Happy Halloween!

 Lion, and tiger, and bear--oh my!  It's a zoo at our house, but oh so much fun!  We found the lion costume first and wanted to somehow coordinate with our little Ezra.  I turned Dallin's brown Breckenridge hoodie into a bear costume and I found tiger fleece (on sale!) at JoAnn's and made pajama pants, ears, and a tail.  Ezra was super excited to wear his costume, first to the ward trunk-or-treat party and then again tonight.  We went out for a little bit to our neighbors on the cul-de-sac so Ezra could get a sense of Halloween.  I think he was a little confused, but very interested in all the costumes, lights, pumpkins, music, etc. that accompany the trick-or-treating.  We love our cutie boy!

First Snow

Ezra loves being outside.  It is his all-consuming goal to be outdoors as much as possible.  Many of his melt-downs are because he can't go outside (it's pouring rain, it's bedtime, we are going in the car to run errands, etc.)  Recently, we had our first snowfall, and wouldn't you know, he wanted to go outside.  I bundled him all up and we went, but he didn't really understand snow.  He wanted to touch the snow, but was quite upset when the white, fluffy stuff turned out to be very, very cold.   

Processing...

What is this?!

I'm not so sure, Mom.  Maybe we can go inside?

The unexpected reality.  (trying to hold the snow)

We went inside about here.  He had his fill.  We tried again a few days later, with gloves.  It turned out much better, although Ezra still isn't especially keen on the cold experience yet.