HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Trick or Treat

Here are our masterfully carved pumpkins. The happy pumpkin is Dad's and the scary pumpkin is Mom's (Tori was being very difficult during her afternoon nap :)).

She was still a very happy and festive girl during Halloween. We made dinner in a pumpkin and she couldn't get enough of it.

Tori was a happy little duck when it was her turn to go trick or treating. (We only had a few trick or treaters at our house, but Tori did not like to part with the candy when they came.) Dad got home late from the hospital so we just went to a few neighbor's and friends homes. Tori didn't quite get what was going on, but she loved grabbing all the candy she could get. Especially when Dad showed her how the Milk Duds made noise when you shook them.

Lots of Parties

This year Tori is going to be a duck for Halloween, because she loves to say "quack, quack" and she looks really cute waddling around in her costume. We were very happy that she had several opportunities to wear her costume. She got to go to a church Halloween party, an ENT Halloween dinner, and a Medical Partners Halloween party and boy did she love being a duck.

She also loved seeing all her friends in costumes. Though trying to take a good picture with a bunch of one and two year-olds is quite a challenge. (Tigger & the Monkey are Andrew , Pooh is Anna , the Bee is Ann and the doctor is Megan)

Her favorite thing was playing with the other ducks in the little duck pond they had at the church party.

New Do

We've finally found another way to do Tori's hair, which is good because she loves to find the little clip that I usually put in her hair and pull it out while saying "oww". She loves the new do, though I think she has the most fun playing with the comb after mom is done.

Dad's hat is still a good stand-by for those bad hair days.

Books

Tori has always loved books. Now that she is big enough to get them off the self, she loves to just sit and look at the pictures. The only problem she has is trying to decide which ones to read.

The Park

One of Tori's favorie things is playing outside at the park. John got Saturday off last weekend so we were able to enjoy one of the last nice days outside. The swing is her absolute favorite (she always walks towards it saying "weee"), but going down the slides by herself is a close second.

The merry-go-round was also a lot of fun, but it makes mom very dizzy.

Finally starting a blog

I've finally decided to start a blog for Tori so family and friends can enjoy our sweet little girl even though we live far away at the moment. She's 13 months old and as cute as ever.