Teenagers, Halloween and missing the grandparents

Ava, I feel like we have skipped ten years with you and we are raising a teenager.  Just this week you have locked me out of your bedroom because we didn't have red juice and told me you didn't want to talk to me.  But then you bring out the sweetness and push your little brother in the swing or give Carter a hug after he hurts himself. 

She told me she was pretending to be a fireman, see the boots and hat?

Carter has motivated me to finally decorate for Halloween.  Let's be honest, I have plenty of places for my money to go besides seasonal decorations, so I have just never gotten around to decorating the outside of the house.  But after frequent questioning "Why don't we have spider webs for the outside of our house?"  "Why isn't our house scary?"  "Can we please get a big spider for outside?"  I decided just to break down and get some spider webs and a giant big blue spider.  He also conned me into a skeleton for our front door.  I think he shares his father's love for garish seasonal decorations! 


Another story for the grandparents:  This week Dawson was sitting in his high chair fussing for his food.  Carter looked at me and said "I think he misses Grandma and Bo."  I think he may be missing them himself, because he also asked "Why can't Grandma and Bo stay at our house?"