Halloween Catch Up!

Wow, I can't believe that another month has come and gone! We had a great October month, and especially a great Halloween!

We started off by painting our pumpkins this year. Hailee did such a great job on hers! It was so cute because she was so serious the entire time she was painting! (Oct. 23 '09)

Mine on the other hand...well, turned out horrible! So, I ended up painting a cats face on it! But Hailee's pumpkin looks great! It was alot of fun to paint the pumpkins instead of carving them, and I think next year we will do the same!

(Oct. 25 '09) Our neighborhood community had a Fall Festival. Gregg was sleeping still while it was going on, so Hailee and I decided to go anyways. It was really cute! They had live music, jump houses, games, food and lots of candy! We saw a few friends there, and Hailee enjoyed playing some of the games!

Once Gregg woke up, we went on our Sunday family walk. Hailee really loves them! She could seriously walk forever!

By the end she was getting tired, so she let me give her a piggy back ride. She used to not like them, but lately, she loves them!

(Oct 27 '09) Hailee and her friend Afton were going to go to a Halloween party through the city, but the date was printed wrong on the paper! We showed up with the girls and they said they had made a mistake and it was really later during the week! We were bummed, but we decided to let the girls play in their costumes at the park instead!

They had so much fun together!

This was a last minute costume I threw together. The original costume that I had made was not to Hailee's liking, so she ended up being a ballerina.

After trying to get Hailee to put on her costume several times, I realized I was going to have to modify it and somehow fix it so I could get Hailee to wear it! Originally, she was Pebbles from the Flintstones. It was a full length tutu dress, and she was going to have a bone up in her hair. But since she wouldn't wear the dress, I cut it down to a skirt length, and according to her, she was now a "kitty"! lol. As soon as I put the leopard band on her, she looked down and started meowing! So I guess she really wanted to be a cat!

On Halloween, my family, in laws, and our friends Mark and Lani came over for trick or treating and dinner. We had alot of fun! Hailee enjoyed Halloween alot more than last year! The only thing she hated was any type of scary decoration. (Like skeletons, goblins, etc.) But other than that, she loved it all!

Gregg was working that night and we missed him alot! My in-laws stayed with us for a few days. On Tues. Nov. 3 '09 we went hiking at the Santa Rosa Plateau. It was our first time hiking there and we can't wait to go back! It was alot of fun! (Besides the 90 degree heat!)
Hailee also had a great time! She hiked alot of it and was loving being out in the open, and being in the dirt! She is such a fun little girl! Showing Daddy the way on the trailMy in laws, Dave and Cheryl. The tree that Cheryl is hugging is over 400 years old! It was massive! One of the adobe homes that we hiked to.

We look forward to our busy November month and all the fun that we have planned!