The Haunted Hospital

I think I may have had a small lapse of parenting judgement. Lorenzo has been begging to go to a haunted house and the haunted hospital in Tooele just opened up. Last weekend Esperanza was having a sleep over and Lorenzo just kept begging. So we decided to take him. He invited his good friend and cousin Zane who is 9 to go with him. My boy thinks he is way older then 3. I probably should have had some reservations when he told me on the way that he wasnt three anymore but almost nine like zane. Anyways those haunted houses are scary. I hadn't been to one since I was in high school and forgot how creepy they are. I do have to say though that I have a very brave son. He made it through and he didn't cry and even wanted to go again after, but I think we better wait a few years before we do that again.

Oh what do you do with a three year old

Since Esperanza just started preschool it has been great fun to spend alone time with Lorenzo.  I am pretty sure he lives in a dream world.  It is so amazing how he views the world, but the other day we had a funny little conversation.

Lorenzo: Mom are we buddies?

Me: Sure we are

Lorenzo: Well, do you like spiderman

Me: Sure

Lorenzo: Well, then we cant be buddies because I like batman now.

Me: Oh, so what if I like dinosaurs and you like batman can we still be buddies?

Lorenzo: Yeah I like dinosaurs too so we can be buddies

Me: Ok what if I like strawberry shortcake?  Can we be buddies?

Lorenzo: Mom! That is a bad word. Never say that to me again. Strawberry shortcake is for girls.

I just had to laugh to see the workings of his mind.  Always full of questions and surprises!

i need a do over

Do you ever have a day that you wish you could do over?  That was my day today. Grumpy mom, grumpy wife, grumpy person.  Not impressed with my own behavior.  Guess tomorrow I will try harder.

Irresistable

I can't resist this face.

A boy obsesssed!

Lorenzo loves, and I don't just mean love, but he love loves lightening McQueen and the movie Cars. Anyways he got some lightening McQueen shoes and he refused to take them off for a week. He even slept in them. I tried to sneak in and take them off after he fell asleep and it was like he had radars on them or something because he knew I was trying to get them off and would wake up. Oh the joys of being a little boy.

Marriage...

So we tried to the go to the Salt Lake temple three times to see the Christmas lights and two out the three times our kids fell asleep right before we got there. I guess the third time was the charm. Anyways, Esperanza wanted to go so bad to see the lights and the Temple and once we were there she kept asking if she could go in the temple. I tried to explain that we couldn't go in and that we could just see the lights, etc. Well, just as we were getting ready to leave she got so sad and her eyes welled up with tears and she said, but mom I wanted to get married. It was so cute. I just couldn't help myself. I started laughing. She thought she was going to be able to get a beautiful wedding dress and marry a prince since I always tell her we get married in the temple. As for Lorenzo he was just so excited to get to ride on the Train (trax) that he couldn't focus on anything else.

Halloween

So we had a great time trick or treating this year, but true to my luck everything cannot just go smoothly. Of course Lorenzo didn't want to dress up. At first he absolutely refused. I don't know what his deal was. I finally talked him into it by telling him he wouldn't get any candy if he didn't put his costume on (I am a mean mom). Once he figured out he got candy he

was all for it. Although right when we finished getting candy off came the costume. Then Esperanza changed her mind about what she was going to be three times. First she wanted to be Cinderella, then she wanted to be an elephant and finally she ended up wanting to be a witch the night before Halloween. Good thing I could take back the Cinderella costume. Spencer told me to just make her be Cinderella, but she absolutely refused. As I write this I am starting to see a common trend with my kids. I don't know where they get their stubbornness from :) It couldn't be me. We did have a good time though. We went with Maresa's kids then of course we made the rounds to all the grandmas and grandpas. We sure missed Spencer though.