Well, Maddy's first Halloween went well! She dressed as a Ladybug and hung outside with us while we handed out candy. We had about 40 kids stop by. She was sooo cute as a Ladybug and so good too! I wasn't sure if she'd be afraid of the dark because she's shown tendencies to that in the past. But she wasn't as long as we were close by. As a matter of fact, she was quite the explorer! She crawled around in the grass and explored our Crape Myrtles, tried to eat leaves, crawled down the sidewalk about three houses. She would wave to all the kids as they walked by and would crawl down the sidewalk after them. As she'd pass houses she'd wave to the people handing out candy. She elicited a lot of 'awwwww's and 'How cute's!" Here's one of my favorite pictures of Matt and Maddy from last night. She is resting with daddy and is giving me her nosie face. She bunches up her nose at me, squints her eyes closed and breathes really quick through her nose. It's really cute!
Matt wasn't able to leave work on time because he had to come home at lunch to see a remodeler. So he hit a lot of REALLY bad traffic. He picked up dinner on the way home since I didn't like the look of the chicken I took out of the freezer after it was defrosted. But it was too close to dinner to defrost anything else. So I gave Matt the choice of picking up something or having grilled cheese with soup. He chose picking something up! So he came home after trick-or-treat started. So we wound up eating outside while giving out candy. Maddy had a few chicken tenders as well and REALLY loved them.
Maddy had a really hard time going to sleep though. I had to let her cry it out because after going up once she was more than ready to sleep in my arms until I laid her down. Then she got back up and started to cry immediately. So we had to let her cry it out for a while. We heard her a couple times in the night and Matt slept poorly. So I turned off my alarm at 4:30 and now I need to work out during Maddy's nap. My mind is zooming with little tedious chores that need to get done again as well. Our pantry is a disaster area and really needs to get cleaned out so I know what we have in there. The fridge could use a good cleaning out too. I am planning on making pumpkin seeds as well in the oven tonight, if Matt is home early enough. I can't wait until Maddy is old enough to help me with it next year!
Ok, well that's enough for now.
Tea of the day: Adagio Mango Black Tea
WO of the day: 30 minutes elliptical, eating yesterday was a 1, I gave into the french fries!