When Spencer is tired he becomes overly sensitive, melodramatic and emotional.
Tonight he decided he wanted to wear his plush Toy Story slippers to bed instead of socks. I said that was fine and put his socks on the dresser. So he gets into bed and I start reading him a story. A few paragraphs into the story he gets very sad and starts to cry. So I ask him why he's crying.
Me: Spencer, why are you crying?
S: I miss my socks!
Me (laughing a little bit): You mean the socks over on your dresser? But you said you wanted to wear your slippers to bed.
S, more sad: I know but I miss them!
I start laughing harder, then...
S: I miss the bottoms!
Me: You miss the bottoms of your socks!?
S: Yes! I miss the bottoms of my socks! They have that sweet little word on them! (He's sad and crying in earnest as he says this...I mean he really misses the bottoms of his socks with the 'sweet little word'!)
I'm laughing really hard, and he is upset that I'm laughing but can't help but laugh so he's laughing and crying at the same time.
I get up and get the socks. I bring them to him. The word on the bottom is 'Hanes'. He points out the 'sweet' word that he missed so much and swaps his slippers for his socks.
Maybe I shouldn't laugh at these sentimental outbursts. I know he's sensitive, and he was just really tired. But seriously, how can 'I miss the sweet word on the bottom of my socks' not crack me up?
Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Halloween 2010
Another Halloween, come and gone. It seemed like an entire weekend of festivities, starting with his school party on Friday and ending in an evening of trick-or-treating on Sunday. He had a great time at his school party...they had a pinata, a costume parade, crafts, and broom races (his favorite thing though was poking other kids with his plush pterodactyl head). He was all smiles all day long.
On Saturday morning we bought pumpkins, and after having brunch with a few friends we got to the business of carving. Spencer wouldn't clean out his pumpkin...he said it was too 'slurmy' (his word for slimy/gooey/slushy/etc). Which is weird, because he loves mud, dirt, worms, bugs, etc. Oh well. I think he pulled out 2 seeds and I did the rest. He did however draw the face on his pumpkin this year. He did a pretty good job, too! I let him help with the carving a little (no, he was not using that huge knife...just the small, nearly harmless carving tool).
For trick-or-treating we met up with several neighbors as we have in years past and went through the neighborhood as a group. It's a lot of fun for the kids and the adults. Spencer and a little 4-year old girl from down the street (in an amazing Dorothy outfit...she had sparkly red shoes and Toto in a basket) were the stragglers, but they were ok with that. I enjoyed listening to their 4-year old chit chat as they walked down the streets with candy buckets in one hand and holding hands with the other. 
And a few pictures from our annual trip to one of the area corn maze/fall fun farms. We went with some friends to a really fun place called Corn Dawgs. This particular place had a tunnel slide going through a large hill. At first Spencer was hesitant, but after the first time going down by himself he turned into a sliding maniac and wouldn't stop! He must have gone up and down that slide about 15 or 20 times on his own. He just kept sliding down then running back up the hill to do it again...it was exhausting just watching him.
On Saturday morning we bought pumpkins, and after having brunch with a few friends we got to the business of carving. Spencer wouldn't clean out his pumpkin...he said it was too 'slurmy' (his word for slimy/gooey/slushy/etc). Which is weird, because he loves mud, dirt, worms, bugs, etc. Oh well. I think he pulled out 2 seeds and I did the rest. He did however draw the face on his pumpkin this year. He did a pretty good job, too! I let him help with the carving a little (no, he was not using that huge knife...just the small, nearly harmless carving tool).
For trick-or-treating we met up with several neighbors as we have in years past and went through the neighborhood as a group. It's a lot of fun for the kids and the adults. Spencer and a little 4-year old girl from down the street (in an amazing Dorothy outfit...she had sparkly red shoes and Toto in a basket) were the stragglers, but they were ok with that. I enjoyed listening to their 4-year old chit chat as they walked down the streets with candy buckets in one hand and holding hands with the other. 
And a few pictures from our annual trip to one of the area corn maze/fall fun farms. We went with some friends to a really fun place called Corn Dawgs. This particular place had a tunnel slide going through a large hill. At first Spencer was hesitant, but after the first time going down by himself he turned into a sliding maniac and wouldn't stop! He must have gone up and down that slide about 15 or 20 times on his own. He just kept sliding down then running back up the hill to do it again...it was exhausting just watching him.
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