11-11-11

Since I couldn't think of a better title for the post and I distinctly remember my Grandma Betty telling me I should write a letter on 8-8-88.

Isabel is coming up with the funniest stuff these days. Brian and I will just sit and listen to her and try not to crack up. Today she was flipping through the DirecTV manual and was saying 'He loves me. He doesn't love me' as she was flipping through each page. I guess it's her take on the 'he loves me, he loves me not.' I don't know where she gets this stuff. She also said 'damn it. damn it. damn it.' at lunch today. I should have just ignored it, but it caught me so off guard that I told her that's not a nice thing to say. What does she do? She says it over and over again until she goes to time out where she says it some more. The novelty finally wore off.

We're getting family pictures on Sunday so this meant that Isabel had to get a fat lip today. I have no idea how she did it, but I think she opened the bathroom door right on her face. She told me the door hurt her. Silly girl. I think it should be fine by Sunday. I'm so glad it's supposed to be 82 degrees so that we'll be nice and properly dressed in our long sleeves and sweaters.

Logan has been trying SO hard to eat the Fall centerpiece on the dining room table and today he finally got a nice big bite out of a gourd. I hear Isabel saying 'brober's eating it.'

Halloween!

We got some serious mileage this year out of the great Halloween costumes that Grandma made for Isabel and Logan. We had the big mom's group party, paraded around a nursing home, had a playgroup party, went to Goblins in the Garden, and went trick-or-treating. Everyone loved the costumes, as usual. :) Logan was a big hit at the nursing home. He just ran around to all of the old folks, got a horsey ride on some old dude (tried to pull out his catheter), and ran around the dementia wing. Isabel clung to my leg and wouldn't let go. It was great to see the smiles on the old timers' faces and watch the kids interact with them. We're going to go back next month and sing 2 Christmas songs with bells. Should be fun!

Goblins in the Garden was ok. I read in the paper that it was free, but we ended up having to pay the $8/adult fee. Not worth $16, but oh well. Isabel and Logan both liked the guy singing and playing instruments to kids songs. He was really good. We ran around the area for a bit and then Isabel got bored and Logan was done. Brian took Logan back to the car while Isabel and I walked around some more. We were standing in line for a balloon animal, but they cut the line off and we didn't get to do that. Bummer.

Trick or treating was really fun this year. Isabel didn't understand what was going on at first and was pretty confused. After a couple of houses she was like 'we go to another house and get candy?' Then it was all fun and games. We hit around 6 houses. Luckily Izzy is still young enough not to really care about the candy, so we had no trouble tossing her entire bag. I wasn't comfortable letting her have even the 'safe' candy in a bag full of M&M's and Reese's. The only 'safe' candy is Willy Wonka stuff. It's the nasty tootsie pops, laffy taffy, sweetarts, etc. The only good candy that in those bags are Dots. I always hated the houses that gave away that crap when I was younger. Now we're 'that' house. At least it's the cheap candy!

In other news: Logan has a new girlfriend. Her name is Vidia and she lives in the 'Tinkerbell and the Fairy Rescue' movie.