Halloween

Halloween weekend is upon us and a choice has not been made for my little girls’ costume.  My goal was to have her dressed as Wonder Women so she could fight crime with her big brother (Strider our pup) but we haven’t come across ANYTHING remotely close to it that she would be able to fit in to.

My wife wanted to dress her as a pepper or some other kind of inanimate object but I strongly refused, I don’t care how hot the pepper is it just isn’t scary.  If we can’t find something for her, I might have to do what my mom used to do to my brother and I when we couldn’t decide upon a costume and get a pillowcase, drawl a Pac Man ghost on it and cut a hole in the top.  At least it’s a ghost…

In honor of my girls first fall, we went to the cider mill to celebrate with her friends Ellie and Lexi.  The weather was unbeatable (almost 80), the lines were atrocious and the bees were EVERYWHERE (which is to be expected).  My girl acted great and was amused by all the people.  I think Lexi had the most fun; she’s 2 ½ and was constantly getting yelled at for running off here or there, which is the norm when there is a hay maze, jungle gyms, caricature stands to put your head in to take pictures and kids everywhere to play with.  Watching Lexi take off all over the place made me realize that I’ll be in that boat soon but fortunately my girl is just starting to move around a little.  She’ll inch her way off her activity mat by kicking her legs feverishly while talking to herself.  It is very funny to watch and crazy to see how fast she is developing.