Dinner Parties and Space Exploration

Max threw a dinner party on Sunday. He invited G.G., both grandmas, Auntie Allie and crew and a couple of other guests. He really didn't have anything to do with the menu, mostly b/c his diet mostly consists of peanut butter, but he did plan the way the evening would go. This is what he said, "the people will get here, we'll all run around outside and exercise and then we'll come in to eat." So I was thinking, 'sure, whatever you say, kid', believing that people would come into the house and just enjoy some wine and chat a bit before dinner. But Max organized everyone as they arrived, corralled them outside to run around the house, then he brought them in and declared, "now we're ready for dinner!" It went just as he planned. He's a good little host.

But this picture captures the mayhem that happened after dinner. Miles and his cousin, Lucia, decided to become space explorers and ran around with waste baskets on their heads yelling, "WE ARE SPACE EXPLORERS EXPLORING SPACE!!!!!" And Lucia took it one step further by asserting she's a space explorer princess. Apparently space exploration comes naturally to tigers.

Miles Style Dessert

We're big on dessert in our house. We mostly use dessert as a bargaining tool to get our often picky toddlers to eat more dinner. Otherwise known as the bribe. So tonight we had a chunk of rich, chocolate cake Grandma Carol had given to us. Max actually opted out of the cake stating, "no thanks, it's too rich." Which it was, in a decadently chocolate way. So he had ice cream with some chocolate syrup. But Miles, he's always in for dessert of any sweet kind. He wanted a piece of cake with ice cream. But Miles didn't stop there; no he decided to add a carrot to his dessert. Yes, a carrot. Don't ask me why. It would take a whole laboratory of behavior scientists about a bazillion years to figure out why Miles does what he does. His brain is just naturally kooky.

Needless to say, his carrot remained untouched.

And as for the tiger costume, ever since I pulled out the costumes earlier this month to check the wear-ability/size status, he's been wearing a costume (rotates between tiger, elephant, lion or bee) non-stop everyday. In fact, if he's not in costume, I often do a double take to make sure the costume-less toddler really is Miles.

Puppy Love

Gus has a girlfriend. Her name is Annabelle and she's an 11 week-old yellow lab who's as cute as can be. Our neighbors Bergie and Therese got her a couple of weeks ago and, with the fabulous weather we've had these last few days, it's been a non-stop puppy love fest in our yard.

Apple Orchard

We took a little trip to McDougall's Apple Junction to experience some fall fun and pick up a couple of pumpkins. It was pretty kid friendly complete with a playground to play on and a kid's corn maze. The boys really loved it.

Martial Arts on Ice Cream

The other night we had a family dinner at the Birchwood Cafe where we enjoyed great food and drink. When the big ice cream sundaes arrived for the boy's dessert I thought we'd be able to partake in the yummy treats. But Miles wasn't too keen on sharing. In fact, when I tried to sneak my spoon in for a taste he confiscated it and then proceeded to employ his own special "double spoon" eating method. Nothing was going to breach his ice cream perimeter. He's a true ice cream ninja if I ever met one.