We enjoyed a nice slow weekend together for the first weekend in a long time. Milo battled a stomach bug on Friday night and Saturday morning, but it had passed by late afternoon, and at the urging of Milo and Oliver, we spent our afternoon celebrating a balmy October day decorating for Halloween. 
The boys were more than enthusiastic about our graveyard, and we picked up a nice big skeleton to hang from our third floor window that looks like he is scaling our house (creepy!). Andrew built a marble track on our front steps with Milo and Oliver while Emil tried repeatedly to knock it down. I took him for a walk down the block so they could have some peace, but the whole time he kept repeating in a sad little voice, “Miss Papa! Want Papa!” so we weren’t gone long. That one sure is a papa’s boy!
By Saturday evening, Milo was well enough to partake in quite the dance party in our kitchen. Andrew took some video of it which I intend to post… Oliver will be mortified some day, but it sure is hilarious! 
And look what we found! The tattered old Thor costume both Milo and Oliver were obsessed with at the same age. Here is a picture of Milo wearing it (scroll down toward the end of the post to see); here are a few of Oliver. I’ll be sad to see that costume go! 
Emil kept trying to feed the skeleton his play food- he was very concerned about his well-being!
On Sunday we woke up with freezing cold noses from our open windows- rain had finally brought more October-like temperatures. We dressed in our warmer clothes and headed out for a long walk to an early-morning birthday party. I spent most of the time in the kitchen listening to good music and cooking chili, baking cornbread and banana muffins for Milo’s class for Monday- it was a wonderfully slow, meaningful day.
Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Oh man, I want a marble track! It looks like a total blast. Bless Andrew’s heart for building such a sweet run for marbles for the boys, and being such a papa that the little one can barely part from him for a block. I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating, you guys are awesome parents!
I love your home and yard and deck. It’s great that you all love spending so much time outside because your little piece of land was made for it. 🙂