Holes in Her Head

Last night we went to see "Rise of the Guardians" at the movies. We had a few gift cards that hadn't been used all year. It was an enjoyable movie and afterwards we went to see the cost of a starter pair of earrings for Jillian. (Mom and Dad already have their ears pierced.) What I didn't realize is that Julie had brought some of Jillian's money with her. Jillian was all gung-ho to get it done, so... She is REALLY proud of her new earrings.

It's a father - daughter thing.

1st Grade picture

Isn't she cute? Just like the cuteness of the lion before it pounces on you.

Just for Grandma R

A Halloween left over.

Halloween!

One of my favorite holidays to celebrate. The night before we did some pumpkin carving. That's Julie's owl, John's demon, and Jillian's own design, the bow tie pumpkin. She did most of the cutting herself and then let me carve a little dimension into it. On Halloween night, Jillian convinced me to put some make up on before taking her trick or treating. We hooked up with Owen and his dad, Chris, and brought in the big haul!

Disney, Birthdays and Hauntings

The weekend before Halloween we were invited to see Disney on ice in a company suite at the Rose Garden arena. The kids enjoyed the show and Dawn and Chris brought a princess pink "Happy Birthday John" cake complete with Disney castle.
Jillian had really been getting into ghost stories and hauntings before the holiday. We told her about several places in Portland that are actually haunted. Saturday we took her to Rimsky's for desert. Although the place is not haunted they do have a couple of "trick tables" that move in slow motion. Notice how high the table is on Jillian when we got there and how high it is when we were eating our deserts. Believe it or not she didn't even notice until we pointed it out to her.