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Enzo came into bed when he woke up, as he's been doing again the past few days. It's so nice to curl up next to him and get that extra 5 minutes of sleep. We had a fun morning, playing with toys, and eating a leftover cupcake from the other day. He likes the idea of a cupcake more than the cupcake itself. After a few nibbles of the frosting, he's done with it.

After Zoe left for work, we played Dem Bones with his new scary skeleton. He likes the very end of the song when the skeleton falls into a big heap, so he just repeats the last line again and again "....of the lord", and drops the skeleton on the floor.

Nanny Note: We had movie time in the morning. We painted after movie time then we played with toys. We sang a couple of Halloween songs then had lunch. After lunch, we read books and played the surprise bag game. After nap we played outside and sang Halloween songs again and made another monster.

When I got home, Enzo was sitting on the front wall holding a package that came in the mail. He'd been patiently waiting for me to come home so he could open it. He was stoked to find a Superman costume inside, and wanted to put it on right away. He flew around the house, stood on the potty to see himself in the mirror about ten times, and posed for a photo with his serious superman face.

Zoe is on call tonight, so Enzo and I did our usual Friday run to doggie day care. There was a huge line at the burrito place, and Enzo said he didnt want one, so we just got the dogs and came home. We had leftover ribs and pasta and corn again for dinner, while we watched some Toy Story.

After dinner, we roughhoused in the living room and played with toys for hours. I threw him up in the air, we wrestled, he climbed up my back, and we danced with dem bones. We drove the three aliens around in a lego tractor, and sent them crashing into the wall. For a long time we sat playing with the lego excavator. I would hide a little animal in the back compartment, and then he would guess what I'd hidden, before opening the little doors to see what was inside. It was funny because every single time, he guessed it was an alligator. And we did it about 50 times. He was laughing so hard. I kept saying, "it's not an alligator! guess some other animal.", and he'd stop and think, and then shout "it's an alligator!" Finally, I found the damn alligator, and hid it inside. "It IS an alligator!", he said when he discovered it inside. And that was the end of the game.

I waited too long before getting him upstairs for a bath, but I managed to get him in there for a minute before he ran to get his milk. He flopped around some, but went to bed pretty easily tonight.