We love and miss our grandma Betty! (taken Christmas 2010)
Not so sure about the talking skeleton outside a neighbor's door! :-)
Addie and her trick or treating friends in the neighborhood! 
So excited about Halloween! Our little ballerina!
Enjoying the other children at mommy's work Halloween party!
MacPhail music class on Halloween morning.....such cute costumes, and so much fun!
Posing for the camera...our little dancer!
Colts players!
Tearing apart the pumpkin!
Addison's first pumpkin......!We were greatly saddened to hear about the passing of mommy's grandma "Betty" and Addie's great-grandma "Betty" last Wednesday. She was such a special woman, and sure understood the value of good friends/family and living each day to its fullest! My dad told me that one of the last days he visited her, when she was very ill, she asked "What's going on tonight?" Grandma Betty was always looking for a good time! I loved that about her, and look forward to passing my wonderful memories of her on to Addie in the years ahead!
We were also, of course, disappointed that Opa and Jojo had to cancel their visit due to this unfortunate event back home.
In order to get through these difficult times, I tried to follow the old saying that I look forward to teaching Addison someday, "After every storm, look for the rainbow"............we planned an exciting end of the week celebrating Halloween!!!
On Friday we had a group play date with Addison's friends and their mommies where we enjoyed Halloween treats and attempted to have the kids explore pumpkin carving. I say attempted, because as much as we thought they would jump right in and love the "goop," not so much! Addie put her hands in for a few minutes, then off she went to play!
Friday night, we carved Addison's pumpkin here at home! We designed it with her initials, "A-M-P"....she did put her hands in a little more than she had that morning, but was more interested in trying to get away with putting a pumpkin seed or piece of pumpkin in her mouth than anything else! After the pumpkin was carved, I tried to get her picture with it, and instantly she grabbed the small area separating each initial and pulled them right out! So much for A-M-P....it looked more like a big hole in the front! :-( We baked the yummy pumpkin seeds on Saturday and enjoyed a few before daddy accidentally knocked the bowl off the table and the pumpkin seeds were interspersed with pieces of broken clay....no longer edible! Well, so much for the pumpkin experience this year! :-) Maybe more success to come in the years ahead!
Saturday was a fun neighborhood event at Corner Coffee. It was baby/dog dress-up day! It ended up being quite chilly that morning, so I decided the ballerina outfit was not going to happen. I ended up dressing Addie in her way-to0-big Colts jersey over a fleece, and Wally in his way-too-tight Colts jersey for the event! They were adorable dressed as twins!
On Monday, actual Halloween, we had an entire day full of celebrations! Addison was dressed as a ballerina from 8am-8pm! We attended our music class at MacPhail in the morning and all of the toddlers were dressed in costume! It was a blast! We danced to monster mash, played on the parachute and sang lots of Halloween songs! We also got lots of cute pictures! For lunch, we went to mommy's work and had "babypalooza"-an annual Halloween party for rehab staff! There were about 8-9 little ones all dressed up for the big day! We had lunch together, visited with friends and took pics of all of the adorable costumes! This event has become a great tradition! In the evening, we went trick or treating in our condo building! There were many families who participated in handing out candy to the little ones, and we had a blast joining a few other couples/toddler friends for the door to door treking! Addison seemed to enjoy running up and down the hallways with her friends and getting presents at each door!
Needless to say, it was an exhausting week! We are planning to spend the first day of November, today, resting at home and preparing for our trek to Indy on Thursday. As much as we are saddened by the reason for this travel (to attend grandma Betty's funeral on Saturday), we are looking forward to seeing family and spending quality time with Opa, Jojo, Uncle Nick and Aunt Jen!
Enjoy our Halloween pics!!!-and a memorable picture of grandma "Betty" from last Christmas.
Erika, so sorry to hear about the passing of Grandma Betty. What a great picture of the four of you that you will always have to treasure. Praying for you and your family during this time.
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