A different boy

These last few months have been really off-schedule for Christian. With my loads of school work, Christian's baseball games, work, birthday parties, and social events, our routine has been completely thrown off course. We are doing good if we get him in bed by 9:30. Christian used to know what to expect each day, but now he asks a bazillion questions. I know the "whys," "whens,"and "hows" are also a stage.

This chaos has changed Christian. He is much clingier and has become a little shy.

• When we took him to the Halloween party, he would barely say "trick or treat" and didn't go in the bounce house. (Though, he did end up doing really well when we went around the neighborhood.)
• He won't play baseball anymore. Just as well, I thought it was too hectic for even an adult! Imagine being three! He just wants to sit with me in my lap and watch the other kids.
• He will NOT let us leave him in Sunday school class.
• He now cries when we leave in the morning.
• We took him to play on the playground at Chick-Fil-A over the weekend and he wouldn't leave the bench.

Its hard to stay on a tight schedule with so much going on, so from now on we are going to have to pick and choose what events we can do. We don't have to do everything. No more baseball games and practice. No more letting him stay up "5 more minutes" (he likes to pull that one, only it ends up being 30+ minutes). No more running around all day long, going from place to place, and staying out until after 9:00.

He sure did make a cute Eddie Munster!...

So many people thought he was just so cute, so they gave him extra candy. Wow!...

He loved riding this horse with my sister, Kelli...
Being a timid trick-or-treater at the Halloween party...