I had a fabulous day! I went to school wearing my Halloween Hello Kitty shirt from my Great Aunt Jenny. It was short sleeved and it was a little cold, but mom let me wear it anyway (it's WARM in my school!) Mom picked me up a little early and we went home to get my costume, pumpkin, put out a bowl of candy, and pick up daddy. We went to Ken, Marie, Belle and Cole's house and they had a pizza waiting for us so we could eat dinner before trick or treating. Unlike my usual good eating self, I didn't eat very much (I haven't been eating much the last week or so...) We had one last potty break and got dressed in our costumes.
Arabelle was a T-Rex and daddy and I were Curious George and The Man with the Yellow Hat. Marie even bundled baby Cole up and put his carseat in the stroller. He was a champ and slept the entire time! What a cutie!
Aren't we cute???
We headed out through Ken and Marie's neighborhood. It was my first time trick or treating other than at Boo at the Zoo (last year I still couldn't have dairy, so I hadn't really had any candy at that point). Mom thought I might be shy, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. Belle did a great job showing me what to do. We rang the doorbell (or knocked), said trick or treat and then said thank you. And my pumpkin got filled with TREATS!!! When the pumpkin got too heavy for me, I dumped all the goodies into a bag that mom was carrying and we went back for more. We made it almost the whole way around the neighborhood before my legs hurt and Belle had to go to the bathroom, so we picked three last houses and went home. One of the houses gave us glow in the dark bracelets which were a huge hit. I even slept with my bracelet, but was pretty concerned this morning that it wasn't still glowing...
We got back to Ken and Marie's and got out of our costumes. I really wanted a treat, so mom let me have a Peanut Butter pumpkin (much to dad's chagrin - he thought those were for him, ha ha). She said I could have ONE more when we got home, so we had to pack up and get home so we could sort through my pumpkin and bag! Dad showed me how to sort through my candy.
Sheer happiness on my face :)
I don't know where to start!
Can I have this one, mom?
Sorting my candy by color (note the backwards PJ's which I put on by myself).
After sharing with mom and dad (they took everything with nuts, gum and anything else that could be a choking hazard), I got to pick one last treat before brushing my teeth. Yummy!!!
I did a great job brushing the sugar bugs off of my teeth and mom and I read one book before bed. I was a little upset when mom put me in bed (this happens every night). I talked to myself for about a half hour - I was pretending to be Snoopy from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Mom could hear me on the monitor saying World War I Flying Ace! RAT A TAT TAT! RAT A TAT TAT! Mom and dad both got a good laugh out of that.
Of course I wanted a treat as soon as I woke up this morning - mom told me I could have one after breakfast, but I found a granola bar in my pumpkin and mom said I could have that. Then I wanted a bowl of cereal, so I had that too. OK, maybe I'm eating good breakfasts lately, I just haven't been eating dinner AT ALL. After I finished my cereal, I asked mom for some pretzels, so she gave me those too. I don't usually eat all this junk food, but she was glad I was asking for pretzels and not chocolate :)
Completely unrelated to Halloween, mom broke her toe on my bed last Monday! She was putting me to bed and stubbed her toe on the foot of my bed so hard that she fell down. She asked me to go get daddy and ask for a bag of ice, so I did. Her foot swelled up and turned pretty purple. She ended up getting it x-rayed on Wednesday - sure enough - fractured toe. Since she just went to an urgent care place, they told her to go to her orthopedist (which we know well, unfortunately). She went to the orthopedist today and yes it is broken, but looks like it should heal pretty well. They gave her a boot to make walking (to and from the Metro) a little easier, but there's not much else they can do. She should be able to wear normal shoes again in a few weeks, but definitely won't be able to run for at least another month or so. She's really bummed because she was signed up for a cool race - the Hot Chocolate 15K the first week of December. That's clearly not going to happen now, so she's trying to talk daddy into running it (it's already paid for, after all)! Now she's just hoping she can stay in reasonable shape and not lose all fitness so she can train for the Disney Half in February. Follow up with the ortho in a few weeks to make sure it's healing ok, so fingers crossed!
Mom has a lot of catching up to do on her pictures, but when she finishes, I'll post some more updates from the past few months.
Hope all is well!
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