Trunk or Treat

Last night we took Alaina to Trunk or Treat at the YMCA. There were several vendors giving out candy from their cars in the YMCA parking lot. For younger kids, Trunk or Treat is a great alternative to trick-or-treating on Halloween night. We went with our friends Paul and Anna and their son Parker. Parker and Alaina looked so cute in their costumes! We weren't going to dress Alaina in costume this year, but some friends gave us this adorable lion costume. It was perfect for Alaina since she's recently been working on her lion roar. Alaina is still a little young to have fun with Halloween. She was mostly overwhelmed and a little scared by all the people in costume so we didn't stay too long. Next year she will be at a perfect age for trunk or treat... maybe even real trick-or-treating on Halloween!

Lainy the Lion and Mr. Parker Potato Head

Choosing a pumpkin

Looking through all her goodies on the ride home!

Des Moines Trip

Cousins Brianna, Alaina, and Alysa

Nate and I took Alaina to Des Moines for Columbus Day weekend. It was the perfect weekend to visit Grandma and Grandpa Bruck. There was no school today and Nate and I both took off work on Friday. That gave us four days to spend with family in Iowa. The last time Nate's family saw Alaina she was still crawling. They loved seeing her as a walking, talking toddler! While in Iowa we took Alaina to a pumpkin patch and the apple orchard. She absolutely loved both places! We also hung out with Nate's sister, Sarah, and Alaina's cousins, Brianna and Alysa. Such a fun weekend!

Alaina loved looking at the gourds at the Apple Orchard

She also befriended a stray cat

Mommy and Alaina at the apple orchard

We took about 10 pictures like this trying to get Alaina to look at the camera.

Alaina enjoyed sitting with the pumpkins.

Looking for the best pumpkin!

Daddy and Alaina in the hay maze.
If you can't read her shirt it says "I'm Batty for Daddy"

Grandpa showing Alaina the donkey

Alaina loved the farm animals! She was not afraid of them at all. She wanted to pet all the animals and even made some animal noises.

A cute picture of Aunt Sarah and Alaina

Five Happy Years

I can hardly believe that Nate and I have been married for five years already! Our official anniverary was on Friday, October 1st. We both worked that day so we decided to have a 'date night' in Chicago on Saturday. I bought Nate tickets for the Wrigley Field Tour for his birthday. We went together on the the tour on Saturday and then went out for a nice dinner. Our date night was a lot of fun. We haven't had too many date nights since Alaina was born. It was nice to have some time just for the two of us. We look forward to celebrating many more anniversaries together!

Cubs locker room

Press box

Beautiful Wrigley Field