Today is my 26th birthday. I started the day with french toast and watching Monk. I don't get to do that very often. I just relaxed the whole day since it was my day off. (Sweet!) We had dinner at Filippi's Pizza with friends and family and I got spoiled! What a great day!
My little princess all ready to go to dinner (in her new tutu!)
Mmmm... lemon
Blurry, but you get an idea of her reaction
This is the cake my mom made me... chocolate fudge and peanut butter... to die for!We've had quite the Halloween celebration. Friday, we went to our ward's trunk-or-treat. Saturday, we went to another ward's trunk-or-treat since it was a medieval theme. In between, we watched various Halloween movies and shows. I'm not huge on scary movies, so I go for the wholesome and funny ones. Yesterday, we went over to our friends' house for dinner and trick-or-treating. While waiting for our friend to pick us up (since our car was being stupid again), I took Claire around the apartment complex and realized that it really is not a good place to trick-or-treat. There was not one kid outside and after going to about half a dozen doors, we gave up since only one person was home. We were picked up about 6:45 and had had one trick-or-treater by then. At our friends' house, I took Claire around the neighborhood. I dressed her up as a cow (I was a farmer) and she was a big hit. One house after another, people were just doting over her. At the first house, she walked right in when they opened the door. I decided to carry her the rest of the time. There were several people who just offered the bowl and Claire would pick out a piece of candy. After two houses with that option (and Claire with one piece of candy in each hand), we were offered it a third time. Without hesitation, Claire put both pieces of candy in one hand and picked out a box of milk duds. As we were walking away from the house, she shook the box at the guy and he just laughed. She repeated the box-shaking for several houses as we walked away. She cracks me up! After dinner, we had dessert (besides candy) and watched Hocus Pocus. Such a fun-filled weekend!
Our fancy jack-o-lantern (which lasted 2 days before it rotted)
Trunk-or-treat
The farmer and the cow
Like the shoes?
She loves goldfish
The costume has a box inside that moos. It's an old costume so it sounds more like a sick cow
Love this kid!
Medieval trunk-or-treat
Halloween feast (steak, mashed potatoes and dinner in a pumpkin), plus candy and pumpkin crunch for dessert
Our first attempt at dinner in a pumpkin (it was yummy!)
Trick-or-treating will really wear a cow outWe went to Nate's Butt Farm today and Claire had a blast climbing over all the pumpkins. She got herself a white pumpkin, which they call a "princess pumpkin." We also fed the animals. We had fun!
The princess and her pumpkin
As soon as I put her down, she laid down like a little model
She's in another tongue phase
She also loves to sit on things
Climbing through the pumpkins, trying to decide which one to choose
They call these the "big mac" pumpkins. Holy cow, are they huge!
Mama and daughter in the pumpkin patch
There were baby goats in the petting zoo. It was almost too much cute for me to handle. If I had wanted to spend $3 for Claire to pet the animals, that definitely would have been too much cute.
Feeding the goats. I could not for the life of me catch a picture of the goat eating corn out of Claire's hand. But, oh was she just squealing with delight!Today, Claire is 14 months old. She is so much fun! She has a great personality and is such a sweetheart. I sure do love my little ball of energy!
Today, my little brother was baptized. I am so happy and proud of him. It was a special day. I gave the talk on baptism, played the piano while my dad and Jared got dressed (my dad played the piano for the rest of the time, of course) and played special music with my mom and dad. When someone in the Gray family is baptized, we provide all the music. :) Afterward, we had a big dinner with family and friends to celebrate. Congratulations, Jared!
Dad and Jared
The whole kit and kaboodle
