Yesterday was such a great day: going to a pumpkin patch with friends, going on a nice long walk, baking and visiting a few ladies in my neighborhood, running errands, and playing outside in the courtyard.
Today has been a little different. Here are some of the highlights:
-Trying to go on my normal walking route, but Bryn was fussing so we only made it a mile before we had to turn around.
-Brynlee smashing her fingers in drawers about six times, and counting. So sad.
-Brynlee tangling her fingers in my hair and pulling, over and over. (It's time to get a hair cut!)
-Brynlee somehow finding a piece of chicken and eating it. I only found out about the chicken because she threw up onto my shirt. Fun.
-Brynlee finding my pile of coupons and ripping them up. (I thought about trying to tape them together, but I have too much pride to hand the cashier an unreadable, taped-up coupon for 55 sent off. )
-Brynlee and I sending Josh off for a weekend backpacking trip for scouts....which means a fun, car-less, husband/father-less weekend for little B and I.
I am
wonderfully blessed, so I really shouldn't complain. But some days are certainly better than others! Ha ha.
I loved sewing Bryn's little skirt and hooded cape, even if the skirt turned out a little short and the cape seemed a little too dracula-like. Next time I'll use a pattern!
We went Trick-or-Treating at SeaCliff Shopping Center, and ran into some other cute kids from the ward.
I'm used to Utah Halloweens, so Brynlee's costume had white knit tights and a white turtle-neck. Today was h.o.t. so we ditched the tights and turtle neck and went with a thin white t-shirt.
Later on we strolled around Main Street, ate at Wahoo's, watched street performers, shielded Bryn's face from some interesting costumes, then went home and made a big Reeses Shake out of Brynlee's trick or treating loot. Great day!
Today we went to a pumpkin patch in Irvine with Michelle and Maddi. This one was smaller and less crowded than the last, and so much fun.
When I began dating Josh, his family was quick to inform me about his "tremendous upper body strength" (I'm still laughing!), citing various titles from collegiate-level arm wrestling contests. Ha ha. And that's what sealed the deal for me!
It appears Bryn has inherited Josh's tremendous upper body strength because all she wants to do all day is push things around or tip things over. Her favorite is to corral the kitchen chairs into one corner of the room then crawl through the bars. I'm glad I only spent $50 on our dining set because often her strength is just too great and bangs the chairs into each other or pushes the chairs over onto their sides. The chairs are already getting banged up and we're only on our first child!
Crawling over the legs of a chair. Wild child. 
