Saturday, November 1, 2008

Trick-or-treat, smell my feet

Last night we had our first (and apparently-now annual) Halloween party with the fam. And boy did we have a good time. It started off with you taking a very needed (for you and me) 2 hour nap. Once you woke up, everyone was already at our house. Everyone was so excited to go trick-or-treating, except the boys (and grandma)who were excited to play poker while the women took the kids around the block. So we left the gamblers and headed out. It was me, you, Aunt Heidi, Mallorey, Logan, Aunt Cici, Auntie Lisa, Aunt Netty, Hailee, Aunt Cyndi and Brandon who set out on our mission.. to get as much candy as we could. Here is a picture of you and your cousins as we were getting ready to leave Here's you welcoming Tigger, aka, Brandon into this crazy dysfunctional family Here you are getting your first piece of trick or treat candy (this is really your second one, because I forgot the camera the 1st time, so we had to replay the scene) :) After our wonderful and exhausting trip around the neighborhood, we came back only to find the boys and grandma still playing poker in the garage. What a shocker!! So, we all ate, played, drank, played, drank some more, did cartwheels in the front lawn, pulled some muscles while attempting to be athletic, which led us to drink some more until finally... the last hand of poker was played at 11:30 pm. You , of course, were awake for the entire night and were as wild as ever and at one point even found your candy basket and attempted to eat a Baby Ruth with the wrapper still on. After just about everyone left you decided it was time to learn how to play soccer. As you were playing with one of the balloons, you realized you could use your foot to move it. At first I think it was an accident, but before we knew it you were kicking it all over the place.

Well, it's pretty obvious that you are one loved little girl. And you deserve every ounce of it. You are the best daughter anyone could ask for, and me and Daddy are sooooo lucky to have you. Thank you for bringing such joy to our daily lives and such laughter into our hearts. You really are a blessing. Hope you had a great Halloween and thanks for all the candy you shared with me :) Love you.