Ramen, Ramen and More Ramen

Despite our best efforts, Andrew is a picky eater. He eats fruits, meats and not much else. He will sometimes eat crackers, but never pasta or bread. So, imagine our surprise when we discovered that he LOVES top ramen. It is not the most nutritious food that he could eat, but we were pleased that he is branching out. We tried other long stringy noodles, which he puts in his mouth and promptly spits out and then hands us his plate and says "done".

Obviously, table manners will be the next thing we work on :)

Soccer Season Comes to an End

This year we felt that it was important to expose Matthew to as many different sports as we could, and then we would let him chose which ones he wants to pursue as he gets older. Matthew did swimming, t-ball and soccer. I never thought that I would say that I am a soccer fan, but Matthew had the best time.... We didn't even mind the rain! I do have to say that watching 4-5 year-olds play soccer might be the funniest thing I have ever seen. At half time, they switch which way the teams are going and switch goals. The kids would get so confused, half the time they would kick the wrong way. I must say, that all season long, Matthew only scored 1 goal for the other team. Not bad. I think the parents had as much fun laughing as the kids did playing. We can't wait for next year!!!

Halloween's of the past...

I thought I would take a minute to post past year's Halloween pictures. I'm sure you'll see the similarities in costumes. When we find a costume we like, we tend to reuse it...

Halloween 2004: Matthew as a Duck

Halloween 2005: Matthew as a chicken

Halloween 2006: Matthew as a lion

Halloween 2007: Matthew as Spiderman and Andrew as a duck (notice the similarity in Matthew's costume from 2004?)







Halloween 2008: Matthew as Ironman and Andrew as a chicken...

First Post- Halloween 2008

So this is the first post of the Scott Family Blog... and given the season, it seems appropriate that the subject be Halloween. The boys were very excited to go to get our pumpkins this year, and it was a fun time. We went to the pumpkin patch with some friends who have kids, and we had a blast. It was super busy, but it worked out OK. We even had time to take a break and have some kettlecorn...

A couple weeks later Halloween rolled around and it was time to get the boys into their costumes. Matthew wanted to be Iron Man really bad, and Andrew was a chicken. He looked so cute in it, but he definiately did not want to wear it. When we had him put it on the night before Halloweeen to take photos, he cried so hard! He really did not want to be in that costume! We did manage to get some pictures of him without tears, so that was good. On Halloween we went to the home of some friends and went to trick-or-treat in their neighborhood with their two kids. It was a lot of fun! Here are some pictures of the boys in their costumes:

All in all it was a good Halloween. The boys seemed to enjoy themselves, and we had fun too. Next up is surviving Thanksgiving, and then Christmas. Holidays can be tough for and on kids, but the boys are getting along well, and I know that at least in Matthew's case, they are looking forward to Christmas with eager anticipation.