Halloween 2013

This season's first dress-up was Saturday 10/19. Guin was a flower fairy and Adelaide a pirate. We attended the Disney Store's holiday activities where Aunt Katie was working the craft station. They made trick-or-treat bags (Monsters Inc themed) then collected goodies (penguin stickers, fruit (real fruit - dried), and trading cards) from the other stations. Also G participated (well, i carried her, but she did smile the second time) in 2 of the costume parades around the store. They both seemed to enjoy the activities. Sorry  no pics. I know, I know - boooo no pics.

2nd dress-up, Friday 10/25: Guinny, Bapcia, and I attended our homeschool group's Halloween Party at the Park. She wore her Vanellope Von Sweets outfit. She was super excited to play, trick-or-treat for trinkets, play games, and have a picnic lunch. We are pretty new to the group but Guinny was great at chatting and making friends with the older kids (still has some ways to go with same age kiddos though).

3rd dress-up, Saturday 10/26: I told Guinny she could dress-up if she wanted to. We were running errands and not outside much so I let her wear her 'princess Teona' dress, which is really just a nice dress from Nana and not a costume. And Adelaide was a fairy, again just wearing a special outfit (not a true costume but a t-shirt with small sewn on flappy wings), 2 mini pony tails, purple pants, and her butterfly sandles. Both were adorable and got oooohs and aaaaahs at the stores :)

4th - Halloween Day: ran errands and visited the mall for play time and holiday free-bees. Guinny started as Spider-Man then switched (reversible costume) to the 'bad Spider-Man' otherwise called Venom. Adelaide was Darth Vador. Both super duper cute!

5th and final - Halloween Night

For trick-or-treating and playtime with cousins G was Cinderella and A was a flower/flower fairy. Again super cute and finally got lots of pics! (Between me being slow and G being camera shy we didn't get much from earlier activities.)

Brave big girl

So we've been realizing how cool our kid is :) 

1) high tolerance fear factor (for 4) - likes action, science fiction and 'spooky icky things'. Enjoys movies like Star Wars (original 3), Spider-Man(s), Iron Man(s), X-Men/Wolverine(s), Shark-nado. Though she occasionally needs explanation (bad guys, good guys, Mother Nature, just pretend...), she is engaged and entertained. She likes to 'scare the kids' by dressing up as bad guys or having creepy decorations and treats. (She doesn't do the jump out kind of scaring, which I'm thankful for.) She loves Halloween and has not been timid in the past by spooky houses. She's excited to taste her 'sticky icky treats' from the Dr Dreadful experiment sets. 

2) physically adventurous - likes to practice her gymnastics and swimming (face in/under water and all). Enjoys to climb and play on playgrounds both big and small. Eager to learn to ride her bike.

3) she's friendly yet protective - she likes to play and make new friends but when she feels that there is an injustice she won't stand for it. When a big kid bumped into lil' sis she told the big kid that they need to be more careful around babies and that they should apologize. She doesn't get pushed around or pressured. She likes to take turns (or lead) play but doesn't tend to feel the pressure to follow. She'll play alone (or 'take a break') rather than being bossed around by strong personalities

4) *note worthy but not new, her love of food and flavors - tho her spice/hot tolerance has decreased, she still likes trying new things and enjoys strong, mild, complex, and simple profiles alike.

I know she'll have her own set of challenges but it's so nice to see that we've been able to help her limit some of our childhood fears/limitations.

Being social... Now we're recovering :)

We had a busy last few weeks. Got to visit and play with Bupcia at the Dallas Museum of Art along with Ken, Joy, and Krystopher. The theme was the 5 senses. A few days before that, we had dinner with the same group. I realized Guinny would benefit from learning a few more board/card games.

We went to the Grapevine Aquarium with Scott and Darci. The kids seemed to really like it! Not as successful of a choice, we followed that up with dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. Kids were too hungry to enjoy :( 

And most recently we had the opportunity to visit with cousin Jon and Katie and their girls! Guinny and Zelda really hit it off! (Pics from our visit to the pumkin patch)

Now we are being lazy at home, catching our breath :)