The Mayor has been quite busy (one might even say overwhelmed at times) at work, but everyone still found time to go to a pumpkin patch. Here's Ela enjoying snacks in the stroller.
The Mayor and Boookie took a ride in a tractor train at the Farm. Boookie loved it, and after the ride shouted, "Thanks for the ride, Farmer!" The Mayor woke up the next day with a sore back that seemed somehow connected with squeezing into a barrel with a squirmy 3-year-old.
Boookie got to pick out some pumpkins.
Auntie decided to make Haloween costumed for the hobbitlings. Below is Ela modeling part of her costume. Ela has been learning so much lately. She learned how to stand and she walked for the first time last week at church. The hobbit wife seethed when the Mayor slid back into his seat after watching the little hobbit girl during the sermon and whispered, "She walked for me - six times!" The little hobbitling girl has also been learning how to communicate with signs and words. After months of vigorously resisting, she recently discovered that it is actually to her benefit to be able to tell us what she wants and what she is thinking about. Some of her favorite things:* "Tag" - her blanket, the most important part of which is naturally, the tag. "Tag" must always be spoken in a low growl, for that is her proper name.
* "Pup-pup" - her Beanie Baby husky puppy. She loves to delightedly shriek his name, grab him, and then mercilessly beat him and fling him away. The Mayor and Auntie feel that Pup-pup must have some kind of voodoo connection to the Husky football team, since that's kind of what it's been like attending Husky football games this year.
* "Wadee" - her water bottle, or anyone else's water bottle.
As long as she has these three items and someone to hold her/take her out of her crib/retrieve things for her, she is happy as a clam.
It was just discovered the Boookie has invented an imaginary friend. For some time, we thought that "The Little Boy" referred to him, but it has recently been confirmed that "The Little Boy" refers to someone else entirely. Boookie has long conversations with his friend, takes him places, and otherwise entertains himself at times by imagining things The Little Boy is doing. Here are some facts we know about The Little Boy:* He doesn't have a name. He's just The Little Boy.
* He has red hair. And blue and orange.
* He is getting taller than Boookie, but is also known to fit into Boookie's "soupcase" cars. Boookie has a suitcase for Matchbox cars, which he calls his "soupcase." When Boookie needs to take The Little Boy somewhere, he pinches him in his fingers or holds him in his hand.
* He lives on a school bus. He doesn't sleep on the bus - he just lives there. Boookie sends him away on the bus every night when he goes to sleep.
* He doesn't eat food. He just eats crackers on the bus.
* He likes it when Boookie picks him up and puts him onto the slide and swing and bus and trucks (especially the milk truck).
* He doesn't like to play with any of Boookie's favorite toys.
