The brat is back! After a couple of weaks of taking it easy on us, he's swerving right back into tantrum town. Most of the big fights this week were over him not wanting to wear long pants. Karen finally had to just make the short pants go away to break him of thinking they were still an option.
Zeeke's been an eating machine this week. Normally he eats like a bird, but lately it's all six course meals. We're expecting another growth spurt any day.
Zeeke has at last settled on a Halloween costume. After toying with going as Olaf (from Frozen), a slice of pizza, a dinosaur, a dog, and finally, a specific dog: Marshall the Firefighter Pup from Paw Patrol. In retrospect it was an obvious choice: his favorite character from his favorite tv show. Even better, it was easy to put together. He already had a dalmatian mask from Grandma Joy and a firefighter rain coat from Great Aunt June. All we had to do was borrow a helmet from his pal Delano and then make Marshall's pup tag out of Play-Doh.
Saturday morning, Steve & Zeeke went to play ground where they played monster tag and drew chalk roads with Andrew & Lazlo, then took the subway over to music class, where he had a great time. On the way home, they swung by the Passyunk Ave Halloween party just long enough to grab a snack. After his nap, they walked down Passyunk. The party was over but Zeeke enjoyed watching all the vendors take down their tables. After that, Zeeke decided he wanted to go grocery shopping and filled the cart with things he wanted to eat, including lunchmeat, a pommegranate, and instant chocolate pudding. We went home and mixed up the pudding to eat on Sunday.
Sunday, we feasted on the food Zeeke bought, played with play dough, and drew our own Halloween decorations (including Zeeke's favorite, a "pretty vampire") that we put in the windows.