Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! We had a great 1st year trick-or-treating. We missed dad this year; he is in Portland for the week for work, but we have lots of pictures. Allie and I went over to Aunt Katie's for some chili and scones for dinner. Allie and Cam then hit up some houses for candy (with the assistance of the moms). At first Allie was a little unsure of what was going on, but by about the 5th house she would grab candy out of the bucket and stuff hers full. We also made it around to all the family in town so everyone could see our cute monkey!



Allie in her Halloween outfit for the day

Our cute monkey!

After the door shut at the first house, Allie could have been done trick or treating. Here is Allie plopped down on their door mat to check out her candy and of course wanted the wrapper off!



Of she goes to the next house.....she loved hanging onto her bucket and didn't want to let go...smart girl

Dinner In A Pumpkin

Well the annual "Dinner In A Pumpkin" has come once again. Allie decided to wake up from her nap after about one and a half hours of sleeping, just in time to help me clean out the pumpkin. She wasn't to sure about this experience. Lately, she has been so finicky about the textures of things on her hands. So, here are a few clips of Allie cooking with mom.



Trying to coax Allie into this great experience

She slowly got the hang of it, but really didn't like the "guts" on her hands

Allie and her "cheesy face." The other day I asked Allie to show me her cheesy face, never having said those words to her before. She literally gave me the most cheesiest smile ever. She squints her eyes and smiles largely, showing off those pearly whites.

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

Okay, okay....we too went to the pumpkin patch this year. Allie had a little bit more fun than last year, since she was such a wee one last Halloween. We returned to our favorite Linder Farms Pumpkin Patch this year and we brought with us Grandpa and Grandma. I took Allie on her first "ride" if I would even call it that. There is a tractor with some plastic barrels with a seat cut out of each barrel. The tractor pulls you around for about 10 minutes. Allie wasn't to sure about this ride; she just sat on my lap and wouldn't smile or laugh, her eyes just stayed fixated on the tractor.

After our fun ride in the barrel and a couple of greasy, but yummy home made doughnuts we hopped on the big flatbed covered in hay barrels. Allie loved passing by the fields covered in pumpkins. We stopped off at the perfect place for Allie-they had the tiniest little pumpkins, which she was thrilled about. I was also able to find me a perfect sized pumpkin to make the yearly "dinner in a pumpkin."


Allie sitting for her "yearly" photo on the hay barrel



Last years photo shoot in the same spot, just 12 months younger

Me and Allie before our "ride" in the plastic barrel



We picked the caboose barrel for a reason..1) If Allie fell out she wouldn't get ran over, 2) So we didn't have to ingest tractor fumes for the 10 minute ride

Enjoying the time with Grandma and Grandpa



Allie's "dream come true"- baby pumpkins galore

The fam enjoying the crisp cold fall night!

POO POO In the Potty

Well I am so mad because I though I captured this grand event with a photo. My camera shut down due to low battery following my picture of Allie on the potty and I guess due to low battery it never took the picture in the first place.

Allie's "potty" is one of those small rings that you place in the toilet seat so you don't fall in . It has dogs on it, so she loves to sit and look at the dogs. The whole potty issue started because she just loves to get me my toilet paper (and then some extra) off the roll and she loves flushing the toilet. So I thought well since she loves the toilet, let's see what she does if we strip her down and sit her on it.

Over the last month we have had a ritual before bath time of placing Allie on the potty while I am filling up the bath tub. She always seems to go to the bathroom in the tub when I turn on the facet and water starts coming out. It's nothing that I'm really pushing, just slowly introducing the concept since she was interested.

Well, tonight we did not have pee, but poop. Allie was just sitting on the potty while I went to turn on the facet. I turned around and she was pushing and you know how it ends. To say the least, I'm not sure if it really clicked in her mind, but I was very excited. I made a big stink about it and Allie got to get her own toilet paper for her bum and got to flush the toilet and watch her poop go "bye-bye." I'll keep everyone posted on the future success of Allie and potty training. Do I dare say I am really potty training?

Randomness

Allie has a fetish lately of placing shirts and pants on her head. It all started one day when she was helping me with the laundry and started wanting me to put the clothing on her head. I don't know if Blake has done this before or where she got the idea that she wanted clothes on her head. Now anytime there is an article of clothing lying around anywhere, Allie brings it to me and motions to have it on her head.



Allie leaves the clothing on her head forever and just walks around and plays until it comes off