Hellvedere Halloween

We hosted a Halloween party for our playgroup and had twelve families over for pizza and trick-or-treating on Belvedere St (aka Hellvedere).  It was a crazy night - imagine 24 kids itching to go get candy, then eating said candy, then bouncing off the walls from sugar rushes.

Grande (Thomas the Train) had his first real go at trick-or-treating.  Little man would hop on and off the stroller at each house to collect his booty.  I do think he likes it.  Mini (Skye from Paw Patrol) is an old pro now and ventured off with her friends to collect candy.  Both came back with loaded bags of treats.  

Doggy Paddle, Check!

Three months of lessons and Mini can do the doggy paddle!  Her progress is mostly contributed to a weekend in Vegas where her confidence was boosted by a swim vest and foam noodle.  She had a blast treading around the hotel pool.

Today in class, she dove right in and paddled her way around.  Instructor Ben was very impressed and surprised, he didn't know where it came from since she refused to put her head in the water only a month ago.

Future Dentist

Mini is inspired to be a dentist since we switched to a friend's practice.  This dentist lets the kids get involved and makes the visit so much fun.  Today, Mini controlled the suction tool (aka Mr. Thirsty) for my entire cleaning.  By the end, she was quite adept at finding the water and telling me to open/close and "good job, mommy".