Potty People

Ernie's principle at his school told Lydia that he is "so cognitively advanced. She asked him what was on his shirt and he said "boo". Even compared to the kids 6 months older than him he has way more language."

Ernie's training potty came in the mail today. A new chapter unfolds.

We got very familiar with the thing. Was it a chair? A hat? Nobody knows.

I have a life rule where if a bar sells these baby Miller High Lifes I am obligated to buy one. They're just so fun.

I went to a Halloween party at Miriam's house today. We hit Lottie's Lounge afterward and bumped into a couple of people from the party. This guy was dressed like late rapper MF DOOM.

Yet Another Halloween Thing

Redmond Town Center has a trick or treat thing every year where all the different shops hand out treats.

We had a pregame snack in the parking lot.

He's so cute and funny. At this age he doesn't even know what candy is so he just hands it over.

Ern's a big Elmo fan so he had to say hello to the kid in the Elmo costume.

We met up with Max and the Germans for dinner at Red Robin afterward. I think it may have been my first time eating there. Only while standing in the lobby looking at the wall decorations did I realize it was founded in Seattle!

The Italian citizenship groups I follow are full of people's stories of getting blown up by the new rule change. I'm glad I got that sorted out because I would be devastated to miss my chance like this.

9th Annual Pumpkin Beer Tasting

Today we hosted our 9th Annual Pumpkin Beer Tasting.

To make things extra spooky Lydia insisted that we crack open some of the prosciutto baby food that we brought back from Italy. She has very strange tastes indeed. She said "it tastes like if you had deli meat chicken and you ground it up and made it into like yogurt". Which I feel like is suspiciously close to just a description of what it is.

 

We cleaned and set the stage for fun times.

Our German friends brought us some amazingly weird Haribo variations from the old country.

Cora the explora was in attendance.

Many pumpkins were harmed in the making of this party.

Halloween Everywhere

Ernie's school had a Halloween event so we rolled up for a few treats.

Ern and his teacher were twinning today.

A big hit were these little colored lights that fit on your finger.

Ern was playing with his new little light toy before nap time.

We attended Tract-or-Treat at Infinity Farm in Issaquah, Washington.

"Trick or Treat event featuring eastside vendors, food trucks, and farm animals."

Most memorably it was featuring a big hungry cow that we could feed.

There was a chicken hanging out in the bathroom.

We had dinner at Macky’s Dim Sum in Issaquah.

I went to a Halloween party later at my friend Roger's house.

I've been playing Disco Elysium. It's a masterpiece. It's so funky and unique and has amazingly weird and humorous writing. I can't imagine this publisher or anyone else will be able to make a game quite like this one ever again.