Happy Halloween

Wow the robot costume was a great hit. EVERYONE loved it.

Friday night Don, Andrew and i went to the Science Center for some science fun. When we got there they had all the children so up to the second floor so that they could introduce each child and their costume one at a time while going down the escalator (think red carpet)... When it came to Andrew's time to go down the announcer looked down at them and secretly told him his costume was her favorite. When he came down he received a standing ovation (the only kid that did)... I felt bad for the other kids tho :( ... Everyone there came up to him and asked me if they could take a picture of him. Andrew on the other hand was getting tired of all the attention and wanted me to take it off of him. (guess stardom is not in his future) ... But since i was the one that made it, it boosted my ego... lol

Now on to Halloween night.

He went out with his 2 friends Anika and Ethan. And once again he was getting every ones attention. And once again i felt bad for the other kids. Almost every house hold asked to take a picture of him. But i guess he was fine with that because he was getting the goods to go along with it... Many of the houses also gave him extras for having the best costume of the night.

The robot consisted of 2 boxes, 1 for the body, 1 for the head. A voice changer to make him sound like a real robot. A flashing red round light it the top of the head. 1 light inside of the head hidden at the back of this head so the inside of the looked like it lit up. Dryer vinyl duct vent for the legs and arms. Duct tape and lots of silver paint. And other do dads.

Now for the pics and LOTZ of them :) Notice that the second night (Halloween) we added more to it. Including a Pentium chip ;)




The only picture of him and i, turned out blurry.








Awesome pumpkin carvings.










My boys walking home together.


Halloween Night of totting.

Anika (Princess), Andrew and Ethan (Darth)



Pretty Princess (this is Anika's and Andrew's 4th yr totting together)


Daddy and Andrew


See the expression on that ladies face? That's what it was like all night.


Here i am getting his candies for him, near the end, it was very tiring going up and down the stairs while wearing that costume. So i gave him a little break in exchange for some of his candies ;)






Cute little Ethan


Christine, Anika, Ethan and Sue


Haha, Andrew getting tired and being taxied.


My Ex.


Gerry and Ethan and Andrew


Silly Don playing around with the kids.



Group Shots.




And it's a Canadian must thing to do after treak or treating, going to the Tim Horten's eh!

And some nice Autumn halloween pics along our journey.

Our Little Buddy

We went back today...

Fever

Andrew has been breaking out with a fever for 2 night in a roll now, it's got me stumped, night time fevers, but during the day he seems fine. No coughing, runny nose, sore throat. Where is Dr House when you need him?

Autumn Is Here

And we went on a nature walk on Fri. One thing i noticed that i haven't before is the trees on the outside of a forest change colors before the inside. It was interesting.









This squirrel came right up to me, he was crawling on my lap and then Andrew noticed him and came running to us and scared the bejevous out of him... He did end up coming to us again later. I have a video i will post of him. Does it look like he's begging me for some food here?



It's a good thing i brought along his winter coat because he needed it.. I can't believe it's that cold out already... It's going to be a very long winter.

Time with Nannie and Grandpa

On Monday was Thanksgiving, we were supposed to go to Aunt Lydia's place for dinner but like i said in my previous post we were all too sick to go. So Andrew's grandparents came over after they dropped off Alexander with some left over turkey dinner. They are so sweet and such loving parents and grandparents. They went out of their way for us. Not the first time either. Nannies sister Shirley from California was visiting Aunt Lydia's place for a week and got them to bring some books she brought with her for Andrew. One of the books are from her granddaughter, Scooby doo book,he's been getting us to read it to him ever since.

Here some picture of Andrew with his grandparents.

Happy Thanksgiving NOT

We were supposed to go to Andrew's aunt's place for Thanksgiving dinner today but Don, Andrew and I have come down with a nasty virus. Sore throat, nausea, cough and general over all ickiness. So here we are stuck at home :(

On another note, Andrew is still wearing his clown outfit... He actually allowed me to wash it last night...

My Clown

No this is not his Halloween costume. This is just Andrew wearing an outfit that makes him happy. Yes people look at him while wearing it outdoors, but no he does not see the stares.Yes he is pure kid!

