X-Men

 Halloween is a pretty big deal around here. The boys start getting excited when the magazines show up in the mail in August.  Owen's favorite superhero has been Wolverine for at least a year now.  It doesn't change, and when asked why, it has to do with the claws. He was very excited to get the costume and it is already showing signs of wear and tear because he is in it all the time.

To my knowledge he has only seen the animated Super Hero Squad version of Wolverine so I am not too concerned. I am a little concerned that I didn't know that wolverines were an actual thing. Ben learned about them in preschool last year and I was all set to disagree with him when Jeremy lovingly pointed out that they were in fact real. This is why we send these boys to preschool and have no intention of homeschooling.

While Owen's favorite stays steady, Ben's will change from time to time. It was The Hulk for for a while then something called Beast. In one of the Spiderman and Friends books, Beast is described as:

"Gifted with superhuman moves, it's tough for the Beast to sit in one place for too long! However, when the blue-furred boy isn't busy playing sports, you'll find him spending countless hours studying his favorite subjects in school."

 Parent-teacher conferences were this week and I met with Mrs. Bryant and Mrs. Thompson, his speech teacher. The meeting went great. Mrs. Bryant showed me some of the work they have been doing in class. On the first day of school he drew a picture of himself with the biggest smile, from ear to ear, and at the bottom it said, I love school! She said that he is still just as positive and eager to learn and I tried, but couldn't stop the tears and I looked at her and she was tearing up too. I have mentioned that I love her, right?

I then saw a drawing of his Halloween costume. It was fairly accurate and I had to laugh. She was understandably confused. She thought he might be talking about Beast from Beauty and the Beast, but nope. I tried to explain that he was a character from X-men, but it was easier just to find the picture of him that I have on my phone. I'm sure that was a great use of our time together.

They can't wait for Halloween!