Costume Party

One of Craig's former co-workers, Angie, invited Gabe to a costume party that took place this past Saturday. Her son Kaleb is 10 days younger than Gabe (in fact, he was born June 6, 2 days before Gabe's due date, which was June 8).

Gabe dressed up as a doctor and I dressed up as Lt. Uhura from Star Trek. I was teasing Craig, saying he dressed up as himself, :). On the way to the party, he said he wished he'd wore a costume, lol.

It was a lot of fun. Gabe and Kaleb were the youngest, there was one three year old and the rest were between 5 and 7 years old. There were three games before it was time to eat snacks and one game after that. Of course, many of the children barely cared about eating, only playing! And Gabe and Kaleb didn't eat anything at all; typical toddler behavior, right?

Gabe was mostly interested in playing with a large orange balloon, which I watched him with in case it popped. In fact, he was super into anything round. There was also a wooden train set that he and the three year old were totally engrossed in.

I find it hard to socialize at kids parties when one of the kids is my kid. LOL. And I specifically parties where I don't know anyone. So, it's hard to talk to people when you have to watch your 17 month old playing with a balloon and what not.

Here are some pics from party; one is a pic that Angie took that she sent us.














Pin the nose on the pumpkin.



Pic Angie took of us (Gabe was trying to take my cookie).






Balloon love.






The most interesting train set in the world!

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Gabe dancing

More on the move, teething and costume shopping

Gabe is starting to walk a lot more now. He started walking several weeks ago and then stopped. I guess he needed the time to get better at it, because he is much more stable on his feet; he can start and stop pretty well. I didn't feel as nervous as before!

We went costume shopping this weekend. On Saturday, we went to one of those mega Halloween stores that are only open for the month of October. Wasn't impressed with the selection for his age; the only thing we found was a pirate costume, but I am not really feeling the pirate thing. I found a "Lt. Uhura" costume (from Star Trek) there, so I am seriously considering that. I'd have to get a wig, black boots and black leggings to go with it. Craig and I thought it would be funny for him to just get a normal looking wig to wear.

We ended up getting a doctor's costume for Gabe from Target. It's basically scrubs (pants, shirt and cap) with a little stethoscope. We'll be taking pics of course. I looked to see if there was anything there for us. I saw a Cleopatra costume, but that might be too high maintenance for me with all the intense make-up. Craig considered this Miami Ink outfit that consists of sheer long sleeved shirt with tattoos on it.

Gabe is teething a LOT today, as I am typing. He's got some incisors coming in on the top and bottom and who knows if some molars are moving their way up. Some extra loving care in order today!

Gabe gets first party invite

One of Craig's former co-workers has a son the same age as Gabe and invited him to a Halloween/costume party on October 24. We're going to go shopping for a costume this weekend. We're thinking maybe a pumpkin outfit or something. Adults are probably free to wear costumes, too. I'm open to dressing up, but Craig is not so much, lol. If I see a costume that would be a total blast to wear and I can't pass it up, then I'll consider buying it.

I actually really like dressing up and have always loved playing pretend games when I was a kid. We used to have "Harvest Parties" at my church while growing up. We could dress as Bible characters or anything that wasn't devilish, like a vampire (I think this is the case, someone correct me if I am wrong). Anyway, the Harvest Parties stopped because a member of the church complained about it still being a celebration of Halloween.

Meh.

I don't have hangups about that anymore. It's cool and fun to dress up, end of story. Christmas and Thanksgiving have their roots in pagan holidays and churches don't have a problem with those. Ah, but that is another story.

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