FFF- Ready, Set, Go

Just for an ironic take on this topic, here's a video from this summer of Rudy (and everyone else) riding bikes. Good thing it wasn't a race!



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Pumpkin Painting

Tonight Rudy and I decided to paint the pumpkins that we picked. I painted part of mine first and showed him how I was making eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Knowing full well that there was no way he was going to do the same, I then let him paint. He started out saying "eyes, nose, mouth" as he painted....





but it eventually became just a fully painted pumpkin.



One side of our pumpkins



The other side

Roller Skating

On Saturday Rudy went to his first roller skating party. He did very well (with skates whose wheels were locked so tight it was just like walking) and had a lot of fun (except for a few meltdowns since it was the middle of the afternoon).
For Paul and I it was a blast from the past - the local skating rink has not changed at all since we were kids. I've seen it a few times over the years on class trips but Paul hasn't been there since he was in grade school - nothing has changed.
The room we had the party in had a floor the kids could skate on, but of course none of them were satisfied there for long so off to the main rink we went. Despite some close calls with other skaters, Rudy didn't fall once when we were out on the floor. They have family skating nights we may try to go to sometime since he did enjoy it so much.

Fun on the Carousel

A few weekends ago we went to a local Octoberfest. Rudy loves the carousel and of course had to ride it. I got a pretty good video of him on it (It even has sound - love our new camera!). What you can hear him say is "neigh hey hey" - his version of a horse.

FFF- Friends

This week Rudy was lying on the floor trying to be a perro like Lou. Usually this is the point that Lou gets up and moves, but this time he rolled onto his side as if he wanted his belly rubbed. And he actually stayed there while Rudy moved around him. I think Rudy was also a little surprised that Lou stayed in one place for so long!





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Where?

You always hear about 'why?' being the main question little kids ask over and over again. Rudy seems to be straying from the norm (as usual) and has decided that his question is going to be where. Some examples from recently:

I told Rudy that on Sunday we are going to Baby Sean's baptism and we'd get to see Aunt Vincie, Uncle Andy, Tyler Noah and Sean.
Rudy: Where?
Me: We're going to the iglesia (church) for the baptism and then hang out at Aunt Vincie's house.
Rudy: Where?
Me: In Pennsylvania.
Rudy: Where?
Me: At their house.
Rudy: Where?
Me: (I then gave their street name AND later their number but he continued to ask where.)


A common discussion on the way to school:
Rudy: Where we going?
Me: To school.
Rudy: Where?
Me: To the new school.
Rudy: Where?
Me: In M---- (name of town)
Rudy: Where?
Me: Up the street and over the bridge.
Rudy: Where?
Me: (turn the music up a little louder and try to distract him)

Fall Day

What better to do on a lovely fall day than to go pumpkin picking. Of course the weather turned out much warmer than we expected so we roasted in our warmer clothes. But we got to pick some small pumpkins for our front porch. For now we'll leave them unadorned but we may eventually paint them. And of course in the coming weeks we will carve a pumpkin too - can't wait to see Rudy's reaction to that!