Rascals n Ragamuffins: Happy Halloween?

Halloween played a nasty trick on Connor this year by giving him tonsilliths. Tonsil stones. Yeah, sounds pretty nasty. And it is pretty nasty! It's like tonsilitis. Sore throat, coughing, sinus infection. He's been sick on and off for a month. He'd get a little break here and there, so I thought he just kept catching colds!! Poor little man. So he's on medication now. I wasn't sure if I should send him to school today or not, but school won out. It's Halloween! Everybody got to dress up and bring candy to school! I couldn't make him miss out on that. But I wish I had, because I got a call from them saying that he had been crying non-stop for 20 minutes and I needed to come get him. :( He's happy to be home now. He doesn't do well with change, and being dressed up and not doing normal 'school' things must have thrown him a little too far out of his comfort zone... Hopefully trick-or-treating tonight isn't a disaster!
In the meantime, we enjoyed a little snow last week. Today is a record high of 75 degrees... Last night we carved pumpkins.

A few days ago I gave the boys an oceanic experience. I found a blog with lots of fun ideas for messy play! It was so fun! ...for me.

I thought it was so cool! But the boys, while they loved the colored water and the fish, were not happy about the seaweed! (dyed noodles) Honestly, I never realized until recently how neat-freaky my boys are! They despise being dirty! Max avoided any noodles at all costs. Connor got a little better with time. By the end of the bath, he'd managed to stick half of the noodles to the walls.

In between the ocean bath and the REAL bath they had the best time! While I was busy cleaning up the noodles and refilling the tub, they were busy playing naked robot. Max found a plastic bucket to put on his head and chased Connor all around the house. All I could hear were squeals and laughter, and managed to get a couple of great photos!!