RyanC pics

We think grandma taught RyanC to put his hands in his pockets to keep hands warm in their morning walks... Now he poses like this whenever he wears anything with pockets:




Halloween was a blast for RyanC since it's the first time he got to take any candy he wanted. Last year he wore the same costume (it was too big for him then) and but did not care enough to take any candies. This year he gradually learned from all the other kids that all he had to do was to walk around work, pick up candy and put it in a container. He doesn't say trick-or-treat so I got him say hello and thank you to people instead. He made really quick decisions early on as he rarely hesitated in picking which candy he wanted from the various piles of goodies. That made sense since we hadn't given him much candy so he couldn't have a favorite yet. However, as he got more candies, he started to take more time for some reason. I was really puzzled when he took forever to pick one from a pile of fruity candies with the same color/pattern. Good thing he didn't get in between CherkyB's MaxC and candies when they met -- eeyore is no match for buzz light year!



Today we went to the local grocery store and RyanC gave us this sheepish look as he put his hands in his pockets and eagerly walked towards the candy container area. It soon became obvious that he thought the store was like the trick-or-treat trip at work where he could take any candy he wanted. Since reasoning does not yet work well with the boy, we had to give him the emergency reserve candies to bribe him to move on.

RyanC has been having night terrors lately. It's kept me and grandma restless as we took turn taking care of him. Yet I had forgotten about that when I put in Monsters Inc for the first time this morning -- was trying to find a movie that he would enjoy other than Ice Age. He doesn't seem to like Toy Story or Finding Nemo much and Noggin shows were starting to bore him too. I realized what I might have done when he hid behind me as the monster was practicing scaring a dummy kid. Despite that scare, he still finished the movie without too much fuss though! It's going to be an interesting night.