Trick or Treat

Halloween this year was a bit of a marathon!  We started it off by carving our pumpkins.  Calder wanted the classic happy jack-o-lantern face.  And he was so proud of it.  He kept turning off all the lights in the house so he could look at his pumpkin.  Even if one light was on clear on the other side of the house, he would go turn it off, then stumble his way back to admire his pumpkin.  It was pretty cute how excited he was!

We had a hard time nailing down what Calder wanted to be for Halloween.  He kept changing his mind, and we kept suggesting things that he would like at first, but then was not happy with. So then we came up with a monkey, like Curious George.  I think we found a good fit. :)  I made both kids' costumes, and I am happy with how they turned out.

I told him to act like a monkey.  I think it looks more like a yoga pose? 

Adelaide was my little Lady Bug.  Mostly because I wasn't interested in making a complicated costume for my one-year old. I did her hair in pig tails so she could have little antennas. :)  I brought them outside to try and take a few fun pictures.

Once again, so happy with his pumpkin.

I told Adelaide to go get Calder, and she did!  I think she was going to give him a hug. :)

 

This was not staged!  I think both kids were just ready to go inside!

When we got inside, Calder was sitting down and Adelaide tackled him! I think he was pretty surprised!

Our ward had a Trunk-or-Treat on Wednesday.  It was fun seeing all of the kids all dressed up. On Thursday, Craig's work had a Halloween party, so the kids dressed up again.  And then Friday, we took them out Trick-or-Treating.  It was cold - the coldest day we have had yet!  So we did a quick trip up one street and down another.  Our neighborhood didn't have many trick-or-treaters, so every house we went to gave us handfuls of candy.  It was very efficient. Adelaide was in heaven.  She held on to one piece of candy in each hand the entire time!

We had fun Halloween stickers on our windows this year.

The kids kept admiring their pumpkins every time we went outside.

Checking out the goods when we got home after Trick-or-treating.

I love this season!  I love how excitement just keeps building from Halloween, to Thanksgiving, to Christmas - one right after another!

All about Adelaide

Adelaidy had her 1st birthday on Aug. 6th.  (So I am 3 months late....oh well!) I can't believe how much she is growing up!  Here is a little recap on her birthday, and then some things about her.

We kept her birthday fairly simple.  She loved the balloons I had blown up for her.  And she was definitely drawn to the little pile of presents we had wrapped up.  

Craig's sarcastic comment was "I love how I got to wrap the presents AND unwrap them, too." Needless to say she needed quite a bit of help unwrapping. But hey, it is all in the spirit of Birthdays. Presents need to be wrapped, in my opinion!

Grandmas and Grandpas got her a doll and a stroller, and a fisher price car that she can sit and ride in.  We got her a purse with a little brush and some hair things.  She also got some ABC blocks, a doll, and a stuffed animal from some of our friends and neighbors. It is so fun to have girl toys!  She loves to push around her baby in the stroller.  She'll go all the way down the sidewalk until I turn her around, and then push it all the way back home.  But she does stress out if her baby isn't in the stroller the right way.

That day was fairly normal.  We spent some time in the backyard, where I snapped a couple of pictures of her.

This is what she did as soon as I started singing "Happy Birthday" to her.  She loves songs.  And attention.

I made a teddy bear birthday cake for her.  She LOVED looking at it!

The pre-frosting stage.  I stuck all the layers together and did a basic sculpt.

The finished product. :)

We invited some friends and neighbors over that night to celebrate and help us eat all that cake!

Adelaide was very dainty at first, trying to use a spoon to eat her cake.  :) She got into it a little more by the end.

A few things about Adelaide:

• She started walking at 10 months!  She has never been one to stay still for very long, and always has to try to keep up with her brother.
• She loves to ride on our boat.  Anytime she sees us pull out her life jacket, she gets very excited!
• She has a lot of personality!  And can be very dramatic already. 
• She LOVES Calder. She always wants to be doing what he is doing.
• She is such a good eater. She will eat anything that we put in front of her.  Plus anything she can find lying around...which is never a good thing!
• She loves music and will dance (do a little shoulder wiggle) any time she hears a song.
• She will wave to every person she sees at the grocery store, and most always stop and smile back, and tell her what beautiful eyes she has.  
• She has a very hearty laugh.  She can squeal too, but when she is laughing hard, it all comes from the belly.

We are so grateful to have this little lady in our home!  Happy (late) Birthday!