Pumpkins, nature walks, and grubs - AKA The Life of Bear Cub

The grub...read below for more details!

Checking out his collection from our walk!

Hanging out with some friends at the Pumpkin Festival

Checking out all the carved pumpkins!

Playing a game where he had to squirt the candle out with a Spiderman water "gun."

We had a very busy and fun weekend! It was so nice to visit with Aunt S and Uncle T on Saturday. They were kind enough to share some pavers they'd been given, so our back yard project officially awaits! They stayed for several hours and Bear Cub really enjoyed the visit. He also LOVED giving love to Aunt S's baby belly...I think he's excited to meet his new girl cousin this winter! :) We all are!

Saturday evening, we walked to our community's Pumpkin Festival. They had games for the kids, pumpkin carving and live music. It was PACKED! And so, so hot. Miserably so. But we met up with some friends, the kids had a blast, and we stayed until the lighting of all the carved pumpkins at 8 that night. It was a late night for us...but well worth it. :)

BC and I went to a birthday party for a little girl in his class on Sunday, while Daddy went into work for a few hours. The party was packed with kids! It was at the little girl's home...brave Mom, if you ask me...with pizza, cake, swimming, and a bounce house! Most of his class was there -- but only 3 boys! So, it was a flurry of pink all around, besides those 3 that tried to find something to do!

BC and I pretty much stayed around home yesterday, as I'm nursing a pretty sore throat and hoping to be on the mend soon! We ventured out for an official "Nature Walk," scouring our neighborhood for interesting creatures to put into his bug catcher. We found a few...but can never catch those pink dragonflies that he so desperately wants to get...for ME! We were out for about 2 hours...it was a real back yard adventure. :)

Last night I was getting into BC's backpack to get loaded up for school today. I needed to empty out his letter bag - they moved from A to F this week (I can not for the life of me figure out why this order!) and I needed to clear out last week's acorns he'd brought in. Well, much to my surprise...and his DELIGHT...we found a grub inside the letter bag! I guess it had been living in one of the acorns. Wow, BC was excited!! I had to retell a dramatic version of "How Mama Found the Grub" many times last night! He even acted like a grub (in a cage...his idea), as you'll see in one of the pictures. This boy loves his bugs, frogs, and anything NATURE related!

He had a good day at school today! How can I tell? Well, for one....he doesn't smell like his teacher's perfume! I know he's needed more redirection when he smells like HER...I think because she has to pick him up to get him where he should be. But today...he smelled just like he did when he left home! :) He's getting better in Circle Time and even helped share a book that he had brought in. I know he LOVES things like that! After school, it was on to the library for us and now he's snoozing away after his busy day.

Have a great week ahead! Let's see...we're most likely going to be making a trip to Clermont to visit friends this week and for me to play a little Bunco with my old gang. BC will hang out with the hostess' boys and her husband and then we'll head home. I'm looking forward to it - just hoping that I don't feel too sad visiting with my "old" friends! :) Can't believe we've been in our new house for almost 4 months...wow, time sure does fly! Take care!