Crazy Perfect...

It's been a crazy perfect couple of days.  Mr. F learned to scream in my face, I painted his face, I made - remade - remade - and I think at least once more remade some Photoshop files, we ate chicken and pancakes because the waffle maker crapped out, and topped it all off with dessert.  Like I said kind of perfect.
I'm not sure what to do about Mr. F screaming.  I've consulted some experts and got the range of ideas from putting his nose in the corner (he's 11 months old?) to ignoring him.  Early in the day while I still have a little sanity left it's actually pretty funny to watch his little face as he belts one out.  But by about 3:30 I'm ready to go Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone on him (insert AHHHHHHH!).

In an effort to spend more quality time with him so he could see it's not necessary to hit the terrible twos already, we decided to do a little painting. It turned out to be more fun for me than him but I think he got the point as he only screamed to himself and his cousin today instead of at me.  Counts, right?

Today we were lucky enough to spend the whole day with Sister and her family.  She is one of three people Mr. F will let not only look at him but hold him too! As you can imagine, she's amazing.  We spent the day crafting making things that didn't work the way they were supposed. Absolutely not my fault. It started with painting pumpkins.  Someday I'll realized I'm not as crafty as I think I am and I'll save so much $ by just buying whatever it is I think I need instead of trying to make it, throwing it away, and then ultimately buying it anyway. When crafting didn't work out we decided to cook instead. The pumpkin roll definitely didn't look as good as it tasted. 50/50 right? Luckily, Nana (Sister's MIL) came over and sort of saved the day.  She had mentioned chicken & waffles days ago and my mouth has been salivating ever since.  I've never actually had chicken & waffles but seriously...chicken & waffles...could they be bad?  Surprisingly, the waffle maker from Goodwill preformed like a waffle maker from Goodwill and we ended up with chicken & pancakes.  No complaints. They. Were. Delicious. Nana made the most amazing chicken I've ever had in my life and the pancakes were a total win and end to a crazy perfect day.

Pumpkin Patch

The natural teether

Today was a rare cool Texas fall day. Sister and I loaded up ALL of the kids and headed out to the pumpkin patch at Elgin Christmas Tree Farm. Having that many personalities was a little stressful but totally worth it.  Sister was actually on time (way to go sister!) and Mr. F loved riding in the car with his cousins.  Once there he decided the fun was more or less over.  The animals, pumpkins, and other screaming kids were only mild distractions between fits. Bright side? I think I found a pumpkin he may actually fit in.  Yes, I'm going to try to put him in a pumpkin...again.  Because the morning was going so well we decided to test our luck at a restaurant. Surprisingly, no one killed anyone else and Mr. F had brisket! It's official, he's a legit Texan. We all survived the day and finished it off with Pumpkin Chicken Enchiladas which my nephew said he politely was not going to eat.

What most of the day looked like

Look!  Neither of them are screaming!

A sweet moment

Baby in a Pumpkin

Or so I thought...
I found this adorable picture on Pinterest (duh?) from Enjoy This Moment. It's the sweetest looking little girl sitting in a pumpkin.  I thought 'Hey, I have a cute baby and I like pumpkins...why not?' This is why not...

Poor Baby

 

I knew finding a pumpkin big enough for my little man might be an issue but I apparently I truly underestimated the size of a human compared to a pumpkin. My poor sweet Mr.F was a champ about the whole thing though.  He liked running his fat little toes around the stringy inside and drumming on his new shell. After realizing it just wasn't going to happen I let him out of his holding cell at which time he crawled right into an ant pile. Today, I failed you Pinterest 

Halloween Sensory Box

I've really been trying to working on finding activities that interest Mr.F.  As you can fry an egg on the sidewalk at the break of dawn we're looking for indoor crafts.  Yesterday I found this ridiculously awesome website with about a million kid crafts! After 3 trips to the store, (why would I want to buy everything the first time?) we made our first Halloween Sensory box.  Mr.F like putting the eyeballs in his mouth (duh) the most but came around to checking out the other items too.  Looking forward to playing again tomorrow.  Maybe by then he'll realize the awesomeness of that green spiky rubber ball and how many hours he can waste by squishing it until it pops! Oh wait...

First...the beans

Then the goodies

Exploration

And...eating eyeballs