Weekend Activities...

Weekend Activities - yet another busy weekend!

Saturday
Saturday was a BUSY day!   Alexander had soccer, a birthday party, then home for trick or treating in our neighborhood.  We told Alexander that if there was any fighting/not listening/temper tantrums that he would be staying home as he didn't have a stellar week at school.  Thankfully he did very well Saturday morning and was on his best behavior.  He was able to go to all of his activities!

He was a bit silly at soccer but we're noticing that he definitely feeds off the energy of other kids - and there was another boy who was definitely into rough-housing this week.  However when the coaches had them do just drills to reduce silliness he did well.  He just has to focus and ignore kids around him who could get him into trouble.

After soccer, Mommy & Alexander went out to lunch as we had some time to kill before a birthday party that he was invited to.  It was for a girl from his class who left his class in September to go to kindergarten...she likes him so much that he was the only one invited from his class.  He had fun at the party - they played different games in the gym and then had some cake & ice cream and played some air hockey.

We headed home to meet up with Mimi and get ready for trick or treating!  We got all bundled up and headed out!  We let him choose which houses he wanted to go to...if the line was too long or seemed a bit creepy he wanted to pass.  And because it was daylight, you were able to see everyone's costumes more and he definitely made it a point to stay way from creepy costumes.  Yup, no denying this child is just like me when it comes to Halloween!

Sunday
Sunday was going to be a low-key day.  Alexander &  Daddy had plans to go hang with Michael for a bit at Uncle Matt's.  However that changed when Alexander threw a very large temper tantrum when we told him it was time to shut off the Wii and get dressed.  He had to have a timeout and as we told him that if he fought with us, he would not get to do fun things...so needless to say, Alexander got a timeout and his punishment was that he couldn't go to Michael's to play.  Once he finally calmed down, he & I had some lunch and relaxed a bit.  I also told him that if he remained calm & well behaved he could watch the Patriots game that afternoon.  He was able to keep it together in order to watch the game...so Daddy & Alexander watched the game together and Alexander asked questions about the game, the plays, and the rules the entire game.  It's great seeing him so interested in sports!