Yesterday

I went out to a homeschooling gathering on Queen St. There were lots of kids there. The kids played in the playground and the parents (the ones that could go) sat at a table and conversed about up coming events that are going on around the city and other things related to homeschooling. All the kids were so nice to eachother and so well mannered. It did not matter the age of the child everyone was included in the fun. There was a mom there holding her newborn, she had six children. 5 boys and 1 girl. All the kids had hair down to their waists. Here is a picture of one of her sons, he was so flipping adorable. I am so happy that i made it out to it, even though i'm extremely shy, i will be going to more of them. I was also really shocked to hear that a lot of the moms were also very shy. I asked Andrew if he would like to have hair that long and he said his friend Ethan would make fun of him :(

Ramdomness

This is Andrew agreeing to pose for me with his cupcake that he really really really wanted oh and "needed" . See how he just loves to get his picture taken? (note, Scooby Doo was on TV, that's what is really on his mind, that and the cupcake).



And this is Andrew politely agreeing to take a "nice" photo for me just so that he can hurry up and start eating the cupcake that he ended not liking.



The other day i had the white board out, Andrew put it on the floor and lied down on it and asked me to draw around his body. So i obliged.



After a few days of it being displayed in our family room we noticed to our amusement, this! (ok, we cracked up upon seeing it)..

This is until Don noticed he'd written on it with a permanent marker! But, regardless it was so hilarious we took a picture of it before scurrying up to wash it off.

This is just a small glimpse of Andrew's personality. This kid is an amazing person. He is full of personality. We let him be a kid. We let him question our directions or "commands" and try to understand everything what he's feeling. He makes almost everyone smile that meets him. He is special. We love him so much.

Dreams

Every night before Andrew falls asleep he tells me that he's going to dream about me. Every morning upon awakening he tells me he dreamt of me.

This morning was different. He actually remember what he dreamt about and told me what it was for the firt time.

He said that he dreamt that he had a stuffy toy cat, but when it went under a blanket it would come to life. He then turned to me and said what was really neat about the dream is that the dreaming boy of him realised he was dreaming.

Busy Times

Again, it's been awhile since my past post.

Hmmmm, where to begin?

The beginning of the month Andrew and i went to the CNE grounds quite often. I know longer have the dreads that i so dearly wanted. My dad came here for the airshow at Ontario place with Andrew and I. It was the first time he's been on a subway, or on any transit system in forever. His legs are getting really bad. He can barely walk. Lisa popped by that day and bought Andrew some really cute clothes. She has awesome taste. She is also really good with Andrew. She puts so much time and love in to him. Actually, all his siblings do, except for maybe Christina, i don't think she likes kids all that much. Don's parent came here on the 11th but unfortunately was not able to come here and visit us much because Don has been working around the clock to get a project finished. But they will be coming again in 3 weeks for Thanks Giving, hopefully the job will get done before then and we'll be able to spend more time with them this time. sDon's aunt Lydia bought some new furniture and gave us her old but perfect condition couch, recliner chair and very beautiful blue rug. The couch is a pullout bed so now i will have a place for our guests to sleep when the come. The recliner is GREAT, i have always wanted one. Christina gave Don two tickets to see U2 for his birthday. VERY unfortunate he was not able to see them because of this job he's working on. So i brought my sister Judy along. We were right in front of the stage, couldn't get any closer then that. It was an amazing concert. Andrew started homeschooling on the fifth. He is getting really good at writing letters. The sounds they make and just last night we were walking back from the food store and he pointed to a sign and kept saying osse, i'm like what the heck is he trying to say? And then i realised that he was reading the name of the gas station which is called ESSO.. Then later on i was reading him a story and he started sounding out the words. He's learning fast. ANd he's also becoming quite the little abstract artiest too. He loves to doodle. I will have to snap a picture of one of them and post it here.Hmmm what else? Oh, Andrew and i have been going to an animal shelter a lot lately, right now were fostering a cat named Isis, she is 1yr 4mths, long black hair with a little white spot in her belly, She is a real sweetheart but extremely shy, she never comes out from hiding unless we coax her out.
I think that's about it, i will post some pics later on.

Sunset

Tonight was one of those spectacular sunset evening. I was walking to Zellers to help Don and Andrew out, they went and bought some food so i met them with the cart. This is what i saw on the way there. It was even more beautiful then this, but i took them from my phone. Always crappy quality. Oh well.

For The People Just passing by.

I have noticed that there are many people coming to this site and reading but not many pf you are leaving comments behind.... Ya there is no law that says you have to but sheesh it would be nice for Andrew's sake that there are people from around the world taking some interest in who he is... So for his sake leave a comment from time to time, i think someday he will be happy to see who has read about him. Is any of what i just posted making any sense? If not, it's not my fault, i am really really altra tied and should be in bed sleeping right now.