22 November 2018

Trick, treat, or roar!

Yup, it was Halloween in the Rasmussen household.

We started our celebrations by doing some painting! Craig painted a pumpkin mask,
Calista did a skull, and Caleb napped.
Pretty awesome work, right?
Such good use of color!


And, of course, we had to do some carving, too.
This year, we have a gourd decorated with stickers,
a watermelon Calista carved the face of by herself,
Tasty watermelon!
and a bell pepper, because Craig asked to make a Halloween pumpkin out of one.
Weirdos, all of them.
Spooky!
Craig's pepper got a little singed when we lit them, ha.


And of course, there were costumes.
All three kiddos!
The black cat, dinosaur, and, um, fish monster? I think Craig said Caleb is an ichthyosaurus. Caleb just wanted to roar.


Yeah, Calista is a dinosaur, still sticking to that list she made the August she was 4.
Makes it easy to plan ahead, I suppose. 
I didn't realize dinosaurs could climb monkey bars...
Apparently this one can.

Craig came back to his original idea last year, and was a black cat.
He was most excited to have whiskers drawn on his face.
My black cat! Mee-ow!
Cats can climb monkey bars, too.

And, youngest sibling gets another hand-me-down.
This has been a fish, a Big Blue Monster, and now an ichthyosaurus.
Aww, that smile melts my heart!
Caleb liked the big eyes on his costume the most. Probably because they match his!


We had a very successful Halloween. Caleb said "trick or treat!" and "thank you" so well, and walked on his own. Craig loved it and then happily decided he was done when his bucket was full, heading home well before bed time. Calista wanted to keep going to another house or two, and then also willingly went home to check her spoils. 
We tricked. We treated. A good time was had by all.

29 October 2018

Craig Year Five Retrospective

Four years old was a busy year for Craig.

He's been doing gymnastics and loves it.
He talks about how gymnastics makes him strong and he's been getting better at the skills and at listening to his instructors.

Craig finished up preschool, doing spectacularly, although sometimes being a little sillier than some people might prefer.
His teachers say he's quite a character, which I'm pretty sure is a euphemism for "super crazy, silly, awesome, smart, annoying, loving, and frustrating."
And, of course, just a few weeks before he turned 5, Craig started kindergarten.
In the first couple of days, he had a bit of trouble transitioning, but seems to have found the groove now.
And he absolutely loves going to school, with taking the bus and playing on the playground being the highlights.

Craig loves to tell jokes. For a while, many of his jokes employed potty humor that made little to no sense. With our encouragement, he's most expanded past the poop jokes, but they still make little sense. Like this:
Knock, knock! (Who's there?)
Banana! (Banana who?)
Banana on your glasses [or head]! *Hysterical laughter*
He taught that one to Caleb, who repeats it regularly.

Caleb loves Craig, and tries to follow his example in more ways than just telling jokes.
Usually, Craig is an excellent example for him to follow.

Craig and Calista are a silly duo, as well.
They often love each other, and occasionally get on each others nerves.
I still find them sleeping together fairly regularly.
I'm pretty sure they are each other's best friend and biggest frustration.

We've gone and done many things this year. We went camping at Writing-On-Stone,
roadtripped to Oregon,
spent time with cousins,
and went to several Provincial and National Park.
Of course, we also had a ton of time to just play, inside and outside, at home and at parks, alone and with others.

Craig learned to actually peddle his bike this year, finally.
We've gone on several short bike rides, and he's done great on them.

Oh, and speaking of things Craig finally learned to do, I suppose it's only in the past year he actually has been out of diapers. That's pretty crazy, and I'm not sure I ever want to speak of that process again.

Craig absolutely loves playing with Legos.
Sometimes he gets frustrated, either because the blocks aren't going together quite the way he wants, or because Caleb is a toddler.
Mostly, he can spend an hour or more building and playing.

As do most kids his age, Craig definitely has opinions. He refuses to wear jeans and occasionally other pants that aren't "soft pants" (sweatpants) or shorts, which can make getting him ready for school interesting when it's laundry day.

Craig's favorite number is 89.
His favorite color is red. And blue. And brown. Even white. And pink. Even violet...
The best thing about being four was videos, videos, and more videos!

The Sunday before his birthday, Craig sat down in my lap and gave me hugs and kisses and told me he loved me, over and over again.
This is my little boy. This is the Craig that warms my heart and I'm so grateful for.
He may frustrate me sometimes, but he is also the sweetest and funniest buddy around, and I'm so happy that he is mine and chooses to love me.


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