Happy Halloween!

This Halloween turned into more of a weekend celebration than just one day.  On Friday, we dressed the kids up and headed over to the carnival that Solomon Elementary puts on every year. Davin got to wander around, play games, and win prizes and treats.  Miss Charis just stared around in awe, then decided to indulge in her own treat (a bottle).  On Sunday, after mass, we went to Mom's house and made popcorn balls (so good and you can't eat just one, at least I can't) and painted pumpkins.  We thought Davin would get more into painting pumpkins than carving, and we were right!  He dove right in and started creating little round works of art.  Charis played in her walker most of the time... not really into pumpkins or popcorn balls just yet.  On Monday, we took the kids around trick-or-treating.  Davin was actually understanding the concept this year, for the most part, and was having a blast pretending to be a pirate and scaring people with his spooky noise maker.  Charis just paraded around looking pretty as a fairy princess, and got pretty tired of the whole thing by the time we made it to Grandma's house (our last stop).  The idea of Halloween is pretty new to her (as are most things).  It was her first, after all!

She Rolls

Although Charis' favorite mode of transportation lately has been scooting around on her back, it doesn't get her very far.  So, imagine her excitement (and mine) when she figured out how to roll over.  This still doesn't get her very far (yet), but she is working so hard to fine tune this skill.

Important Things

Already this morning I've been to a charge nurse meeting, done a load of laundry (complete with a scorpion in it), fed both kids and put one of them down for a nap.  But right now I'm playing with Davin, doing whatever he wants to do.  While his little sister is asleep, he gets his mommy all to himself (a rare thing these days), and there's nothing more important than that.