I mean I truly haven't seen Alex melt down like this for over a year. So, the majority of the day at the patch, Alex looked a lot like this:
Or at best, like this:
Emma on the other hand, was great. A doll the entire trip. She did spend a lot of time looking at Alex wondering if she had made the best decision in choice of best friends.
Alex playing in the bounce house, where he threw a fit.
Alex tossing the corn bag. And afterwards, he threw a fit.
Alex and Emma checking out the "petting zoo" where you couldn't really pet the animals. Shortly thereafter, he threw a fit.
Alex can count now, which scares me. Soon he will be able to read and call me on my bluffs like, "look Alex, there is a sign right there that reads, 'We apologize but we are out of Happy Meals'. Sorry Buddy". Every time I do something like that, I just wonder how many times my parents did it to me. "No Kate, we can't go to Chucky Cheese tonight. They close every Saturday night"
Emma being a little sweetie. Alex was off somewhere, throwing a fit.
There was a tractor on site for photo ops. There were some tractor accessories still on it that even Alex knew were a little questionable. He stopped throwing a fit long enough to give me a knowing look. Seriously, no one thought the daggers of tetanus here might need to be removed before mass quantities of children climb on it? Geez.
He even threw a fit after we bought him a cake pop.
Thanks for checking in. Hopefully this crabby kid will have a better Halloween!! This is the first year Alex has taken an interest and decided what he wanted to be himself. Much to my dismay, he opted out of something incredibly cute from, say, Pottery Barn, and went for the typical overly priced, stupidly cheaply made Optimus Prime costume. I was not overjoyed obviously, but he is. Loves it with all his might. I am sure he will take the mask off by the 2nd house and the costume itself will fall apart by the end of the block, but hey, hopefully he will remember it as his best costume ever. Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, so I hope it is one of his too!
