Halloween

This was Leon's first Halloween when he was a bit aware of what was going on, although thoroughly perplexed by it all. He was not sure why we were putting bat ears on him (for excessive cuteness, of course), why random people were giving him candy, why some of them were wearing masks and crazy outfits, and why the candy he got had to be in these silly (and seemingly edible) wrappers.We had to do a dry / acclimation run for those ears the night before the school parade because Leon was not a big fan of dress-up at first. Sweeping with a big broom proved to be enough of a distraction to overcome that obstacle.

After trick-or-treating, Leon saw Dari getting into all the candy and got the idea very quickly. He grabbed a package of rolos and basically just took a bite, chewing on the paper infused in chocolate, seemingly very satisfied with the taste :). This is also a fun variation on a Halloween video with did with Dari.

http://youtu.be/QOYBfAs3U44

Leon has been enjoying the outdoors - our day at the pumpking patch was gorgeous.

Outside of Halloween, Leon was going for his daily walks with Bimba while she was here and spent a lot of time at the park. Below you can see him making the sign for "more" - as in, stop taking those pictures and swing me already!

We also got to spend a bonus day with Bimba, because upon arriving at the airport she was offered to volunteer getting bumped of her overbooked flight for about half the price of a ticket. The best of both worlds right? The only catch was that we had to wait for her to go to the plane and back (so they could see if they would actually need her seat - they did ;)), so we entertained ourselves for about an hour and a half at the airport. Both boys were really good about it and even humored me for this photo op! My favorite carry-on and personal item :).