October 30

Today was a very big day for us. It was Keven's birthday and also Kaitlin's first time trick-or-treating (don't ask). First on the agenda, was PlayGym where all the kids wore their Halloween costumes. They looked very cute and had a few special treats including a jack-o-lantern bean bag toss and choolate chip cookies. In fact, that was Kaitlin's first time eating chocolate. She seemed to enjoy the cookie once we gave her one without frosting. (And no, PopPop, you still can't give her chocolate when she's at your house in November.) After PlayGym, Kaitlin and I ran a couple errands and then went home for lunch and a long nap.

While Kaitlin was napping, I was pretending to be Martha Stewart and decorated Keven's birthday cake - a train. I disovered pretty early in the process that I am not Martha! The cake turned out really neat though and I included some pictures of it because I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. For reasons I don't feel like explaining, the city of Auburn decided that trick-or-treating would be on October 30 instead of on Halloween, so Kaitlin went trick-or-treating for the first time tonight. We had our community group over and we all took our little tots out together. It was lots of fun and neat to go with a group. At one point, Kaitlin sat down in the middle of the cul-de-sac and starting going through her bucket. It was funny! She also had fun playing on the front porch after everyone left.