What a weekend!

We had an eventful weekend. It started with breakfast at IHOP with Caleb's now favorite, blueberry pancakes. It looked yummy, but what a mess! He had it all over! Then he and dad went outside to see the firetrucks. Apparently the firefighters are regulars on Saturday mornings. One of the guys gave Caleb a tour of the truck, even let him hold the waterhose. Caleb wasn't so sure about everything at first, but by the time we left, he was giggling with joy. He even got a farewell siren and light show. Next was a trip to the Ft Worth Zoo. We actually made it through the whole park this time. The weather was so nice, we weren't as exhausted as usual. Caleb was so excited to see all the animals, after each one he would say "more animals mommy." We ate lunch at the end of the tour, then rode the train back to the entrance. His face lit up with smiles on the train ride, he kept saying "I ride Thomas." Finally we ended with life group last night. Caleb stayed with the kids; they said he stayed close to the puppy all night again.

Today we took Caleb to a few Halloween stores to find a costume and get some decorations. He kept asking "what's that mommy" to all the scary decorations and costumes. Greg decided to call them cartoons so Caleb wouldn't be scared, it worked, though i'm not sure why. He decided to be Batman this year, and on the way home was asking to "trick or treat." I'm glad he enjoyed the halloween stores because I have noticed he has developed a fear of the dark, and I didn't want to traumatize him. Last week he left his thomas train in my closet and told me he was going to go get it. Then he ran back from my room saying " scary mommy, you get it." I don't know where he even learned what scary meant. Before that we were eating at a restaurant and he wouldn't hang his feet off the bench because it was dark under the table. He said "spiders were under there" and then it was "spiderman is under there", "he's going to getch you." We told him nothing was under the table. He didn't believe us, he even looked under the table one last time on our way out. We explained that spiderman was a good guy so now he's a fan of spiderman at least. After naptime, we went to Texas Twister to play games. I'm not sure who was having more fun, daddy or Caleb. They played basketball, rode rides, smashed dinosaurs, and more. We even were able to ride go-carts. Caleb loved his "race car", he told me later "i went fast mommy". We had a great weekend!