Fall brings changes

Luke's hair had this huge knot in the back that just wouldn't go away. We would wash his hair, brush it, leave it alone, whatever, and it would come back. This massive bird's nest on the back left side of his head. We didn't really want to cut it out because that would involve cutting his hair and we love our little Luke's long hair plus Pete and I aren't the best hair stylists. We went to the playground one afternoon and saw in the sunlight it was much worse than we thought. In the end there was no real option, a trip to the barbershop was a must. Luke's hair is a bit shorter than we like, but he does look more grown up. He was so good, but then again he does enjoy getting his hair brushed and looking in the mirror.

Jack has wanted to lose a tooth since a girl lost one in Montessori last year. Every other month he would talk about how he had a loose tooth, so when one day his mouth got bumped and he said that he had a loose tooth, I didn't believe him. He kept talking about it and I kept on not believing him. He didn't show me it wiggling and I didn't ask, but that is mostly because that stuff gives me the shivers. Then on Thursday he was talking about it some more to our friends and my friend checked it out and informed me that it was not only loose but it could probably come out right then. Wow, what a total mom fail! I am so sorry Jack. I had him show me that tooth and it was super loose. When I went to pick him up from school Friday it had fallen out during class. How exciting! He got a certificate and a sticker from his teacher. We called all sorts of people, took lots of pictures, stuck it under his pillow, and discussed whether or not Tigran would bark at the Tooth Fairy when she came into the house.

That night the downtown businesses had trick-or-treating. We had a great time. Luke's favorite part was pointing out who all the guys were. His favorite was a dad dressed in full Batman gear. There were lots of Spiderman and baby Batman costumes. There was a Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates and every time we passed him Luke would say- yo ho!

Jack had his final soccer game Saturday and this involved getting a trophy. Jack has longed hoped for his very own trophy. His Uncle Danny has loads of trophies and medals and Jack really wanted to start his own collection so when he found out he would get a trophy and that it had his name on it-wow, he hasn't been so excited.