Reading up on Halloween

How awesome are Halloween children's books? SO awesome. I'm so happy it's autumny everywhere and Halloween is right around the corner... but I don't want it to come too soon because by then fall will be nearly over. :/ I need to start thinking about costumes. Last year Bobo was a turkey and a cow... and a pumpkin at bedtime. :)


I don't know if he'll get the concept of Trick-or-Treating... but it won't be for lack of trying on my part... we have been reading lots of Halloween type material to prepare! Now we just have to wait for the cheesey Halloween movie marathons on ABC Family... oh MAN do I love those. I'm so excited (and lame).


P.S. How cute is Bobo's little smile in this last one? You know he's going to be super holiday crazy just like his looney mommy! :) Just wait 'til Christmas! We already borrowed 'The Polar Express' from the library since I read the book to him and he liked it so much (but he won't sit and watch it yet... I'll give it a few months).

My Little Bookworm

Arin loves books... he loves to read them on his own, flipping through and looking at all the pictures and pointing out what's what... and even more he loves being read to. He can't get enough of his books, and has been this way ever since he was a teeny tot.



Here we are in our pajamas reading the Little Critter Collection book... we also have a bunch of these single books in paperback, which were mine when I was little. I found a lot of my old books, though there are still many more that I'm searching for. One set that he really likes are the Berenstain Bears. We just found them the other day, and I forgot how much *I* loved them too. We only found two, so I went on ebay and ordered five more, not to mention an ebook that Alex found for us.

Now all I need is some kind of storage solution for these books that Bobo won't rip apart in five seconds flat... whenever I put his books away the next thing you know they are all back in a messy pile on the living room floor... it has just become a decorative feature now! I don't know that a bookshelf would help, but I read somewhere that old magazine holders might work, the kind where you can see the fronts of all the books like in doctor's offices. I don't know, I just know something has to be done... we need more room to play on our Wii Fit now!