Cousin Sadie

The girls were excited to meet their new cousin Sadie last Saturday.  She was born that same morning, November 23.  She was 6 lbs, 5 oz, just like her big cousin Nora!

Halloween

The girls were fairies for Halloween.  Alena picked out the pattern and fabric and Mama Diane sewed them.  We went trick or treating with Tillie and Lucie in their neighborhood.  It stopped raining just in time to go outside.  Nora grabbed one of our hands and said, "let's run!" between every house.  She also told people, "I do it," when they tried to put candy in her bucket and always selected candy with brown wrappers.  Then she would repeatedly say "thank you" until she was acknowledged. Alena had fun but wasn't quite as excited this year.  

There was a parade at preschool on Monday night and Alena sang us two songs.  The girls also wore their costumes to a show opening at The Ceramics Center.  And they wore them to a Halloween library party.  They got a lot of compliments.

We collected pumpkin seeds for Daddy and Alena to bake for a treat.

Banana yogurt ghosts were a hit...

as were our peanut butter cracker spiders, which we shared with Ms Pam!

Last stop of the night--back home.  Alena drew the three eyed pumpkin and Daddy carved it for her.  I made a kitty for Nora.