Treat yo self

This weekend it was time to treat yo self.

My BFFs and I were supposed to do a mani/pedi date to celebrate two of our birthdays in JUNE, and it finally happened this past weekend. It was definitely well worth the wait, though. We even went for a run first to make sure our toes were sufficiently disgusting. I'm not sure I've had a manicure since my wedding. It's been four days and it's surprisingly still mainly intact! I've been wearing flip flops no matter how unseasonably cold it is to show off my toes.

I love my time with my friends, and getting a pedicure is always super relaxing. Especially with those glorious massage chairs. There's just something different about it now though, where even if I'm in heaven, drinking coffee, getting my feet rubbed, and chatting with my girlfriends, I still miss this face.

Even though he was napping for a good chunk of time I was gone....I still missed some awake time with him. It's probably for the best though, as Eric has requested some father/son time. Apparently I'm somewhat of a baby hog. #shocking

Yes, I'm still calling him a baby even though he is officially wobble walking everywhere. There's no stopping him.

We went to get our pumpkins Sunday morning. Maybe I'm just out of the holiday circuit, but have pumpkins always been so expensive?? 

Ours were slightly smaller.

Dalton had a great time and was obsessed with the wheel barrows. He ran after one full speed and was thrilled when Eric let him push ours. 

He could actually push it, no help needed.

I got a hot spiced cider, which sentenced me to a nonstop attack of bees. A fate worse than death, and yet I refused to stop drinking it.

Bee all up in my cider.

We were all excited to let him check out the pumpkin guts while we carved them and he was completely uninterested and just wanted to bang the big metal spoon we were using to scrape out the insides. Babies. They know nothing.

Despite his lack of interest, I'm still really excited for Halloween this year. It's our first time as adults living in a home where we can actually hand out candy to trick or treaters (we didn't get too many in our previous third floor apartment). Dalton is sort of old enough to participate (if you can walk, you can trick or treat) and yet young enough where I can dress him however I want and eat all his candy without protest. 

Last year, he was five weeks old on Halloween. While that was adorable, it didn't lend itself to celebrating much.

Not to be the holiday police or anything, but when did Halloween start like the second week of October? My Facebook feed is filled with people in costumes already. And I heard that trick or treating can take place all sorts of random days that towns decide now? What is this insanity? I can get on board with holiday parties happening earlier, and I'm certainly not saying I would be turning them down myself, but trick or treating needs to be reserved for the 31st. 

In a tiny bit of non baby news, I finally started listening to Undisclosed, which is a podcast that has more information about the case of Adnan Syed, from the Serial podcast. It's no Serial, but I've been getting pretty into it on my runs. 

I'll end with a random picture from our trip to the playground Sunday evening.

Because that smile.

Thoughts on trick or treating on various dates throughout October? I'm not talking about trunk or treats or those zoo events or anything like that. I'm talking about door to door, getting candy. Seems especially unnecessary this year with Halloween on a Saturday.

Anyone else listen to Undisclosed?