my muse of comedy: halloween part 1

here are some pictures from thalia's first (second) halloween. i say that because last year, she was only 8 months old...i put her in her hot dog costume, took a picture, and we went to bed :o) this year we (aunt jillian and i) actually took her around the neighborhood in her outfit! she was SO adorable!! she said "trick or treat" at almost every house, and said "thank you" at every house. everyone thought she was so cute. aunt jillian told thalia after the first house "let's go get more candy", so after every house thalia would say "more candy?" i was cracking up. she did really well...although i must say: we need to pick thalia's halloween costumes a bit more carefully next year. in michigan, it snowed on half of the halloweens i experienced. well here, poor thalia was sweating to death in her chicken outfit, because we went start trick or treating, it was 75 degrees!! some snotty neighbor lady made a comment...but we didn't let her ruin our night!

we also learned a lot about thalia this weekend. she likes candy corn, AND chili cheese fries...and her new things are "i do it" and "i see". i swear she is turning into a toddler right before my eyes!!

other than having a fantastic weekend with aunt jillian, i am feeling much more sane the past few days. this moving stuff is way harder than i thought it was going to be. i mean, i didn't think it was going to be easy...but definitely not this hard either. on top of that, work has been really crazy busy. the next week or so is going to be the calm before the storm for sure. i was going to say that i wouldn't get into the details...but that wouldn't work for most of you, would it? :o) so here is the run-down of the next 6 weeks (or so):

nov 3 head to michigan to help get ready to move

nov 7 yiayia and papou in michigan

nov 9-13 movers come to pack and load

nov 16 close in michigan

nov 21 great-great grandma touse's 100th birthday

nov 23 close in north carolina, hopefully install new carpet

nov 24 movers come to unload, hopefully drive to michigan (yes, it will be late)

nov 25 andy's wedding

nov 26 thanksgiving

nov 27 thalia's first red wings game

nov 28 my 10-year high school reunion

nov 29 back to north carolina, with gampa in tow

nov 30-dec 4 repaint house, complete 2 research projects

dec 2 gamma comes down

dec 9,10 gone for more research, yiayia and papou come out
dec 14 final day of research

whew! anyone else tired? ;o) at this point, i am trying to get through one day at a time. your prayers will be most coveted over the next month or so.

anyway, since the time changed last night, thalia is about ready for bed. without further ado, here are the pictures...more to come tomorrow when i get to work. enjoy!