Halloween Spooks 2011

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

My Nana, God rest her soul, love Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.  She couldn't speak much English, but she did so love that song.  This picture from Friday reminds me of her just because of the song.  Plus, Nicholas looks just so darned cute in his jacket.  It's quite nice actually.  It's line with flannel material and it's water proof.  I wish Costco carried these jackets in my size.

I Love the Grove

Nicholas enjoys his alone time with his mother. Ever since John started going to school, Maureen and Nicholas go for adventures to the Grove and/or the Farmer's Market quite often.  It usually involves a visit to Bob's Donuts, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, or Starbucks for a pastry and some milk.  He really loves donuts from Bob's.  I usually get him plain cake since they don't make as much of a mess; however, Maureen likes to spoil him and give him the chocolate raised.  After one of those, we usually have to pre-treat his clothes before we wash them.  He's not very good around chocolate.

His other favorite thing to do is visit the Barnes and Noble store at The Grove.  If he isn't getting at treat at the Starbucks on the 3rd floor, he's enjoying storytime or playing with the fun toys.  As you can see, he likes to pull all his friends, The Backyardigans, and enjoy playtime.  He's very good about putting things back when we are finished playing.  Strangely, this only happens when we are away from home.  If we are at home, he loves dropping things where they are.

Happy Birthday Mama

We celebrated Maureen's birthday on Thursday at the Aquarium of the Pacific. We also decided to stay at a hotel nearby since we knew we'd be too tired to go home after the Aquarium. The boys loved the hotel. Enjoy

Friday Morning

As we drove back to Los Angeles from Long Beach, we stopped at a pumpkin patch in Culver City.  Maureen is enamored with it and I'm just indifferent about it.  I like Mr. Bones in WeHo, but I always get overruled in such matters.

Things were fine in Culver City aside from a school field trip.  There was this annoying little boy named Felix and I think he had lice.  I hope he didn't, but if either of the boys gets lice, I know where it came from.  And, I know the school Felix goes to, so I'll be able to track him down and out him as a dispersal vector for lice.  Revenge will be mine.

The Hotel Inspector

Someone really enjoyed staying in the hotel room when we were down in Long Beach.  He liked the bed, but more importantly, he liked watching Dora the Explorer dvds on his portable dvd player.  That really helped us save the day since we didn't have On Demand or DVR at the hotel.

Aside from that, he was a menace on the rooftop pool.  I had to bring him back to the room because he was getting too close to the edge of the pool.  Additionally, he kept on going into the bathroom because he wanted to take a bath.  As you know, he's quite clean and loves taking baths.  He actually gets upset if we skip a tubby.

Still, he slept well and behave well with the snack tray.  He didn't touch it.  We can't say the same for his older brother.  Thanks to John, we purchased a can of cookies for $4.50.  They weren't great and they sure weren't worth the money.

The funniest part of the room that there was a wall of clear glass next to the door that created a slight hallway.  Guess who ran into it two or three times?  That's right, our little Nicholas.

Ask and You Shall Receive

As we were shopping at the Trader Joe's in Hollywood, we walked by one of their friendliest employees, Willie.  We always say hi and he gives us cool samples.  When Nicholas saw him, he started screaming, "ICE CREAM CONE!  ICE CREAM CONE!" since Willie gave us samples earlier in the year of their tiny little ice cream cones.  Sure enough, Willie was more than happy to oblige little Nicholas Twist.  Willie did ask if it was ok since it was only 9:30 AM.  I told him, "It's never too early at Trader Joe's for samples of anything."