Dear Santa

I'm excited about my birthday. My birthday is in December, after Christmas. On Christmas, Santa is going to come! He's going to bring me a bike! A purple bike, with pedals! And training wheels, and streamers. And a basket, "so Alex can sit in there!"

I also want a hula hoop.

Halloween and other things

Halloween was amazing! It surprised me.
I kept checking with Mommy in the days before, saying "I'm going to wear a costume, and say "Trick or Treat," and the neighbors are going to give me CANDY!" (questioning look)

We carved pumpkins with Grandpa. I drew the face on our pumpkin, and Mommy carved it. I didn't want to scoop out the insides, because Oma said they are yucky and I don't like goopy things.

I was a tiger. Mommy made my costume, and I helped, I pushed the pedal on the sewing machine until she yelled "Stop! STOP!"

I had claws, and a tail, and ears.
It was warm and snuggly.
I practiced roaring. ROARRR! That made Alex cry.
Then i ran and hugged him and said "It's okay, Alex, it's okay, I was just playing! I'm not a real tiger!" and he stopped crying. But then, when I roared again, he cried again.

Alex is my baby brother tiger. Mommy made him a tiger suit too. But he doesn't have claws, because he's a baby.

We put on face paint. My face paint was so good! Alex thought I was a real tiger and cried again, but I made him laugh.
Alex rubbed off his face paint.

We went to a Halloween party with Tory and Lillian. I was in a parade! Mommy was the lion tamer, and I jumped through her hoop! They gave us glow sticks. Then we went trick-or-treating. The neighbors gave me candy, and I said "One more? One more?" so I got a lot of candy. Then Mommy told me I only should take one.

Daddy came, too! He helped me trick-or treating, and he let me use a flashlight. But when I asked him to carry my candy he said "If it's too heavy to carry yourself, it's time to go home." So we went home, and I ate a lollipop!

And at home, we put a candle in the jack-o-lantern, and watched it glow. Then I brushed my teeth extra good, so no tooth buggies come.

Halloween was very, very fun.