Trick-or-Treat

Well, we made it through another successful Halloween. The girls (or should I say Snow White and Tinkerbell) had fun going door to door and Ava had fun passing out candy to others. Sophie liked pointing out all the pumpkins and saying "kun-kin!" We started the night off pulling Sophie in the wagon and letting Ava go up to the houses but Sophie would cry and try to get out, so she went trick or treating too! Ava kept saying, "I love trick or treating! I'm getting more candy and more candy..........Let's go to the next house!"

Mommy is excited but sad.................tomorrow is "school picture day" for Ava at preschool! She's too little for school pictures!?

The girls also went to a Fall Festival at Ava's pre-school, Bella and Colin's Halloween Party and Boo at the Zoo! They've had a pretty fun week!

DeCastro Park

Well, the girls have their very own new park (as Ava puts it)! They got a new swing set and Ava said she wants to play on it all night long. It took Daddy and Ta Ta the better part of two days to put together (which was an eternity for a certain 3 year old). She wanted to be outside with them supervising the entire project. She was happy to hand them whatever tools they needed or beverages when they were thirsty, whatever it took to complete the job. It was pretty funny! Ava likes the slide and looking through her spotting scope (telescope) into the enchanted forest (the grove of trees behind our house) for animals in trouble. I say, everyone has a purpose in life and if that is hers, then go for it! Sophia really enjoyed the swing and going down the slide on her big sister's lap.






Sophia also turned 13 months old last week. We took her picture as usual and of course Ava had to have hers taken too. It was sad to see how big Ava is compared to the Lulu the Lamb chair that she used to get her monthly pic taken in!





The girls are definitely becoming closer and Ava is calling Sophie her sister and her friend. They've started to sit in the big pink chair together before bed time for a movie.



I said to Ava the other night, "Do you love your new playground?" She said, "It's Sophie's too mom, she's my friend, she's my family."