Halloween was a lot of fun this year. My mom was dancing in an elementary production of Thriller, so Jacob left work early and met me at the school to watch. We then got lunch and went to the park. I semi-dressed up. I pulled together a pirate costume last minute. Jacob asked if I was dressed up and when I said yes, he felt he should also put on his costume. It was a little more eccentric than mine. Later that night he won several costume contests with his fiance who wore the matching girl version.
Olive really did not like her costume. She didn't mind the body suit, but she wanted nothing to do with the ears. We did manage to get them on and distract her for two seconds while we took a picture. The costume came with little bootie things that she liked, but she wanted to wear them on her hands, not her feet. It was pretty entertaining to watch her try to pick up candy with the booties on her hands.
She spent most of the night treat or treating at grandmas house. She didn't really understand that because she was dressed up, she got candy. She liked taking turns getting candy and then giving the candy back. She is very good at sharing. We did take her to a few houses and she was so surprised when people put candy in her bucket. She would sign thank you to them over and over. Then she would walk a few feet, turn around, sign thank you and wave goodbye. It took us about 10 minutes to leave a house because she had to stop every few steps to thank them and say goodbye. It was very fun.
Here is the pumpkin carving. Look closely, James attempted a Canadian flag.
On Saturday we went on a short 4-wheeling trip. Josh borrowed an "Olive"-sized dirt bike. She was still a little small, but she loves motorcycles. Josh gave her a small plastic bike about a year ago, and she loves to push it around the house vrrrmmming.
Here are my best attempts to get pictures of Olive and me with our "I voted" stickers. Her first election was historic. I wanted to document it. 
Lastly...the snow. We were so happy to see it, and miss it very much. It did smell like snow tonight as we went on a diaper run. What a fun time of year. 
3 comments:
My sister is practically a birthing encyclopedia, so I didn't have any problems with the support issue for the birth. Our main issue was the doctors! From what I understand it seems UT has some really good resources, so you'll have some good pickins when your next baby comes along! =D
Also, I'm really bad at commenting! But, I always read your posts as soon as I see one is up and I always love seeing what is going on. Olive is so cute and you and James crack me up... you look just as I remembered you! =)
When we plan to be in UT for a family reunion a few days after we return to the U.S. I'm hoping we can schedule our trip so that we have a few extra days in the area to visit with people. I would love to meet up with you if/when the opportunity comes up. So, let's keep in touch!
Ok, so the first sentence of the last paragraph is a little confusing (just cut out the first word)... but I think you get the drift...
And can you believe I had to refer to paragraphs when discussing a blog comment? Oh man.
Best blog to date!
Loved all the pictures of Olive. Ok I can go to bed now.
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