Hallowe’en and the rest of October

I just uploaded a bunch of photos and vids to Current photos so check it out! The camera cable has been missing for a few weeks, but we finally found it.
Marshall had a lot of fun in October:

-visits with Auntie Stacey, cousins Sam and Diego from Calgary
-Thanksgiving turkeys at Gram’s and Mary’s place
-a visit with mommy’s friends Michelle (New Maryland) and Melanie (visiting from Ottawa) and their many children (3 of Michelle’s 4 girls were present and both Mel’s boys)
-apple-picking at Belliveau Orchard with mommy and Gram
walks in Mapleton Park with Grampy
-making Hallowe’en gingerbreads with mommy
-making bread with daddy
-making “zebra” cake with mommy – ie. he used the “apple machine” to peel/slice/core apples and determined that the cake we made was using apples that looked like the zebra rug we have on the wall and therefore the apple caramel coffee cake shall forevermore be known as Zebra Cake
-tons of fun at school – including a visit from Louise’s pretend friend Pedro from Mexico – they made a whole slew of Mexico-themed crafts and presented them to the parents on the day Pedro (the puppet) came to visit them in class to talk about his country (where Louise is from)
-dance party with mommy
-h1n1 shots – luckily we went the first day they were offering them … Marshall was super tough and brave and didn’t even cry! (as long as everyone knew he didn’t want any bandaids)
-Marshall’s stubborn wart is almost gone! – after a couple of attempts to treat with ASA per the first clinic visit, bought the nasty freeze-away stuff and did it while he was sleeping. It took most fo the nasty callousy party away and we may have to treat it one more time to get the little black dot that’s left.
-raking leaves with daddy
-Hallowe’en party at Jack’s place
-Trick or treating which yielded tons of loot

Other random cuteness:
- Marshall will order for himself in a restaurant and frequently requests that we go to the restaurant at the escalator store (aka The Bay). He already knows what he wants when we get there. One time dad took him and he sat down and order pancakes and bacon for breakfast. Another time Rick took him and he ordered himself hotdogs on a stick (mini pogos)
- he is known to say “aw come ON!” when we say no to something. or “check it out!” when he wants to show us something or “see I told you mommy … ” any old time when he actually didn’t tell me anything previously.
- he has randomly started throwing french words out also, and will often sing french songs out of the blue.

Other:
- baby is kicking lots
- 19w u/s was October 14th and I can pick up the pic anytime, I just haven’t gotten around to it
- Marshall had a petit mal on Thanksgiving Monday and another (grand mal) seizure a couple of weeks later, so the doctor increased his medicine again. He takes 2 half-pills at night and 1 half in the morning and he does it so far every day without a problem – they’re not chewable but he crunches them right up and drinks the water and shows us that the pill is gone. He is a trooper :)
- Enjoying my new job! Wish I didn’t have to leave it in a few short months…
- Rated a C on the oral french test (yahoooo!) for the feds .. so I’m a E/C/C I think? (reading/writing/oral on a scale of A-C, C being the best, and E meaning you are exempt forevah! … not sure how I managed that one) The C rating is good for 5 years.

Ok, I think I’ve used up that extra hour we gained on the weekend – goodnight!