First Haircut

Korey and I took Ellen to get her first haircut last night. As you can see, it was getting quite scraggly and unruly.

She really was not happy about it. I don't think she really cared about sitting in the chair or the haircut, what she absolutely HATED was the smock they put on her. She cried hysterically about it.

She tried to be happy playing with the toys. I even offered her chocolate--but she didn't want it! She decided crackers were okay though.

Once they started playing Blues Clues on the TV, she calmed down.

All done!

Trick or Treat

Ellen loved her first real trick or treating experience. As you can see from the picture above, she took it very seriously. I wasn't sure if she would cooperate at all, but she got the hang of it quickly. I took Ellen to my friend Deborah's house where I convinced her to get her costume on so we could go outside for a walk. It was the most perfect weather we've ever had for Halloween here (about 68 degrees). She was very happy to get in her stroller and go for a walk. At the first house, she wasn't sure what to do. She thought she was just supposed to go in their house. They gave her a bag of M&M's (her favorite candy) and she was very happy.

The next house just had a bowl sitting out for the kids to take the candy. Ellen thought this was the greatest and just kept putting candy in her pumpkin. After this house, she wanted to be the one to pick out the candy and put it in her pumpkin herself. When people tried to put the candy in her bag for her, she gave them a strange look.

I think she would have stayed at this house all night just emptying out the bowl of candy.

The end!