Holidays

It has been a while indeed because we've been so busy.  Halloween was quite a blur in our household.  We had heard rumors that we should expect 1300+ in the 2 hours of trick or treating in our neighborhood, so we were expecting the evening to be interesting and boy was it.  First, Fiona didn't want to wear her costume.  That was fine really; we had expected that even though we had been talking all about costumes and Halloween the few weeks before.  No biggie; she enjoyed helping us hand out candy.  Then about 30 minutes in, she hit a wall and couldn't care less about trick or treaters.  This was around when the line to our door started.  Having grown up in a house that NEVER received trick or treaters, it was a shock.  By 7pm things were insane and dark!  We had brought out Fi's picnic table so she could sit in the yard and watch the line at our neighbors (they had a witch in their yard that she was very interested in).  It was great until we lost Fiona in our own yard!  Eek!  Fortunately, as I was entering freak-out mode, a mom mentioned a girl standing at the top of stairs at our walkway--that was our Fi.  Phew.  I was relieved when we ran out of candy at 7:30--30 minutes before trick or treating ended.  

From Halloween through Thanksgiving and on have been a little nutsy in our household.  Fiona is doing phenomenally though.  She talks so much and knows so much now!  Animals are one of her specialties--she can point out polar bears, foxes, turtles, elephants, penguins, etc.  She has also been loving her tutu and generally playing around the house with us in the evening.

We are enjoying every bit of the Christmas season with Fiona.  The Santa picture didn't go so well (even though she was very excited while we waited in line and walked herself into the boat).  But everything else has been a blast.  We went to a tree farm to pick out a tree.  It was cold and windy but she had fun running through the trees.  She helped us with lights and has been consistently pointing out all the ornaments we put on the tree.  Fortunately, she hasn't been pulling at the ornaments, and even though she knows there are presents under the tree, she hasn't tried to unwrap them.