Tea Party Princesses & their fabulous Poodle: How many Halloween things can we do?

Yeah, I totally meant to get this up earlier. A little late but here's the October run down!

Ah, October. It was mostly hot and sticky which meant that even though Meredith started on her 3-6 months clothes at just over two months, she was able to wear some of the cute summer things before it got cooler. Of course, that meant she didn't get to wear a whole lot of the warm clothes that were 0-3 months.

And Meredith started daycare! She got the schedule down pretty quick and mostly learned to keep her eyes open during the day with a few short naps (15-30 minutes usually). Then at night, as soon as she got home, she was ready for getting a bath, getting dressed, getting fed and getting put to bed! It's been amazing!

Here's pictures from early October:

Sisters!

Beca helped me pick these out last spring. Meredith only wore hers a few times before it was too short. :-(
Beca cried about not have the metallic sparkle sunglasses on her monkey. oh, waaaaahhhh!

This was my background at work for a while - Meredith does have touches of red in her hair, while Rebecca has her Uncle Kyle's hair (thick, straight and dirty blond). Meredith has my skin tone while Rebecca has Steve's.

for Uncle Kyle - "aunt" Stephanie took the T-shirt and added the awesome skirt with ruffles.
Everyone that sees it loves it!!

Zoe just plopped down next to Meredith and kept trying to get closer and closer to her until the top of her pom was touching Meredith. Zoe also wanted me to rub her belly and she loves to lay on any blanket that is on the floor.

Meredith loves this book - it's all pictures either white on black or black on white and she will stare at it for a while. By the end of October, she started talking to it more.

Baby's first Hanna Andersson! Got to throw it on once!

October 9th, we went to pick out some pumpkins on a farm in Apex. It was so hot that day but the sky was gorgeous and we got a few pictures while there. The pumpkins are beautiful but we never did get to carve them.

we actually got our pumpkin from the pile but decided to walk through the fields a little.

or run, as Beca preferred...

the girls!

Beca loved this tractor

She actually climbed up on this step all by herself before I really realized what she was doing.

Beca had so many Halloweens!
1) She got to trick or treat on the cruise ship in her Jessie costume - they had little stations set up on various decks. Everyone loved her Jessie costume. I was sort of surprised at the number of people who just said "cowgirl" though. They were even playing TS3 on the ship so Steve and I finally got to watch it all the way through!

ready to go!

Sassy Jessie

waiting for the candy table to open!!


Along the costume parade route - after the trick or treating, there was a dance party on the pool deck and then they had all the kids make a parade line. It was a little chaotic but Beca had fun, mostly by asking Wonder Woman to dance with her (one of the cast members).

A bonus picture of Meredith from the day we got back from the cruise. She was so good and such a sweetie for Oma while we were gone. And a good sleeper!

2) A visit to the SAS Children's House Fall Parade (but seriously, since all the kids are dressed up in their HALLOWEEN costumes and walking around their circle, shouldn't it just be the Halloween Parade??). We got to see the Sullivan's (Kate got to come too because she was tracked out), the Leahy's (with the bigger Spider-man of the house, Aidan), and the adorable Dorothy-dressed duo of Caroline and Kaylin! Meredith watched in amazement the whole time.

Meredith in the Moby wrap - picture by Beca!

Kate and Rebecca in the 20 seconds we could get them to stand still

3) Parata-ween trick or treating - the kids get to go around at both buildings of my work and stop by the desks of those that want to hand out candy - you just had to find the balloon. It was the day after we got home from the cruise and we took Meredith too who just watched everything.

At Mommy and "Aunt" Cynthia's desk before finding the rest of the candy at Ops. Jessica and Evelyn soon joined in the fun and Beca was so funny making sure they were having a good time. Beca wasn't too sure about my friend Tracy (dressed as Cher) when she told her she was going to get her boots but pretty much liked everything else. And she kept talking about Mommy's new building versus the old one.

4) bonus Birthday party for Aidan Leahy, which ultimately meant more time with Kate! Meredith had fun watching the bouncing for a bit but then got hungry and tired. So she spent the rest of the party asleep in the Moby wrap! Everyone had a great bounce and was tired at the end!

5) pre-Halloween dinner with Payton, Kate and Melissa! This was so much fun! Meredith went to bed before we got into dinner and the girls had a picnic on the floor of the living room while the adults had some good food and good conversation!