Frightmares & Pumpkins

We went to Lagoon for Frightmares a couple weeks ago. We went 2 years ago, but Jackson was too little to really go on any of the rides. This year we were excited to be able to watch him go on the rides. We weren't sure how the day was going to go since he had thrown up that morning. The very first ride we went on was Puff, so we could go with him. While on it, I asked him if it was fun. His answer, "Yeah." Not much thrill in his voice and no real smiles! Then we started putting him on rides by himself, and after a few, I think he started warming up, because then we could actually see him smiling! He did really good for being a little bit sick! When we asked, he told us his 2 favorite rides were Tilt-O-Whirl, and the new Jumping Dragon one. It was a lot of fun.

Today we carved our pumpkins. We showed Jackson how to seperate the seeds into one bowl, and the pumpkin "snot" (lol!) into the other. He was a little hesitant at first, then he dove right in! When it came time to carve them, I asked Jackson what he wanted, and he told me...He wanted triangle eyes, a pig nose, and vampire teeth. So I did my best to accomodate his request! All 4 of our pumpkins were home grown in our garden. I was quite impressed how well they came up (since last year they didn't turn out at all).

And now we are waiting on Halloween to come. We bought his costume about 2 weeks ago, and he has been itchy to go Trick-or-Treating ever since, so it will be quite a relief when the day finally gets here!

And a couple random pictures...

Potty Trained!

Yes! Jackson is officially potty trained! Okay, so it's been close to 4 weeks, but I'm still stoked about it! It only took us 5 days to get it completely down. And since, he hasn't had any accidents during the day, and only 2 accidents in the mornings, I believe. I had bought extra sheets and pads preparing for the night time accidents, but while training him, he didn't have any. Overall I'd say it was fairly easy, but we did have one hard day, which ended up being the last day he had an accident. I'm glad the process is over. I still catch myself occasionally thinking I need to change his diaper, then I think, "Wait! No more diapers!".

So that is our latest good news. We are going to be going to Lagoon's Frightmares Saturday, so hopefully after that I'll have some fun new pictures to share.