halloween weekend update

i will post photos soon...i keep forgetting to download them! we have 500+ picts on the camera and i just need to find time to get them organized.

anyway, after the work festivities, we got griffin from mizz y's. they had gone to the mall of america that day to play around. once he got home, we got him suited up in his thomas the train costume and our neighbors had a bonfire and hayride for the kids...it was fun. we hung out outside and then went trick-or-treating with the neighbors. griffin was super cute...he would be all shy and say "trick or treat" all quiet at the door. after a few houses, he seemed to get the hang of it.
once he wanted us to start carrying his bucket for him, we figured it was about time to stop...if he can't even carry his own candy...he doesn't need anymore.

griffin asks me every day on our way to school what the signs in peoples yards say. clearly there are quite a few obama signs in our neighborhood, so he's learned to say obama.
anyway, one of the houses we trick-or-treated at had an obama sign in the yard. when we got to the front door where the man was going to hand over a piece of candy, i say to griffin, "what do you say"? (as in...trick or treat). he smiles and exclaims loudly..."OBAMA!". the guy high-fived him and dumped about 1/2 of his candy into g's bucket. score!

my parents showed up shortly afterwards and we hung out with them for awhile until g went to bed. then dan and i got into our costumes and headed over to a friends party. had a good time and saw some great costumes. we ended up leaving fairly early, just because we knew we'd have a big day on saturday.

saturday we headed to stillwater with my parents and spent the afternoon there walking around shops, by the water and having lunch. it was a perfect day to be outside. great weather!

that evening, my brother and jake came over to our house. samantha has bronchitis, so she and dawn stayed at home. we ordered pizza and g and jake played around outside with other neighbor kids.

i had wanted to meet up with a friend in town visiting from wi, but with my parents there and being pretty wiped out from the day...we just rented a movie and hung around the house.

sunday was a big day....griffin moved out of his crib and into a bed! he LOVES it. we went shopping so he could pick out his new sheets (not much of a selection for a double-sized bed, so we went with diego).

we spent the day jumping on his bed, playing around the house and enjoying the great day.

a few updates from this week:
• i went to the doctor on monday and found out i have to have surgery on my foot. i have to have a screw put into my toe to straighten it out...the bone is growing at an angle and it's quite painful when i exercise or wear most shoes.
ok...let's just throw it out there...i have a really bad bunion. a BUNION? what, am i 70 years old? it sounds like something your grandma has.
anyway, i'm trying to decide if/when to have this surgery. apparently i'll be on crutches for a couple weeks, and have one of those glamorous boots on for awhile.
this means no exercise for awhile...it will be 8 weeks until the screw would be removed...which is why i'm trying to figure out when to have this. 08 was supposed to be the year i got in shape (clearly, i'm behind since i have less than 2 months to go).

• i'm finally having a "soup exchange" tomorrow night at my house! i've been wanting to do this for quite awhile and my neighbors were interested. we will all bring soup to exchange and also bring one to sample. should be fun to get a bunch of different types of soups. but, i'm also feeling this huge pressure to clean my house and have it looking good. these people have not been in our house since we've owned it...and i'm feeling this pressure to make it look good. i know i shouldn't care...it probably looks way better than what it did when the past owner had it.

• wow about last nights results! landslide anyone??? amazing. and such a historic election that we were part of. i only had to wait in line about 45 minutes, so not too bad!

ok, pictures will be coming in the next couple of days for sure.