Eleanor also ate a piece of candy corn for the first time, and an Oreo cookie for the first time \u2013 with orange frosting no less.\u00a0 Her response to each was \u201cmore\u201d.<\/p>\n

Henry didn\u2019t get any candy (it seemed a stretch for me to grab candy from the bowl on the pretence that it was for him) but enjoyed looking at all the other costumes.\u00a0 He continues to make big physical jumps each week, this week he is walking with the help of toy walkers.\u00a0 From the dinosaur to the stroller, he is cruising right along.\u00a0 However, the minute he gets stuck on a wall or other obstruction, he squawks and huffs until someone comes over and gets him on the move again.\u00a0 Henry also got his first haircut this week \u2013 and he was a champ about it.\u00a0 There was very little crying, although he did fuss a bit.\u00a0 Mostly he just sat and gave us a look like \u201cWhy are you making me go through this?\u201d.\u00a0 He even got a little hair gel at the end to spike up his hair.\u00a0 I\u2019m convinced that he said Dada on Saturday afternoon \u2013 but there weren\u2019t any witnesses around to verify.\u00a0 He definitely has a \u201cLa\u201d and a \u201cBa\u201d sound that he likes to pull out.<\/p>\n