Halloween 2010

Halloween is a holiday best seen through the eyes of a toddler - and this year it kicked ass.

Our friends Gina, Chris, and Lucy threw a Halloween party and there were about 15 or so other small ones running around playing, laughing, and (eventually) trick-or-treating. Here's a group photo:


So after playing and eating, we all headed out to trick or treat. At first Penny wasn't too sure about the whole concept. She is, after all, a shy creature. But eventually she warmed up to the idea and would march up (making sure Daddy was still close by) to get her candy. No "trick-or-treat" since she doesn't like to make the first move, but she did say "thank you" to everyone who gave her candy, so at least she's polite :)

Griffin didn't really have much of an opinion about Halloween, although he's not really a fan of his costume. It did keep him warm though, it got a little chilly tonight.

Here are some more pictures. It was really a wonderful evening... we ALL had fun and I think Halloween will become one of our favorite holidays. So thanks to Gina, Chris, and Lucy for hosting!!!






Griffin loves Lucy


And Lucy loves Griffin


Penny and Orson


Poe and Daddy Trick-or-Treating

Halloween, 11 months, and birthday parties

So I never got around to posting about Penelope's first Halloween, I put some stuff on Facebook, but nothing on the blog. So here's her Halloween costume & a video of her "trick or treating" at the Zoo (we went to Boo at the Zoo thanks to her Aunty Meagan).







It was fun and I'm looking forward to next year. We may actually take her trick or treating around the neighborhood, or we may throw a Halloween party for all our baby friends - we'll see. Halloween used to be my very favorite holiday and it's creeping it's way back up the list. It took a dive in my early-20s when a lot of women my age made it an excuse to dress up like themed prostitutes. There's sexy and then there's trashy - and most 20 somethings err on the side of trashy.

The best costume I ever wore as an adult was the "Duct Tape" Fairy - my friend Audrey made me a dress, scepter, and wings out of duct tape. It was AWESOME.

Anyway, Halloween was fun.

A few days after Halloween Penelope turned 11 months and I realized I needed to get my act together and plan her 1st birthday. What a headache that turned out to be! I did it to myself though, it didn't have to be so stressful if I would have just put my foot down. But it's all going to work out in the end... the theme is Winter ONEderland (I didn't come up with that, it's an admittedly stolen idea) and we're going to have it at one of the local family owned (and very delicious) pizza parlors. It should be fun :)

I bought Penelope a party dress in honor of her birthday, I'll have to put her in it and take some pictures before the big day. It's really cute - and I wish they made one in mommy-sizes because I would totally wear it. I don't know where I'd where it TO, maybe a fancy trip to the grocery store.

A lot of Penny's baby friends have recently turned one or will turn one shortly after P does, so we've been going to a few birthday parties - which has been a lot of fun. Here's a picture of Penelope at her friend Maddox's first birthday (he had a monkey theme):


And here's the "gang" at the party (Lucy, Maddox, Orson, and Penelope):


It's been an eventful few weeks!

Pregnancy update: Everything's going well, I'll be 18 weeks on Thursday which is almost mid-point (20 weeks is halfway through!). We'll get our one and only ultrasound shortly thereafter but are still not finding out the sex. We do have a list of girls and boys names and I may post those as some point (or did I already? I forget).

Ok, time to bathe the Penelopotomous.

Penelope wishes you a Happy Halloween

So this will be the first of at least 2 Halloween videos, this was taken this morning after P woke up. The funniest part of this video actually happened while I was "editing" - Penny was on my lap and she was absolutely enthralled, she would talk back to the video and shake her head "no" in the appropriate places.

So here it is, Penelope wishing you all a Happy Halloween:



Oh! And in other talking news, nearly every time she sees Bryan she says "hi dada" - it's cute. She uses "da" to talk about the dog as well, so I don't know if we're going to count it as her first word. We may actually count "hi" since she uses it appropriately.

I dropped the ball

So I set up the poll, surveyed everyone I knew and we decided on Penelope's Halloween costume: Ewok.

Only I didn't order it in time and so now it's either out of stock or won't come in until 11/1. Oops.

So we have to make the trek to one of those Spirit Halloween stores and pick out something - which is what I was trying to avoid since I'm not really a fan of those places (they get super crowded the week before Halloween). Oh well, this is what I get for procrastinating. So her Halloween costume will be a surprise - to everyone.

Next year will be different! I promise. I already have the costume picked out (and my Dad's complimentary costume). It will be EPIC.

Vote for Penny's Halloween costume...

See the poll on the side... (for those reading this on facebook, you have to actually come to the blog: http://pbjrodgers.blogspot.com/)