Halloween Time

Well, Mama can say that she tries to keep up with the blog, but it has been very difficult of late. Lots of work + little sleep = few blogs. Hopefully this nice long one will make up for it a bit.

On a fluke, Mama had Friday night off and Daddy had a half day, so the family took a little trip to Atlantic Station for some shopping and dinner. We stopped off to see Aunt Joddie and Lucky Dog, then made a few stops at stores and enjoyed burritos at Moe's. It was starting to get late and dark, but Little Monster seemed to be in good spirits, so we decided to run home, change into costumes and head over to Nicole and Eric's for the Wigwam Day of the Dead party. Then we got home, and things went south. Poor Goblin had an excessively icky diaper that resulted in an immediate bath, and Daddy decided to just make a quick pop-in on his own at the party while Mama soothed the dragon and put her to bed.

Halloween dawned a bit rainy, but not too cool. Daddy and Madeleine hung about the house while Mama worked, and when Daddy had to head to a work party not fit for Little Goblins, he dropped her off at Aunt Joddie's to help hand out candy. She was in full Sweet Girl mode, and charmed a whole lot of trick-or-treaters in her ladybug costume. Mama arrived from work shortly after Daddy left, and Aunt Joddie was sorely disappointed that she did not get more alone time with MJ. Madeleine was very helpful, running around the porch and giving candy out to kids all by herself. Thank goodness most of the kids were very patient with her.

Mama and Daddy stayed out way too late Halloween night, so Sunday was a lazy day. We had some lunch at P.F. Chang's, with Baby Girl eating a little calamari, a few rice noodles and some broccoli before deciding that was it and she was ready for a nap. The rest of the afternoon was spent watching football and playing games in the living room.

All weekend poor Madeleine has had a very sore bottom. We think it's mainly due to teething, but as a result she has developed a pretty severe case of diaper rash. According to the nurse at the doctor's office, the best remedy is air, which means.... BARE-BOTTOMED BABY!! Let me tell you, this little girl loves running about the house with no diaper on. Hopefully she won't fight us too hard once it's all cleared up and we can go back to diapers again.

We have started a bit of potty training. Nothing too serious, but Madeleine will tell us "Pee pee" which usually means she just did, and will grab at her diaper when it is particularly icky. She will sit on the potty too, although nothing has happened yet. Maybe when Grandpa Roger and Grandma B.J. are here for Thanksgiving they'll help.

The mouse on the computer isn't working very well, so it's difficult to post pictures, but Mama put a bunch of them on Facebook, so click here to see:
Fall 2009 Album