Cook Family: Pumpkins and Bedtime

This week, we had two days in a row of company. On Wednesday, Steve and Teresa came up, and then on Thursday, my dad and Shirley came. The kids really enjoyed seeing their grandparents again. Though, neither day did Nolan have a nap, so he was a bit cranky the next day....but this was quickly fixed when he took a 4 hour nap on Friday! Everyone is back on schedule and doing well.

Today, we (or I guess I should say "I") carved our pumpkins. I'm not the best when it comes to using a knife, but thankfully I escaped any cuts, and I think the pumpkins turned out pretty nice....though one pumpkin lost a tooth in the process! Trick or Treat night is on Wednesday, and I guess Matt and I will be taking all the kids together, so we won't be handing out any candy at our house...we'll just keep the house nice and dark.

We were working this week on having Nolan back to sleeping in his own bed. Matt asked Nolan when he would start sleeping in his bed, and Nolan said when he was 6 years old. So Matt said, "how about when you're 4." Then my little negotiator countered with, "okay, how about 5." I don't know how in the world he is so smart, but he is. Nolan later saw a duck game on TV and asked if he could have it. So I told him that if he slept in his own bed for 10 nights in a row, we would go to the store and he could get the game. Well, night before last, Matt took Nolan to his bed very quietly and climbed in with him for a moment. Nathan started wrestling around in his crib, and then pulled himself up to see his daddy and brother in the room. He then began to chuckle at them, and that was the end of that. Nathan was awake, so Matt took him downstairs for a bottle, and Nolan climbed in bed with me. I guess we will have to wait until Nathan is big enough to sleep in the big bed with Nolan...probably when Nolan is 5, like he said!

Here are some pics from the week.