Spanaway Lights

The Sunday before Thanksgiving we went to preview the Spanaway Lights Display. Thanks to a friend's suggestion, we found out that we could walk through the display rather than drive for that Sunday night only. Some how we had never known about this. It was VERY cold that evening, but we bundled up well enough to enjoy the lights and the evening walk. The organization of the parking lots left A LOT to be desired, but we are trying not to think about that!!

Some of our favorite designs of the evening:

 

After seeing all the lights, we headed home for dinner and some warm blankets! 

Book Lover

Last weekend when I went to change Leila's sheets, I found quite the stock pile of books under the covers! Chris and I have no problem letting her keep books in her bed...heck, we would probably do it too if there was enough room! All three of us LOVE to read. But just look at the number of books she had in there. 

After unloading them, I looked at her shelf. I should have noticed! What a funny girl! 

Silliness

Goofing around...

Halloween 2011...continued

I forgot that I had "stolen" several pictures from my Mom's camera when she was here on Halloween. Here are some of the day's events that I forgot to mention in the previous post. Since Mom was here that Monday, Leila got to stay at home and have a Grammy Day. They did visit Sandy's house mid morning to make veggie pumpkins with the kids. Mom said the kids had a BLAST!

Leila, Bergen and their pumpkins:

The Monday gang: Bergen, Kajsa, Leila and Wyatt

After Sandy's, Mom and L headed to Great Harvest for lunch.

Then that evening, prior to trick-or-treating, Leila had dance class.

Halloween 2011

Halloween finally came! Leila was so excited to dress as Annie Oakley!!! She had dance class that night, so it was a busy evening, but very fun! After dance, we picked up Chris and stopped by a few friends' houses. My Mom was still here from Portland, so she was able to experience Halloween with Leila. We ended the evening with dessert at Gramma and Papa Tavern's house.

Leila got ready at the dance studio. She told me this was an "Annie Oakley smile".

We always stop by Sandy and Will's house too. It is a little strange ringing their doorbell since every other time we are there we come and go without any knocking or ringing. I had to remind Leila that we were there to trick-or-treat and not for daycare, so we had to ring the bell.

Sandy and Annie

Pumpkins for the Porch

Even with only three days before opening night, Chris is always home Sunday mornings. There is a church that meets in his theater, so he can't go in until after 2 pm. I know this causes some stress for him sometimes, but selfishly it is nice to have a reason for him to be here on Sunday mornings...especially as the show gets closer to opening and we see him less and less in the evenings. Anyway, the Sunday before Halloween, we decided to decorate our pumpkins while Chris was still home for the day. We used the Potato Head pieces again. These are super easy for Leila to do and they look different year to year with differently shaped pumpkins.

Our morning faces!

We are officially ready for Halloween now!

Boo-yallup in Puyallup

Annie Oakley

Halloween 2011

This year marked the second year that I took Leila trick-or-treating at the businesses in downtown Puyallup. This year, Puyallup hosted the event on Saturday. It was nice to have another time for Leila to wear her costume. The weather was crisp, but dry...perfect! My Mom, Chris's Mom and his Aunt Chris joined us for the outing.

Leila's favorite part of the afternoon was the carnival in the parking lot. They passed out small bags of cotton candy, let the kids bounce in an inflatable and had some easy games to play!

Leila had a good time, but was ready to go after an hour of walking around and some time on the playground.

Portland Pumpkins

Last weekend, Leila and I traveled south to Portland to spend time with my family while Chris lived and slept on stage at school. My Mom and Jim didn't have any pumpkins yet, so we decided a trip to the pumpkin patch was much needed. We headed to Sauvie Island and met up with Jonny, Amanda and her parents and Daniel and Jo Jo. Oh, and dogs...several of them. I have never been to a pumpkin patch with dogs! It seems the Portlanders even take their dogs pumpkin picking.

Leila and Jo Jo.

Taking the hayride out to the patch. The girls LOVE Amanda's dog, Ruby!

Leila and Uncle Jonny.

Not sure who was more excited to ride the cow train, the 4 and 5 year-old or the grown men??

Almost to the top of the hay pyramid.

The gang, minus Mom (thanks for taking the picture). Jonny, Barb, me, Amanda, Dick, Daniel, Leila and Jo Jo. And the dogs. Mitzi, Max and Ruby.