Columbus Day

N had Friday off, as I mentioned in a previous post. He also has Columbus Day off. We've had a lot of fun over the course of this four day weekend. Today (Columbus Day) I was going to feed everyone and load 'em up and go to the gym before running some errands, but I decided we all needed a slower day. I miss the leisurely pace of summer. So, we ate, watched a video about Columbus Day on Youtube and played a bit before heading out. Grammy is coming over this afternoon and we are going to paint little pumpkins. We will try making Gluten Free pumpkin bars if time allows. We went to the store to purchase the ingredients and supplies for our afternoon activities. After getting the groceries put away and playing outside for a bit, we headed to the Halloween Store to get N's ghostbuster costume. He saw the costume in a magazine and immediately said that's what he wants to be for Halloween. He has stayed with that idea for more than two weeks, so I figure he will still want to dress up as a ghostbuster by the time trick or treating rolls around. The only place I've seen the costume was at the Halloween store. Remember how I said L is terrified of the Halloween aisle at the store?? I debated taking him with us to the H-ween store, but decided N needed to try on the costume to be sure it fits. Returns are not allowed at the H-ween store, so we needed to be sure it fit before buying it. I took both L and N to the H-ween store...and L did really well. We stayed away from the super creepy area and he did just fine. N did well too. He was really good about trying on the costume, but did not want to take it off. So, he left the store wearing it. We met Daddy for lunch at N's favorite sub sandwich store and N proudly wore his new costume. In fact, he's had it on for about two hours now... Hopefully he will be careful and it will last long enough to be worn for trick or treating and a few parties we plan to go to.