Chronicles of Kyperman: Halloween

So, this past weekend we took a last minute trip to the west side of the state. Aren and Leah were in town from Milwaukee, so we decided Kyperman needed to see his uncle and aunt. After a long day at the hospital Joel and I headed out to Holland. We got in around 10pm. With a stop at Joel's cousin's house in order for Kyperman to have a late dinner. Thanks for the couch Tarah and Brian! Once, we got into Holland we visited with Joel's parents and Aren and Leah. It was great. We headed to bed and the next day was Halloween. I borrowed a pumpkin costume from one of my fellow MOPS (Mom of Pre-Schoolers). Kyperman made a very cute pumpkin. We had some photo-ops as you can see below. Unfortunately, we forgot our camera when we visited my brother and sister-in-law. They have some good pictures of the Sydney and Peyton as bumble bees and Kyper in his pumpkin costume. After visiting them, we headed back to Joel's parents and had a very good lunch of pirate steak. We then hit the beach--well most of the group hit the beach. Kyperman and I stayed in the car, because it was too cold and Kyperman was hungry. The next stop on our adventure was to visit my Grandma VanFarowe. Unfortunately, she didn't get to see Kyper in his pumpkin costume--there was a little leaking accident before our visit. (I love this picture of Kyper and my grandma!)Due to the timing, we were able to stop at our friends' house on the way out of town. Tim and Trish were hosting a Halloween party and we decided to stop by. Kyperman got his dinner there as did we. Trish made two excellent chili's! Finally, at about 7 pm we were headed back to the east side of the state. We made it home and headed to bed. We recovered on Sunday from our speedy trip.

Joel is now on an internal medicine rotation, which in this case means longer hours at the hospital. The nice thing with rotations is that they are only 4 weeks long, so he is already a quarter of the way done with this one and the hours. I hope the peds clinic has better hours--that is his next rotation. He will begin it the week of Thanksgiving.

I am happy to report that Kyperman is still a stellar sleeper. Occasionally, he decides he wants a very early breakfast at 4/5, but then he goes back down for a bit. Kyperman is also starting to stretch his meals, which means a little more time for mommy to get things done in between meals. :)