Tyler learned an important lesson today. He came up to me over the weekend all excited because he had a new lego car that he wanted to show me. It didn’t look familiar and I asked him where he got the car. When he said he got it from school and I asked him if he asked anyone if he could “borrow” it he realized that he had done something wrong.

Sensing a need to nip the “sticky fingers” tendency in the bud, fast, I told him that it was not right to do this and that he should take the toy back on Monday and immediately apologize to the teacher. Just to make sure everything would go smoothly, I called his teacher Sunday night to say that Tyler would be talking with her.

Apparently this type of thing happens quite often so everything went off without a hitch today and Tyler seems to have taken his lesson to heart. Notch another life lesson in the tree of life and wonder what path he may have strayed down if we didn’t have our little talk.

Yep, Halloween’s just around the corner and the kids are already comparing their costumes. One of the kids on the block planted the idea that the best costume is one which can hold the most candy. Previously popular categories such as Superheroes & Villains went out the window. For some reason no one liked my suggestion of a large Shop-Rite bag and they haven’t figured out a kangaroo yet.

Tyler’s going to be a Raccoon because, “they wash their hands and can run fast through the night.” Julia’s going to be a flying unicorn but she didn’t have anything to do with the decision. eBay came to our rescue and we quickly found what we needed.

For a lighter side look at the decision of what to be for Halloween, take a look at retroCRUSH: the world’s finest pop culture and Leo Sayer website, hilarious.

Tyler’s beginning to get a sense of fashion. The other day he wanted to dress himself and came down the stairs with a pair of baggy pants that were too long for his legs. I offered to tuck them up for him but he insisted that I leave it alone.