I present to you... Sir Sebastian of Lumsden!

Happy Hallow's Eve Everyone!

Tonight marked Sebastian's very first time Trick & Treating and it was awesome!

Last year Sebastian was much too young to actually go door to door and/or even have some candy, so since this was his first time really experiencing Halloween we weren't too sure how much he'd enjoy it. But like everything else, Sebastian definitely didn't disappoint us. He did a great job with daddy's help knocking on people's doors and saying "Trick and Treat" and we were even more proud of the fact that he said thank you to everyone without having to be reminded to do so.

Posing with his friend/neighbour

What was also neat was that Sebastian didn't seem to be bothered at all by the various spooky things that people had put out to decorate their homes. Our one neighbour had a coffin with a skeleton propped up against their house and Sebastian approached the skeleton and said "Hello Mr. Skeleton!" Luckily the skeleton wasn't animated as I'm not too sure how much he would have liked a moving skeleton! All and all I think we hit about 15 houses in total before we decided to come home and call it a night.

Overall it was a great night and we're happy Sebastian seemed to enjoy himself so much. Hoping everyone else enjoyed the night.

Blessed Be,
Kim

Pumpkin Gutting 101

Today I was all geared up to share the joy of carving a pumpkin with Sebastian. The first thing we did was decide what we were going to carve. I had drawn a picture of Makka Pakka but Sebastian thought it was a clown so that idea was out. I then drew a cool mummy-like thing (well, I thought it was cool), but Sebastian didn't know what it was - so Strike 2. I then drew a regular jack-o-lantern but Sebastian didn't seem to be all that impressed - Strike 3, I was out.

So I went on-line and started looking at images of carved pumpkins. Sebastian saw the one of Jack and exclaimed he wanted Jack - so Jack it was! First issue, done.

Now came the fun part. Cutting open the top of the pumpkin and pulling out the pumpkin guts. Seems that Sebastian really isn't fond of pumpkin guts... hopefully he'll develop a taste for it as he gets older..what fun is Hallow's Eve without pumpkin guts?!?!?!

Boots!

Lately Sebastian has been demonstrating, quite well in fact, why people call the second year of life the Terrible Two's. He has two winter jackets that I have purchased which he absolutely refuses to wear. I have no idea what we're going to do when the cold weather finally comes.

However, with all that being said, last weekend I purchased Sebastian a pair of winter boots. The boy won't take them off!!! Now if only I can work the winter jacket deal in here somewhere we may indeed have success!

In his pajamas getting ready for bed

Art Day!

Yesterday, after spending our morning playing with Sebastian's friend Leah, Sebastian decided that he just wasn't going to nap. So, to pass the time we decided to do some arts and crafts.

Initially Sebastian did some watercolouring but then we became a little more adventurous. I had purchased some canvas a few months back and thought that it might be neat for Sebastian to do his own art project to put on his bedroom wall. These are pics of Sebastian working hard and the last picture is the finished project, which has yet to be put up in his room.

In celebration....

Following the long weekend we took a trek to Fort Erie to help celebrate Nana's (Sebastian's Great-Nana's) 95th birthday. We rented a cottage to make it a weekend away from home for ourselves, but unfortunately Sebastian came down with croup so it wasn't nearly as relaxing of a weekend as we had hoped. However, he's now better, we were able to visit with family and despite being so ill he fondly talks about playing with his cousin Jeremy on the golf course!

Thank You Aunt Becky!!

This is long overdue... Sending out a special thank you to Aunt Becky who lives out in B.C. for Sebastian's birthday present, which he received on the Thanksgiving Monday. Here are some pics to show you what he thought of it!

Our Day...

To work off last night's feast Sebastian and I spent our morning at Riverdale Farm running around and talking to the animals. It was a great morning to do so, as it wasn't too busy and we spent some time speaking to one of the volunteers as she milked one of the cows. The unfortunate part of the experience is that Sebastian now thinks I have udders and teets. Lovely. Just lovely. =)

Before we left we went into the kitchen at the farm and had some freshly baked oatmeal cookies. We were even lucky enough to see a freight train along the way home, which was the icing on the cake for Sebastian. The kid was in heaven - animals, running, fresh air, tractors, cookies and trains - oh my!



After his nap we headed out to vote. A word to those who have yet to do so and are bringing their young children with them. Do not tell the volunteers that you figured the best way to vote is to give the pencil to your toddler and have him choose who you're voting for based on where he scribbles! It amused me, but alas, I was the only one who was amused. Needless to say, I voted...



We then spent the remainder of the afternoon at the park and I'm hoping that all the fresh air has tuckered our lil' pumpkin out. Cause I know all this fresh air has definitely tuckered me out!

And although it does look like he's wearing the same thing he had on yesterday your eyes are not quite deceiving you... That's his fall sweater/jacket so pair it up with jeans and voila, he looks like he hasn't changed in days!!