Are You Ready for Some Football?

This weekend we have enjoyed a little glimpse of fall weather, and the kids are getting a taste of all the things October has in store.

We went to the store on Friday night and searched around until we found some Halloween costume that the kids didn't hate and that fit them. We wound up with a cute lion for Jack- he was not happy that I made him try on the hat part of the costume, but his curls looks so darn cute with the lion mane. Harper settled on a zebra, but not just any zebra, her costume has a pink bow on the ear and on the collar, so she looks like a little girl zebra. Harper and Jack like to watch a cartoon about a zebra family, so they were both excited to see the zebra costume. We'll see what the final product looks like come Halloween.

Saturday morning started with a trip to the doctor for the kiddos to get their flu shot. Jack and Harper have been in and out of doctors' offices quite a bit, but Jack was smart enough to remember that this was the "shot doctor".  We were sitting in the waiting room close to the door the nurse would come out of to call children back to the exam rooms. Every time the door opened and the nurse called someone, Jack would wave to her and grin, and when she would close the door, he would say "by-eeee!" I thought, "wow, this is going really well," and "isn't he so cute!" That is, until the nurse called "John and Harper Collett"- upon hearing this and seeing Tony and I rise from our seats, Jack fell onto his knees on the floor and began saying "no, no, no!"  He continued this chant all the way to the exam room, while I got him ready for his shot and yelled "No, No, NO!!" while he was getting his shot, then he started crying. I swept him up in my arms as soon as the shot was done and whisked him over to the basket of suckers and asked him if he wanted a sucker- he immediately stopped crying and nodded "yes". I don't think Harper or Jack have ever had suckers before, but they sure liked them on Saturday morning and had the sticky fingers, shirts, pants, and faces to show for it.

Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon we spent our time watching football. Tony is a big Notre Dame fan, so he was very happy with the outcome of the game on Saturday. Jack likes to watch football, and was excited that the game was on when he got up from his nap- he started saying "Go Irish!"- Durinda would be proud!

Sunday we went our for breakfast and I dressed the kiddos in their Cowboys gear. Harper rocked her pigtails and Jack sported some shades while we picked up a few things at Target before heading home. We got to watch a little football before nap time, but nap time is where our day came to a halt. Neither Harper nor Jack slept a wink from 1-3. They both had dirty diapers, they danced around in their cribs, they threw their blankets and lovies on the floor, they screamed, they laughed, they cried, they pulled the monitor off the wall- it was not the best of times. So, needless to say, we had two very tired kids this evening, and a new location for the monitor (thanks, Tone).

In order to keep fussiness at bay, Tony and I took the kids and Abby for a walk this afternoon. The weather was beautiful, the breeze was pleasant, and the kids got to see a butterfly and some birds. We also had a fun time looking at Halloween decorations and imitating dogs  barking.

We did get to watch the Cowboys play though before the kids fell asleep and I snapped a few pictures of our kids watching the 4th quarter. We try not to let them watch too much TV in extended periods (I know, I know, any TV for 2 years olds is bad), so they were only allowed to watch about 30 minutes of the actual game. Jack was very aware of football being on and he spent most of the time throwing his toy football around the room and chasing it.

Harper also got in on the football throwing, but enjoyed gathering her baby dolls to watch the game with her the most.  I think both kiddos had a good time- Jack and Harper both said "Cowboys!" after the unlikely victory and me saying "Go Cowboys!!" over and over again. It's fun to watch the kids celebrate when Tony and I are excited; Jack loves to give high-fives and Harper squeals with the best of them. Football season is shaping up to be something fun at our house (at least for now). Here's hoping that we all have a week as good as the Cowboy game was today!