On October 19th we went to the pumpkin patch. Maya loved it this year. Gem mining, petting zoo, spinning pumpkin ride, tractor ride, cotton candy, she enjoyed it all.
On the 22nd, she tried on her costume to make sure it fit and I snapped some pictures as she hopped around the yard.
On the 24th we went to a Halloween party at Derek's work. They had a lot of arts/craft things for the kids, which Maya really enjoyed. Add in a bus ride, cookies, snacks, and candy and she was a happy kangaroo. Although there were a ton of people there, I think we all had fun.
On the 26th we painted pumpkins. I need to get some photos of the finished pumpkins.
On Halloween, we took Maya trick-or-treating in our neighborhood this year. She remembered going last year with friends and her pumpkin bag. She wanted both again this year but she settled for just the pumpkin bag. It's crazy how much she remembers. Maya got too much candy just from our street. A number of our neighbors had Halloween lights and decorations. Maya loved the lights but was scared of anything that moved or made noise. On guy jumped out and said boo when he opened the spot. When he saw us he apologized, said he thought she was an older kid. But Maya surprising thought it was hilarious. She still talks about it. She decided she was done trick or treating when someone has a doormat that screamed when you stepped on it.
Maya started getting a little snotty on Halloween. Seemed to be just another cold, her fourth for the season so we didn't think took much of it. On Saturday she woke up in a bad mood then puked at breakfast from all the drainage. She also starred wheezing so we started back on the nebulizer. Sunday I woke up feeling a lot of pelvic pressure. A call to the on call ob and a visit to the clinic to test for a uti followed. It was a great way to spend our first free weekend in a month. Monday I woke up to more classic uti symptoms but had trouble getting drugs from the doctor since my urine culture wasn't showing anything yet. It actually never showed anything but I've had enough uti's to know one and the antibiotic helped. Hopefully my doctor doesn't think I'm crazy.
Now that we are all feeling better, we've been enjoying the lovely weather. We went to a park at least 3 times last week. And I've tried to be better at taking walks. I never thought I'd say that I miss jogging but I do. Maya has been anxiously waiting for there to be enough leaves in our yard to jump in. Yesterday there finally was. But then they came to mow and raked them all up. Fortunately, I anticipated that that might happen so we played in them before lunch/nap.
We have started a very informal preschool co-op with two other moms/toddlers. We are going through the alphabet, taking turns hosting/teaching. Yesterday was the letter c at our house. Maya was super exited for her friends to come to her house and play. We made cut out cookies (really they were more like graham crackers) with lots of sprinkles and then played in c themed sensory bins (really just a cake pan filled corn meal and popcorn with a coin, chocolate candy bar, car, cup, candle, and chocolate coin hidden inside.). The girls loved it. It was a little messy but worth it.
