We signed Alice up for swimming lessons during the week of Thanksgiving.  She hasn't ever taken them, but we wanted to do something fun before things get crazy with the new baby.  When we showed up the first day of lessons, it turned out that there was only one other kid in the class--which was great!  They both got a lot more one-on-one time with the teacher.  Alice loved going to the lessons each day.  William was with us that week and he got a kick out of watching the kids swim.  She will have to repeat the class again for sure, but it was good exposure.  I sure as heck am not willing to do a beached whale impression.  I would rather pay someone else to swim with her.  I guess I should have taken her to the pool more before I got too big.  She loves swimming!

It's finally over!  All the Halloween festivities have come to an end and all we have to show for it is a huge pile of candy.  Last Saturday we went to our church Halloween party/Trunk-or-Treat.  As usual, we had a great time.  Alice loved dressing up in her Snow White costume--all that effort at the sewing machine paid off.  She played games, ate food, and went Trunk-or-Treating.  It was fun to have her cousins Jack, Piper, and Will there.  On Monday, we carved a sweet pumpkin to look like Brobee from Alice's favorite show--Yo Gabba Gabba.  Alice, did the scooping and Mom and Dad did the hard work of carving.  It was fairly successful considering that we will throw it in the dumpster today.  On Halloween, Alice dressed up as Snow White again and trekked out into the neighborhood with Dad.  She came back for a bathroom break, emptied her bucket, and went back out.  We have some Sr. Apts.  near our house that we go to every year.  The old folks there have a ball decorating their lobby and dressing up.  Last night there was a man who dressed as a mummy and scared the snot out of Alice.  Alice and Dad came back home and we went over the Grandma and Grandpa's.  Bryant and Brad were there with their friends.  They were decking their faces out in these crazy ape masks that were a little too realistic for Alice.  She was freaked out--and it creeped me out a little too.  Hopefully I can get a picture of them--pretty impressive.  The were planning to go to a movie in their masks.  All in all, Alice had a good time and got lots of great candy (that we will help her eat).