It was a great first Halloween with two Trick-or-Treaters!
Elsa and Liam were all set with their sturdy Halloween bags. Elsa dressed up as a ballerina with beautiful wings and Liam was lion.
We walked a 12 block loop around the neighborhood. Elsa pointed out all the houses that had pumpkins, decorations, lights and people at home. She got lots of practice saying "Trick or Treat" and "Thank you"
As it got dark, Liam sat on my shoulders. He thought it was very funny.
October was an amazing month for us. It started out with my birthday and Arne taking me into the city for a wonderful dinner with a view of the bay bridge lights.
The next day we headed up to Fort Funston for some fun beach time. Luckily we were able to get in, even with the park shutdown.
Liam was a joy and continues to grow. At his 9 month appointment he was over 22 pounds and 31 inches! He and his Daddy have a lot of fun.
Elsa and I love to dress him up. He loves wands, but not wings.
While Elsa has her fun at New Stars, Liam gets to play with the toys.
Everyone loves Liam, especially his grandpa!
This month is Liam learned how to use the doggie door.
I enjoyed dressing him up for my work holiday party, as a little bear.
And he wore the same lion costume that Elsa wore for his MINI holiday party and DCC outing.
He continues to explore and engage with everything, and this month the fun thing is pumpkins. He is just such a joy.
Elsa also continues to delight and amaze us. She loves making cupcakes and always wants to make and eat them.
She also really likes ice cream.
This year she was very excited to decorate, so we put up our first Halloween decorations.
She also really liked carving pumpkins. One scary one and one friendly one. Which one is which?
She continues to be very creative. She has two imaginary friends, Hala and Sala, her
daughter/sister/friends. It is a lot of fun to hear about the
adventures that Hala and Sala have. She also likes to move things about in her room to create new spaces, like her TV corner.
We take her on lots of good adventures and explorations, like to the Lawrence Hall of Science.
The Oakland Zoo with friends.
Standford Volleyball games, where Elsa likes to mimic the cheerleaders known as Dolly Dancers.
