And that's what happened in the last month...

Life has been a whirlwind this last month. So, here's a recap:

Halloween was very fun. We attempted to go to the Pumpkin Prowl at the zoo with Maura and her parents, Megan and Elliot. However, the pumpkin prowl was cancelled this year so we went to the ship at Bellevue Square to play instead. Logan was disappointed to not have a location to wear his Beaver costume to so he wore it around the house. So Cute.

Logan carved pumpkins with the fabulous Charlotte (and Mark and Diane). Logan had a great time and has since settled on marrying Charlotte as she has the best toys. (Charlotte agrees and demanded the last time they were together to be kissed by "Dr. Logan." I am going to have to lock Logan up when he is a teenager if he is already kissing girls!) They really are adorable together and play so well now. It is always lovely to spend time with the Thompsons!

Logan trick-or-treated at University Village which was really fun. Nana came down from Bellingham to join us. It is a brilliant way to trick-or-treat as the kids literally go from store to store in an outdoor mall setting. (No cars and no creepy neighbors - perfection!) Logan wore his doctor costume and had a great time. It was short and sweet and the candy haul was limited (much to my appreciation). Further, he declared he was too tired to "do dark Halloween" so we decided to leave the night time trick-or-treating to next year.

November came and marched past in a blur until the city of Seattle came to a halt the last two days because of snow. Got to love a city that shuts down completely in the face of 4 inches of snow and temperatures in the teens. My childhood self would mock me for my unwillingness to be out in the cold as it is so much warmer than Edmonton. However, as we Seattle-ites are not conditioned for this kind of weather it is a bit of a shock to the system. Logan is loving it and we have been playing in the snow in small one hour doses periodically throughout the day. Thank goodness he wants to go outside because the two of us cooped up in our tiny apartment for two solid days is making us both a little crazy. What are we going to do tomorrow?!?!?!

So far we have made turkey hats for everyone in the family, a pilgrim hat for Ollie, cookies, gone for four walks in the snow, made extra dinners to freeze, built cities out of blocks, made and re-made all his puzzles, colored, made lists (Logan dictates, I write - not much fun for me! ), and discussed that Thanksgiving will still come even if he doesn't go to school.

I forgot the literalness of age 3 and had told Logan on Monday he had to go to school for three days and then Auntie Keely would come. He was therefore briefly devastated when I told him school was cancelled today and tomorrow. How would she come if he didn't go to school?... All is now understood but I think he is longing for some interaction with other children instead of just me. Perhaps tomorrow we will encounter another family who is brave enough/ stupid enough to be out in the freezing cold! :)

On a final note - Poor Ollie was such a good sport to wear his pilgrim hat! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!