Gunde

Feminist

I have noticed a pattern while ferrying Mike to and from the train station. Apparently Mike is supposed to drive the car to the station in the morning, and then I switch to the driver's seat when he gets out to wait for the train. This is reversed during the pick-up. I just do not understand why the husbands drive when they are just going to jump out of the car. Are there more treacherous roads on the way to the station that the wives are not capable of negotiating? I just think it is weird. Is is supposed to be chivalrous? Who knows.

Halloween

Tricks and Treats

Last year we were not home on Halloween, so we left a bowl of candy on our porch. When we got back home, it looked untouched. This year we did the same since we went to Mike's parents house. I filled up a plastic pumpkin and attached a sign that said "HAPPY HALLOWEEN". Mike then decided to add a small sign that said, "Take some" to prevent any confusion. When we got home at 10, the pumpkin and the candy were gone. All that remained was Mike's little sign that said, "Take some".

Pumpkins and Potties

Katie's new favorite book revolves around potty training. She wants to read it at least 10 times a day, but she was not showing much more interest in actually going to the potty.

I think the book could use a little work. See if you can finish this rhyme correctly...

"Off goes my diaper, Teddy sits on my lap, I wait a bit, I look inside, and then _______________________________________________________

The line is the book is then I laugh and clap. I do not know what you were thinking!

Last night during the pumpkin carving (done by the one most resembling a pumpkin right now), Katie decided she wanted to use the potty. She actually peed in the potty which was a miracle. I am sure it will not happen again for months, but maybe the book is paying off.

She also likes her new legos, and is very proud of the tower she built! She is not the only one having fun with them.

She likes to make the face the pumpkin has. We were going for suprised, but that was suprisingly difficult to achieve. I think it looks scared.

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Green Eggs and ....

Katie's current favorite book is Green Eggs and Ham. She says, "Ham" when she wants us to read it. She has quite a reaction when the grumpy character tries the Green Eggs and Ham and actually likes it.

Fall Fun

Well, it is finally not brutally hot everyday, and we have been taking advantage. Katie got some new striped PJs that she was really excited to talk about. She picked them out and liked the stripes. She woke up in the morning saying "stripes".