Jonas' second Halloween was slightly less stressful than his first. Last year he was 3 weeks old and of course the WHOLE family across the county HAD to see him. and as a new mom i felt pressured (my own pressure, no one really pressured me) to oblige them and show off my beautiful son! He was sick, and he hated his costume. so it was pretty stressful for me.

Ever since i was in Kindergarten, i have not lived in a Neighborhood, we have always lived off the beaten path, or on a back country road, or our driveway was too long for anyone to walk down to trick or treat. so for some reason, i've always wanted to hand out candy to trick or treaters. This year was my year. I was going to hand out candy and turn on my porch light and welcome all manner of strangers to my front door. I was ready at 4:30. which is when i always got to my aunt's house (i used to go to my aunts house and hand out candy at her house b/c she lived in a really nice HUGE neighborhood). in their neighborhood, there were always little kids out that early then the middle-schoolers and slightly older kids would be out till about 8pm. well, in MY neighborhood, i did not have a single trick or treater till 7PM!!!!! i did have about 20 kids come by though so the evening wasn't an entire waste. I also thought since Jonas doesn't really eat candy, that he would get more fun out of watching kids come to our door dressed up than walking around a neighborhood or even going to "trunk or treat" at our church. and i was right for the first 3 trick or treaters that came. they were cute and he laughed at them and grinned and giggled. HOWEVER, the 4th trick or treater, was a "scary" spiderman in the black costume. let me tell you, Jonas was TERRIFIED!!! and after that, he wanted nothing to do with anyone or anything that came to our door!

in other non-halloween news, i have a feeling i'm going to have a problem with temper tantrums with this boy. whenever i have to tell him no or take something away from him that he shouldn't have, his entire body goes "dead-weight" and he arches his back, throws his head back, drops to the floor and cries. This kid is only 13 months old!!!! I dont' know what to do!! i despreately don't want to have one of "THOSE KIDS" that are always whispered about behind the parent's back. but i also don't think Jonas is old enough for me to spank him. I have patted his hand once or twice when i told him not to get his hand near the fan, and i patted his face once when he bit me (meaning to kiss me but he bit instead).

Also, on a completely different note, I'm finally going back to school full time!!! I'm going full time starting in the Spring semester. I'm so excited! I finally think i have a major that i like, and can/will stick with. It will be a little tight on our budget, but Jonas will be going to a full time day care in someone's home. the lady is a friend of Tom and Susan (my father and mother-in-law). Jonas and i went to her house on Wednesday of this week to make sure Jonas liked her and the other kids she kept. Also, i wanted Jonas to see me there with them (sometimes i think he has trouble staying with someone who he thinks is a "stranger" he doesn't always like sunday school if the teacher is new. ) but he really had fun at Jennifer's house (jennifer is the day care lady) and the other kids were really great. I absolutely can't wait for Jonas to start going every day so i can go to school! Wish us luck!