Trick or Treat!

Friday was a busy day celebrating Halloween. Dylan and I attended a party at his daycare with all his buddies and then returned to do some trick or treating through the neighborhood. I always seem to notice how much Dylan has changed developmentally on holidays because I can compare them to years past. This year it was all about the candy and he really liked the whole idea of knocking on people's doors and receiving it. After each house he'd tell Kevin "Let's go find another house." He's already talked about what he's going to be next year....although I don't think he knows just how far away that is!
Hope everyone had a safe Halloween!

Dylan and his best friend Mihika
Roderick & Dylan

Dylan & Maddie

More with pumpkins

On Sunday Robyn & Mike came over to carve pumpkins with us. Dylan being the squeemish little guy that he is wanted nothing to do with the pumpkin guts but liked the whole carving aspect of the event. With his "help" we all managed to carve 4 nice pumpkins. The highlight for Dylan was blowing out the candles after we took the pictures.




More to come on Halloween later this week! Dylan is dressing up as a dinosaur.

Girl's Night

On Saturday my friend Bre had a bunch of the DG girls out to her cabin on Camano Island for the night. We started this tradition 7 years ago when many of us moved out to the Seattle area after graduation. Since life has definitely gotten a lot busier for all of us it has been a few years since we've set a date and had our girl's retreat.
Saturday was definitely a fun evening for the 10 of us that could make it this year. We ate, drank and were merry! I feel so blessed to have stayed friends with these girls over the past decade and look forward to many more fun times together!
Thanks Bre for a fabulous night!

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we ventured out to Carnation to visit a local pumpkin patch. It amazes me how busy a little farm gets when the city folks come out to get pumpkins. The economic down turn definitely hasn't effected the pumpkin growing industry! We lucked out with a crisp, sunny fall day and enjoyed our hayride out to the field at Jubilee Farms. Dylan picked out two nice sized pumpkins and we'll plan to carve them next weekend with his Auntie Robyn and Uncle Mike.

A compliment- maybe?

This morning on our way to work/daycare Dylan and I had the following conversation:

Dylan: "Your hair looks pretty mommy."

Me: "Thanks Dylan. That's such a nice thing to say."

Long pause.

Dylan: "Zoe has hair on her butt."

I can't help but think these two thoughts of his are somehow connected...so I'm not sure if I still take it as a compliment!

Yum Yum Dim Sum

On Sunday we met up with Kevin's family for dim sum lunch in Bellevue. Whenever Kevin's grandma is in town we meet as a family for this Chinese eating fest. By now Dylan knows where we are going when we tell him we are going to meet "Bat Bat" (I have no idea how to spell the Chinese name for great grandma) at a restaurant. These are his favorite activities during the meal: 1) Use his chopsticks as drumsticks 2) Eat sticky rice from Dad's chopsticks 3) Walk around the circular table asking everyone for money 4)Suckering someone into taking him to the fish pond/fountain and throwing in all of his collection.
We are so thankful that Dylan has had lots of quality time with Great Grandma Eng. He loves her so much and we always look forward to our special dim sum lunches!

Five years ago...

Today is my brother Mark and his wife Sarah's 5th wedding anniversary. We have been to a lot of weddings together but their's sticks out as one of the most fun and memorable! They got married in a cute little church in Bellingham, were whisked away in their green VW bus and then threw a great outdoor shin-dig out in the boonies complete with a live band. Today they are throwing an Oktoberfest party at their home in Tacoma to celebrate 5 great years. It will surely be another fun celebration! Happy Anniversary Demings!