Taste the Wangbow

it's Parker's first halloween this year! i originally wasn't planning on making a family costume this year, but the thought of Parker missing out on a family costume tradition made me decide otherwise. so at the last minute, we decide to be Skittles, simple, cute, and easy to make when we only had one day to make it. our slogan was "taste the wangbow." preston helped me pick out the colors for everyone and cut the fabric. he's such a good little helper, so hands on, although i admit it took me pretty much the whole day to make these costumes between taking care of the boys and working on it with preston's "help." i hope he's picking up some good arts and craft skills for later on in life! so we attended Loan's bday/Halloween party like so:

Preston had a Halloween party at school on monday, oct 31st. being that it was his last Halloween at Goddard, i had to go. there were 3 catboys, 2 geckos, and 1 owlet in his class. funny thing is, preston doesn't even watch this show. 

we went trick-or-treating with Benjamin, Gracie, Robert, and Luke. even Parker came along and was fine for the most part sleeping in his stroller, wearing his dragon costume. towards the end though, the parents had to pee really badly, the kids were getting tired and didn't want to walk anymore, and parker woke up and wanted to get home and in bed asap. Preston, with his stamina trick or treated until the very last house.  note to self: start earlier next year if it's on a weekday. we wanted to leave at 6:30, but didn't really get started until close to 6:45 and were done by around 8.

Parker, wore preston baby dragon costume. preston was about 8 months when he wore it, and parker almost 6 months in this picture. he looked adorable and he loved the attention he was getting while in costume. one big difference between the boys, preston despised the headpiece, always hated wearing hats and such (even in the winter time when it's so cold that you need to wear a hat). when we put the costume on preston, the headpiece came off right away. parker on the other hand, didn't mind at all. he wore it the whole time and didn't even seemed bother that much when the head fell over his face and covered up his eyes.

Parker, Parkski, Parky...my sweet little baby turned 5 months old. we started solids this month, including sweet potato, butternut squash, and rice cereal. it didn't exactly go too well, but i will leave that detail out, we will more slowly ease into it now. he is also sitting up a lot better with less support. he's touching and grabbing toys, dinner plates, hair, you name it. he was not interested in touching anything prior to this. he's rolling onto his sides, but not interested in rolling over from his back to his front, and just gets too pissed when on his tummy to roll over onto his back, oh well. bedtime these days is around 8-8:30pm, let's hope it stays this way because i am loving it! preston's going to bed early too, so we have a nice quiet house for a few waking hours each night. finally, after 4.5 years, we  can sleep like normal people, thanks to accelerated pre-k.

Here are some pictures of Parker at 5 months. he's such a sweet boy, he laughs and smiles easily, sometimes, he can be quite loud and talkative too. just screeching and yelling at this brother during dinner time. it is such a joy watching him grow bigger and cuter every day.