November Update

Bryant wanted to go play at the park, so we decided to check out the playground at his future school where he will be a Warren Wolverine.  When we got to the park, he asked us if there were going to be wolverines there.  Obviously there weren't so he was ready to play.  He sees the kids outside practicing football outside school, so he thinks when he goes to big kids school that he gets to play football.  He wants to play for the yellow team and also asked if he could wear the stripes under his eyes:)

I asked Bryant if he wanted to make something for Grandpa Ed's birthday and he said he wanted to make "river cookies".  I had no idea what he meant, so I decided we could make blue and green cookies and decorate them with river stuff (fish, worms, and rocks).  Bryant had a blast making them!

Happy birthday Grandpa!

That weekend, we decided to head to the cabin with Grandpa and Grandma and then go watch the Bobcat football team play in Pocatello.  Go Cats Go!

I think Bryant's favorite part of the game was after kickoff when a dog would run out on the field and grab the tee.  But he also liked watching Idaho State's mascot drive around on a motorcycle.

Someone told us that watching the Bobcats win can be exhausting...

The next day at the cabin was perfect weather for playing outside and building a snowman.

Who says you can't play baseball in the winter?

All the football watching got Bryant excited to play at home.  What do you think...future quarterback?

Bryant was being a big help around the house, so when we were out running errands, I told him he could pick out a special treat at the dollar store.  He chose to get a guitar like grandpa.

And we got his school pictures back the other day...what a grown up little boy!

Then it was time to get ready for Thanksgiving at our house.  Bryant made everyone a turkey hand so they knew where to sit.  

He also made this sign for our centerpiece.

On Thanksgiving, we were lucky enough to have both Grandmas and Grandpas again. 

The next day he got to spend with Grandpa Ed and Grandma Betty while mom and dad worked.  Looks like breakfast was a success!

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween!

Last weekend, Bryant was super excited to decorate his pumpkins.  We started with painting the small ones.

I'd say he was pretty happy with his finished products!

Then it was time to carve the big ones.  

Bryant was so excited to carve them, until he realized we had to get all the guts out of them first...

The whole time..."Ewwww, guts!"

Overseeing the carving process

Very happy with his ghost and bat pumpkins:)

On Friday, they had a Halloween party at school.  Bryant wanted to be extra prepared when he had to pack his costume for school that he figured he should also pack his Halloween light and a couple pieces of candy.

I was really interested to see if Bryant was telling us a story about who his friends were going to be for Halloween or if it really was true.  He was saying that him, Kaleb, and Landon were going to be Captain America and that Captain America fights down bad guys and tigers.  And his friend Drew was going to be the tiger.  Sounds like a good story right?  Well, it was a true story except Landon changed his mind at the last minute to be Scooby Doo and then was sad he did.  Here's Bryant with his best buddy Kaleb.

Saturday morning we headed to downtown Helena for some trick or treating with the businesses.  Even though we practiced how to trick or treat, Bryant was so scared when we got to the first business.  After that he was much better and made sure to always say thank you.

That night we went around our neighborhood and Bryant hauled in some major loot.  All the neighbors were so happy to see him that he got special treat bags, cupcakes, toys, and full size candy bars.  His little basket filled up quickly and so did mom and dad's pockets with all the overflow.

This was the scary cupcake that he picked out.

He had so much fun and even wanted to sleep in his costume.  Today we headed over to our rental house to do some last minute stuff before it closes (yay, we finally have an offer - fingers crossed it goes through).  Bryant was helping me rake the leaves and then jump in the piles.

And then climbed the tree and said "Look Mom, I'm a monkey!"

He was such a big help at the house today.  He was so disappointed when he and I left early because he wanted to stay and help dad all day.  I think he's going to be quick the big helper as a big brother:)