Halloween

The lead up to Halloween started around October 1st with Cecily gearing up for all that this holiday had to offer. We "pretended" trick or treating all month, talked about the costume Grandpa was going to make, made decorations for the house, etc. Since Cecily was Alice, we put together a mad hatter costume for Greg and they both looked great at the preschool Halloween Faire. (More on my costume later)

A little bit scared of the mad hatter...

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On Halloween (actual day) we went up to Sonoma. We decided to go trick or treating in the neighborhood near Scott and Cara's house and it was perfect. This was Cecily's first real trick or treating event and she got ALOT out of it. Alot of candy of course, but also the experience of the real thing after all the pretend play was so exciting! She caught on pretty quick and then wanted on to the next house! She loved running around in the streets in the dark and seeing all the other little kids out. There were a few scary things (like Freddy Krueger handing out candy). But for the most part she embraced the spookiness.

A quick word about my costume. So Greg came back with this get-up from the costume store when we were down in L.A. I thought I could be the Queen of Hearts since we were doing the Wonderland theme. My one request was that it NOT be ...how should we say this... a skanky version of this character. The Queen of Hearts is not exactly a sex object so you'd think that would be do-able. However, what he brought me was a little more "tart" than I'd like. It was not exactly preschool Halloween faire appropriate, so I did not wear it there. But on Halloween night it was dark, and it made Cecily happy, so I wore it. Enough said.

Family Photo (not sure what is wrong with Greg in this pic, but its the only one we got of all 3 of us)

Getting excited for the night

First house

Wow-they really gave us candy

Alice and the Queen of Hearts

Examining the loot

Pretty in Pink

Family Visit

Tea Time with Grandma

Little Red Riding Hood with Auntie Leen

Watching cartoons with Auntie Leen

With Grandpa

Three Years Old

Cecily turned 3!

We brought cupcakes to school and she was a little bashful but mostly very proud for it to be her birthday. She likes to be the star. Chocolate cupcakes were a hit.

On Saturday we took Cecily to Fairyland with her friend Addi and cousins Lauren and Kaitlyn. The girls LOVED this. Ran around to all the statues, explored the little houses, and watched a puppet show, all while wearing the fairy princess outfits.

Then we had family over for a big dinner and it was lots of fun. Cecily liked holding her new little cousin Mikey (Mike and Eileens baby boy). She made it up to the cake with only a little bit of a "Baby Breakdown" (as Jennifer and Shelley call it) from all the stimulation. She tore through her presents but was oh so happy to play with them the next day.

Preschool Picnic

This weekend we went to the Preschool picnic. Cecily had alot of fun with her friends and pretty much didnt want anything to do with us. She is getting so independent...; )

gathering sticks with Lucy and Maisie

Playing Limbo and the Hokey Pokey

Enjoying some icecream with Maisie

Taking a break