He Did It!!!!

This morning, after a series of successful moments over the last week, we launched our day with a pair of spiffy Big Boy Underwear! Malcolm takes pride in the fact that he can now dress himself in the morning without assistance, and asked that I fill one of the low drawers with Big Boy Underwear. He picked out one with cars, trucks, and a bright orange waistband.

I am sure you can imagine how proud we were of him, and how incredibly pleased with himself he was, when at bedtime, he took that same pair of underwear off, as clean and dry and when he put them on 12 hours ago!

Way to go, Big Man!!!!!!

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Pumpkin Fun

Pie Pumpkins are now in season, and Malcolm and I enjoyed cooking them up together. He wasn't too interested in sinking himself into the pumpkin guts up to his elbows, but happily picked the pumpkin seeds out of my handful of pumpkin guts.

The flesh we cooked up, mashed, then froze in ice cube trays to use for recipes: pumpkin oatmeal, pumpkin smoothie, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies . . . the possibilities are endless. Sadly, our pumpkin supply isn't. For those of you out in reader land who haven't cooked with real fresh pumpkin I highly recommend it. It is a very different experience than the canned pumpkin. A little more work, perhaps, but so very, very worth it!

Plus, there is nothing like fresh roasted pumpkin seeds. Malcolm thought mixing these up (stirring, spreading out on the tray, sprinkling with kosher salt) was glorious fun. Second only to eating them when they came out of the oven!

Saving the Ta Tas

Sunday was the Big Walk, and we had loads of fun, despite the rain. Malcolm alternated between riding on Daddy's shoulders, and walking by himself. It was crazy crowded, even in the cold wet weather. In the picture of Matthew and Malcolm on the sidewalk, look carefully behind them at the crowd walking. At the very top of the picture, you can see that the road slopes uphill a bit, and you can get an idea of just how crazy huge this crowd was! Despite the epic numbers of people, everyone was really polite - no pushing, rude behavior, etc.

One of my favorite parts of the walk was seeing all the fun shirts (lots of men in pink!) Here are a few of our favorite t-shirt slogans we saw . . .

• Save the Ta Tas
• We love the Boo-Bees (they were all in bumblebee costumes)
• Fight Like a Girl
• Save Second Base