Halloween Party at LILA

How can I forget to post Marley's PreK-C Halloween party complete with the makings of a homemade pie and a superhero photo shoot with Daddy! 

A Power Ranger Halloween!

Marley celebrated his third Halloween. The first year we were all Parisian(with mustache, berets, and stripes). The second year we went out as a family of D.J's and MC.  Marley dressed up as DJ Lance Rock (carrying his cardboard boom box), Ahmed as Run from Run DMC and me Peppa from Salt&Peppa. This year Marley started a little early with costumes, a pre-Halloween if you will. I remember as a little girl dressing up into characters, stretching my artistic imagination and transforming myself into anything I wanted to be.......I guess I just never realized that little boys love to dress up too. Superheros ALL DAY LONG! Marley and his buddy Crimson traded costumes a couple of days before, getting into the spirit, they picked and carved a pumpkin. And then came the day!!!! Halloween parade at school and then....... Trick or Treat! Every kids dream. Free candy, take as much as you want. The mothers nightmare. All I am thinking is, where am I going to hide this and brake the news he cannot eat it all? So, I made a deal. Trick. I let him pick 7 candies, one for every day and to my surprise he went with it. He felt empowered!...he got to choose, we shook on it..........So It was a BIG deal. That went over well?!?!?  Treat!

Marley's pre Halloween as Wolverine and Marley's official Halloween as Red Power Ranger.

* Marley knocks at the door. "Hello, My name is Marley" opens and shoves bag in their face.

Transformer Halloween!!!

Marley is a Robot in disguise! Bumble Bee! Surprisingly, he was a little resistant to put on his costume today, but as soon as I mentioned he was going to have a Halloween Party at school he dashed into that costume faster than anybodies business! He was so excited to flex his padded muscles and show them off at the preschool! Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween!!! Goes Crazy for Yo Gabba Gabba

This was Marley's second Halloween. All week there were Halloween children events all costume oriented. Yo Gabba Gabba Characters were very popular and I knew that we were bound to find another.

On the day of Halloween, and accompanied by the neighborhood 3yr olds, we cruised Los Feliz and every house that had a pumpkin on its doorsteps....... we approached, rang that doorbell and in his little 21 month old voice he said "Twick a Tweet" and took all the candy his little hand could carry. Escorted by myself and Ahmed, we all dressed up as MC's. Ahmed was Run of Run DMC, I was Spinderella of Salt and Pepper and Marley was our own D.J Lance Rock

NINE MONTHS.....time fly's

HALLOWEEN 2009~ Z-French

I think I have reached my first big milestone being a Mom. This week Marley has made 9 nine months! He has been alive on the outside as log as he has been living in my womb. He is such an incredible baby. He is discovering, loving, laughing, and banging on any instrument he can get his hands on.

Marley is now coping with his 3rd tooth. He has been self soothing to himself by chewing on his fingers, teething bisquits, toys, etc. And I have been trying to comfort him in his teething pain by nursing or giving him homeopathic teething tablets. Sometimes, I feel so horrible that he has to endure this pain, but like I said he has been a champ.

Marley has been slowly falling in to a regular schedule with his naps, eating, nursing and sleeping time. I just really just try to be in tune with him and trust my natural instincts. The schedule changes every once in awhile due to teething, which causes fevers and diarrhea. When I see that he is tired, I try to take the opportunity to lull him to sleep. When he has his burst of energy I try to keep him entertained, by broadcasting everything we see, sing songs, play instruments for new sounds, look at picture books, and take lots of walks.

My favorite thing about Marley is his sense of humor. He is so funny! He loves to laugh and he is extremely ticklish! Loves kisses and enjoys cuddling with me. I love it. The day he no longer wants to cuddle with Mommy .....will be a Dark day for me. Which brings me to the why I wanted to write this blog. I am being totally melodramatic about this but I see his stage of a baby slipping. Just when I feel like I am getting really good at being a Mommy for this infant, he is already prying away from my arms in the quest for the freedom of walking on his own two feet and grabbing his spoon away to feed himself with his own two hands. He melts my heart everyday and we are having the time of my lives.

PHOTOS: This year we dressed up as a family. We were Z-French! We had fun and Marley wore his mustach well.