Argh! Buzz! Boo!

Not much to report from Halloween other than I love getting ready for it, the kids love trick or treating and handing out candy, and John loves the loot resulting from trick or treating. The kids decided early on to be a pirate and a bumblebee and were presented with a bunch of chances to wear their costumes (including it being a random Tuesday if you're Molly), which suited them just fine. Jack, admittedly, was about the least scary pirate around since he does not have it in him to be tough and nasty. Molly's face paint was completed via her own two hands and wow... it just completed her costume (notreally). It gets more fun every year, that's for darn sure. Happy, happy November!

Riddle Me This

Following in Liz's footsteps again... here are the updates to Mr. Jack's annual questions about life, toys, food, and friends. He was excited about answering in the beginning, lost steam towards the middle, and was okay with delegating the answers to Molly at the end. But I wouldn't let him... oh no, he had the pleasure to answer each and every one of my queries. It just took a little longer... Previous answers are in parenthesis and my notes are, well, obvious. See if you can spot the theme.

Jack - Age 3
Height: 38.25 inches 
Weight:  39 lbs at last doctor's appointment
Favorite color: Yellow and blue and green (blue) -- I'm just happy he knows his colors.
Favorite toy: Thomas (Train tracks) -- True.
Favorite fruit: Strawberries (Apples) -- Yep.
Favorite TV show: Thomas The Tank show (Thomas) -- Yes, yes, yes.
Favorite thing to eat for lunch: Peanut butter and jelly (Popcorn) -- This is a much more accurate answer than popcorn. The other was just a bald faced lie. 
Favorite outfit: Thomas shirt (Train shirt) -- Yep. True. Rivaled only by his Patriots shirt, his Red Sox shirt, and his hockey shirt.
Favorite game: Cat In the Hat game (Basketball and soccer ball and hockey) -- This is not true. He has the attention span of gnat when it comes to board games. He's much better at playing King Kong on the game board, however. Maybe that's what he meant...
Favorite snack: Applesauce (Apples and cheese) -- That and granola bars. 
Favorite animal: Llamas (Elephant) -- this is an interesting one... The elephant answer came out of left field. But the llamas? He has started taking a liking to a llama stuffed animal we have, which I think is cute. 
Favorite song: Elmo song (Dancing with the iPad and I am a Pizza) -- It's actually the Thomas theme song, the Muppets theme song, and two "race car" songs that he professes to know. 
Favorite book: Busytown (Thomas and the Great Discovery) -- For sure.
Best friend: Levi and Liam  (Teacher Katie) -- Really, his best non-family friends are Zach and Tadd, his forty year old dad friends. 
Favorite cereal: Tractor cereal (Oaty Bites) -- I don't know what this is. 
Favorite thing to do outside: Play football (Play in the sandbox) -- Ball sports, yes, football specifically? notsomuch. 
Favorite drink: Juice (milk and water) 
Favorite holiday: Santa (Christmas) 
What you take to bed at night: Elmo, Burt, Thomas, Percy, Curious George, Horton, Cookie Monster, Grover (Bill and Ben) -- It's a busy, busy bed.
Favorite thing to eat for breakfast: Scrambled eggs (waffles) --  No, it's cereal. But he's really good at repeating what we had for breakfast the day I asked these questions
What you want for your special birthday dinner: Pasta (Pizza) -- This is my carb loving son.
What you want to be when you grow up: I want to cross the street myself. I like Firetrucks. (Trains) -- He really could not give two hoots about what he wants to be when he grows up. He just wants to cross the damn street by himself.