Fall Fun

Bryan and I took the kids to the YMCA Halloween carnival on Sunday evening. We got there right at 5:00pm so both kids got a glow-in-the-dark Halloween shirt and we were able to go through the Haunted Adventure Zone. Actually, Sage and Bryan had to exit it early because Sage declared she was scared of the bats that were hanging on strings from the ceiling. Cyrus did a great job of not getting too afraid and he was the youngest one of the group.

Today Cyrus had his Halloween party at preschool. They were going to be decorating cookies with frosting and sprinkles so Bryan and I had to come up with a "cookie" and frosting option that Cyrus could decorate and enjoy without all the refined sugar and grains. Most of the SCD cookie recipes include almond flour, which still seems to be too textured or gritty for Cyrus' gut. We instead used an almond butter brownie recipe and plopped it onto cookie sheets as you would for regular cookies and they came out well! Bryan whipped up a frosting recipe that uses egg whites, honey, pinch of salt, and a little, real vanilla. We flavored some of it with real lemon extract and it tastes great! Cyrus' teacher said he loved it!

When I dropped Cyrus off to school today in his spider costume, I didn't mention to him that Sage and I would be coming by for the last circle time. We were able to sneak in without him noticing and it was awesome to see him sitting and listening to the story so intently! The expression on his face when he saw us was priceless and precious! He was so excited to see both of us and kept quietly looking at me smiling. I have included some pictures here.