At the end of last week we went to pick up some Halloween decorations (I probably mentioned that last week I hope). While we were there we also saw a part of a costume for little kids which we picked up for Brooke. I don't know if she'll be a tiger for Halloween, but at least she's got a tail (and matching ears, and a bow)!
She found it pretty quick and started to pull on it to see what it was. It looks a little less authentic that way when you see the waist band and all.
Brooke also loves to curl up the rugs in the house. I think at least part of the reason for this is because the first time she curled up our big rug she found the tag, so I think she's always looking for treasure there now. On the plus side with all this practice rolling things up from the edge she should be an excellent sleeping bag packer when she's older!
In addition to Brooke crawling around and being great we did a few other activities this week (though without pictures). Last Sunday night Monica and I played lawn darts in the back yard, and only had 1 or 2 rounds that I didn't get a dart in the target! It was a great game for me, but not so much for Monica. She's already fervently demanded a rematch.
On Monday night Monica and I decided to watch the presidential debate for our FHE activity. Neither of us had watched one this year, and thought it would be nice to try to learn more about the candidates before the election. We quickly found out that watching a debate is not a useful way to learn about the candidates or their opinions... so I don't think we'll be watching any more of those. To (near) quote Monica "We should have watched the football game instead!"
On Wednesday we had the missionaries over for dinner. That was a lot of fun, but Brooke spent about half of dinner staring with her mouth closed. She eventually came to and ate with us. We had waffles and introduced them to putting salsa and cheese on waffles. This may be a new thought to many of you, but it is amazing and you should try it! Dinner was great! We made a double batch and sent them home with the extras.
BYU finally won another football game! That was great, and it was a pretty exciting game to watch because there were a lot of big plays and a lot of scoring! (Ended 55-53 for those who missed it). It kept us up far later than usual, which means we didn't get up in time to all go running together Saturday morning. I went in between conference sessions and it was quite hot (at least compared to recent runs which have all been in the morning)! I was so tired for the rest of the day because of it!
This morning we went on a walk through the new neighborhood and realized that a lot of the houses don't have sold signs up. They're just building the houses and hoping people will buy the completed homes. I don't think there are any upgrades/alterations on the homes though, it's supposed to be an "everything's included" plan, so possibly there's not a lot of choice outside of which house you want built anyway. We went to the swings and Brooke had a wonderful time on them. I swung a little on my own too and it's been a long time since I've been on swings and it was a lot of fun! Who knew?!
Well I think that catches you all up on the going-ons out here. I hope everyone is having a great week!
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