Julia and Emily's World

Yeah! Halloween! Today Julia had the Halloween parade at school. They visited all the buildings at work to visit the Mommys and Daddys. Julia was really happy to see me because she was nervous of all the people there. Of course Julia went trick or treating tonight. First around our house and then to Grandma and Papere. She got lots of stuff!

Today we carved our pumpkins. As promised to Julia, one is Dora. Julia started out pretty interested in the activities but soon lost interest after 15 minutes or so. Overall she wasn't too impressed with the Dora pumpkin. I thought it looked good! For the second pumpkin I wanted to do something a bit scarier.

We have officially banned Max and Ruby from out house. Julia loves this show but unfortunately she has been acting very Max-like lately. She is whiny with one word answers repeated that drive us nuts. It would be fine if she immitated Ruby. Her bad behaviour of late spilled over to her time with Grandma and Papere. They took her to Tim Horton's and she freaked out because her sprinkle donuts were sold out and got a chocolate donut instead. Grandma and Papere did their best to calm her down and brought her home. She was better behaved today at church and McDonalds. Stay away from that show!

During his party, Nathan managed to snag my camera and take some pictures without us knowing. Here are a few of his best shots.

This afternoon was Nathan's birthday party. Julia didn't nap so we were a bit worried that she would be a grump. She ended up sleeping in the car on the way so she was fine. The kids had a great time as always playing with each other. Julia, Mya and Nathan were playing together a lot. Selena and Andrew were entertaining each other. Dinner was very good. Uncle Bob did a good job on the BBQ. The kids enjoyed Treehouse on the 100" screen! All the kids also brought their Halloween costumes and swapped candy.

This morning we went to shop for pumpkins. We found a little market stand that had lots of pumpkins. We bought three pumpkins. A daddy pumpkin, a mommy pumpkin and a baby pumpkin. Now comes the tricky part...turning one of the pumpkins into Dora and the other into Boots.

Today was Pajama Day at school. The kids were able to wear their pajamas to school. From what I saw it was only Julia and her friend Kaitlyn that wore their pajamas. Julia didn't care. She'd wear her pajamas to school everyday if she could. Here are a couple of pictures of the kids collecting sails at school during a rainy day.

Today Uncle Gary, Auntie Jackie, Selena and Mya came for a visit. The girls had fun playing together. Selena is great at keeping Julia entertained. She even took Julia to the bathroom for us. They enjoyed eating at the green table in front of the TV.

Today Julia went for her regular dental check-up, teeth cleaning. She has stains again that they polished off. No cavities (yet)! A couple of pictures of Julia at school. In one picture she is telling her peers the rules before they go off to play. She's a bit bossy.

Today both sets of grandparents and Auntie Weezie came over for Thanksgiving dinner. To everyones surprise Mommy's turkey turned out great! Surprising because it was her first turkey ever. It really was good. Julia and Auntie Weezie made a chocolate cake together too.

Today was Mama's birthday party at Uncle Gary and Auntie Jackie's house. Everyone had a great time. There was lots of food of course. Everyone was stuffed except for Julia. She doesn't seem to eat much went there is lots of excitement around. She came home and ate a cheese sandwich before bed. I'm still stuffed.

Today we went to the mall to get Julia's haircut. She was excited this time to go. A bit of a new look. Bangs!

Here is a few more pictures from school and a video too!

Julia went for her regular ear check-up on Wednesday morning. Her ears are normal. No fluid, no infection and perfect hearing. She doesn't have to go back unless she gets another infection. It's a big relief.