Ready for Halloween

I could not resist this outfit, especially those booties.

Daddy was gone for the last part of last week through the weekend hunting up north with Grandpa Kevin. So, Grandma came up to stay and worked on crafting Brynn's Halloween costume. It turned out great! She promises we'll do the Halloween preview photo shoot this year, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up, just in case. :-)

Silly. Brynn had fun with the leftover pieces of felt.

Encouraging words from Brynn.

They drank the Kool-Aid

Auntie Tessa also was up for a short time this past weekend and brought Brynn these awesome sparkly paints. I'm not sure if Brynn has much paint left after the weekend. Thanks, auntie!

Friday is my last day of working from home which means Clara starts daycare on Monday, and I'm back to the office. It is really hard for me thinking of Monday coming. I'm sure she'll do great at daycare; I had just gotten so used to and so comfortable with our nice little routine here at home. Plus, that means I will have to start wearing real clothes (versus my sweats) again. Bummer!

"What's this? My hand!"

"Oh, and it's edible!"

Smiles. She was kinda drooly today, which was weird.

Comments

theweckerlys said…

Aw, haha love the pic of her staring at her hand :) It's so funny when they start to notice those things. Wowza, looks like Brynn got her use out of the paints! I'm glad.

October 8, 2014 at 9:47 PM

Anonymous said…

A super fun weekend!

October 9, 2014 at 7:04 AM

Cindy B said…

Little Miss Clara sure is growing and Brynn is such the artist and love the bat wings! Great job!

October 9, 2014 at 7:16 AM

carrington said…

Great bat costume (awesome work Holly!). Miss our girls - such cute pics Tara. I'll be thinking of you on Monday but I know she's going to be in good hands at Hope Kids.

October 9, 2014 at 8:06 PM

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