various fall festivities

This was the first year we have gone trick or treating...I have felt a little conflicted about it, plus Trenton wasn't old enough last year to want to go...but this year he had looked forward to wearing his batman costume for weeks, so we found something cute for Chloe, and had our first experience of trick or treating. It was great, my nieghbor Jan invited us to go with her grandkids, and Trenton had a great time. Chloe was pretty miserable with her two yr molars coming in, but was a good sport and said "thank you" pretty consistently. :) She never did get the hang of "trick or treat", but held out her little bucket as cute as you please. In the picture are from left to right, Dillon the fireman, Hanna the fairy princess, Trenton as batman, Chloe as a grumpy butterfly, and Nick as Woody.

The two trees in our back yard have lost most of their leaves now. Piles and piles of gold and yellow and brown. They provided alot of fun these last few warm weeks of indian summer.

As you probably know, I turned 30 this year! My dear friend Pam convinced me to have a birthday party, and did a lovely job of making the treats and doing the planning. We had a massage therapist here and she did reflexology foot treatments on everyone! So fun!

Those fascinating goblets were a wedding gift from my sister Andrea, hand made in Romania. the design on them is actually painted on brass. Very unique!

Chloe has been really having a hard time with her two year molars, very fussy, not wanting to eat things that require chewing. She even bangs her hands onto her jaws while moaning and saying "teef hurt!". Its also affected her (and my) sleep pretty badly. All four were swollen, and finally one broke thru, the top left one. To my suprise, it seemed to be sideways! As in, longer from side to side than front to back. It was out part way, all the jaggedy points thru, and then when I checked again a few days later, its gone! Only one tiny point is still out. The pain seems to be better for now, but I know we will have a hard time ahead of us! Poor love, she has inherited the Whiteman problem of too small a mouth for the teeth!

You may also notice she has finally gotten some hair! yay! Not enough for a pony tail, but certainly warrents a clip! yay!