Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!!!!! I mean seriously, how adorable is this Buzz?! Linkin has a history of weird Halloweens. His first Halloween he got super sick and ended up not getting to go and last year he was sick too. I have almost always had to dress him up in his costume after Halloween and do a photo shoot. This year was no different. haha. When it was time for trunk or treat at the church we had to wake him up from his nap to take him. He was NOT happy about this. He refused to put his costume on until we got there and wouldn't even talk about putting his wings on. I took this picture a few days later to show that his costume was ADORABLE! :) He loved trick or treating once we actually got him in his costume and he started gathering candy. He is definitely a fan now! Hopefully next year we have no problem getting him to do it!
Linkin and I took a trip to Arizona right before Halloween and had sooo much fun. Doug was in Miami for a work trip and Linkin and I spent some fun time with family. The Fry's by my parents house was doing a trick or treat one of the nights for the kids. It was really cute. They had all sorts of activities set up for the kids and had workers handing out candy too. I thought it was really cute and Linkin had a great time trick or treating with Monterey and Alexandera (aka: greek goddess and bat girl).
Britany and Linkin making ghost suckers at Fry's for trick or treat. Linkin was about 4 tootsie rolls down by this point in the night. It worked out great for me because I'm not a fan of the tootsie rolls so I got to eat all his good candy! :)
Here is Linkin trick or treating door to door at the church. It was scheduled to be a trunk or treat party but the weather in Cali actually has rain, so we ended up inside the church. He had a great time and people did a great job decorating their doors and handing out yummy treats. Linkin snagged a balloon somehow from a carnival game in the gym and it turned out to be one of the best things of the night. I could always tell where he was! I'm thinking about getting a permanent balloon to put on him at parks and stuff so I don't loose him. I think it's a great idea!!! ;)
This is the game Linkin and I played for seriously about an hour while I was trying to get a cute pic of him in his outfit. He would not run unless I said either, "to infinity and beyond" or "buzz lightyear to the rescue". It was pretty funny! He had a fun time as you can tell from above! Cute little man!
Last week Linkin and I went through an intense potty training. I used the Toilet Training in Less Than a Day book and by the 2nd day threw that out the window. :) There was a lot of great things I took from it, but I had to customize it a little bit to make it work better for Linkin. I can say that we have not had any pee pee accidents in over a week!!!! He really only had 2 pee pee accidents to begin with and one of them was the first time we went out in public and I wasn't paying close enough attention. All in all he took to peeing in the potty very well! We started by teaching one of his stuffed animals how to use the potty and than he was so excited he took almost every single stuffed animal we have to sit on his potty chair. We had to switch that "fun" game to putting his stuffed animals on his Halloween bucket because once he started peeing in the potty I didn't want that all over the stuffed animals! haha. Once it was his turn he was so excited to go and he thought it was great he got all sorts of yummy treats and juices. Big boy Linkin!!!!
He is still having a hard time doing the poopoos on the potty. He freaks out and holds it and wont go. Thank he has a hard time going when it's time to go. If anyone has any suggestions about this let me know! Today I bribed him by getting Toy Story 3 and told him he could watch it when he went poo on the potty. It worked for today, but I can't do that everyday!!! As you can see in the picture he has gotten very creative with things to do while trying to poo. He ate his apple, put his underwear on his head, and played peek a boo with himself with the towel. (A few days earlier he took off his underwear and smacked me with them, but that's neither here nor there...) He is doing awesome and Doug and I are sooo proud! Good boy Linkin!!! You are doing sooo good!!!!!!
This was Linkin playing dress up mommy during our potty training fun. He dressed me in buzz than wanted to take my picture since I was taking funny pics of him. I guess this is the payback I get for posting pics of him on the potty, right?! When you are stuck inside for a few days there are crazy thing you will do to pass the time, and this was one. haha
