Brianna got to be a bunny for Halloween this year. A good friend gave us her daughter's costume from last year and it was perfect! She was very happy to be a bunny and especially loves her whiskers. She's always asking me, "make up whiskers mommy!!!" She cried the first time I wiped them off! 
We had our ward's Trunk or Treat on Tuesday and she had a blast once she figured out that she could get candy at every car. Then there was no stopping her! I had forgotten her basket, so she used my purse which was nearly as big as she is!
When we got home all she wanted was her candy so I let her have one sucker and this was the result! She thought it was hilarious that her lips and teeth were blue!
Unfortunately the next morning I went to go get her candy out of the linen closet where I hid it from her and found thousands of ants all over it! I also found hundreds of ants in our kitchen sink and in our food pantry. I even found ants crawling all over my clothes that were hung up in the closet!! Weird! So I spent the entire day killing ants and trying to find ways to prevent them from coming back. Once I had cleaned an area I would come back 10 minutes later and several more ants would have appeared. By 3:00 that afternoon the only thing I had done was kill ants since I had woken up! I'm still finding some several days later, but at least it's not in the thousands anymore!
Unfortunately the next morning I went to go get her candy out of the linen closet where I hid it from her and found thousands of ants all over it! I also found hundreds of ants in our kitchen sink and in our food pantry. I even found ants crawling all over my clothes that were hung up in the closet!! Weird! So I spent the entire day killing ants and trying to find ways to prevent them from coming back. Once I had cleaned an area I would come back 10 minutes later and several more ants would have appeared. By 3:00 that afternoon the only thing I had done was kill ants since I had woken up! I'm still finding some several days later, but at least it's not in the thousands anymore! Brianna goes to a group called Music Makers on Fridays that some moms from our ward have organized. Today they got to wear their costumes! Brianna started out really fussy, but as you can see she was really happy by the end. Here she is being "Frankenstein" for one of the games!
She was finally happy after pouting forever!
We carved our pumpkins on Wednesday and Brianna LOVED painting hers!
So proud of her finished product. When people come over she says "I maked it! I paint it!" and shows off her pumpkin and other things she's done!
We tried to get her to help with cleaning out the pumpkin, but as you can see, she didn't like the guts at all!
Chad hadn't carved a pumpkin since he was a teenager so he really had fun!
She was finally happy after pouting forever! We carved our pumpkins on Wednesday and Brianna LOVED painting hers! So proud of her finished product. When people come over she says "I maked it! I paint it!" and shows off her pumpkin and other things she's done! We tried to get her to help with cleaning out the pumpkin, but as you can see, she didn't like the guts at all!Chad hadn't carved a pumpkin since he was a teenager so he really had fun!
Here's our finished product. We just wanted something simple and we are excited to put it on our porch tonight! Unfortunately it's supposed to rain all night and tomorrow! Hopefully we won't get too wet trick or treating! Happy Halloween!
We found some chimpanzee statues and Brianna kept kissing this one because his lips looked like he was puckering! 
Brianna fell in love with this little pumpkin! We hoped to leave it behind, but she wouldn't get on the hay ride to go back without it!
She wished she could've taken this one, but it was just too heavy!
The pumpkin we finally bought to take home!
They had a cute little petting farm! Here's my family posing as the animals!
Brianna really wanted to pick this goat up, but she just couldn't hold on to him! I'm sure he was grateful!
My parents treated us to a ride on the train at the farm! 
Bri doing her "do doo loodle doo" dance on the train"!
There were also a few playgrounds with slides, a huge slide for older kids and on the weekends there are pig races and other shows! They also had a fabulous bakery where my dad bought us some pumpkin pie that was delicious!!!
Then we got to go to the petting barn and she loved the donkey!!! Unfortuntely it was too crowded to get a picture of her face, she was laughing her head off and kissing the donkey!!
They also got to feed the chickens! Brianna pretty much just chucked the food at the chickens...and if they wouldn't eat it, she'd pick it back up and chuck it again!!!
The petting barn gave out little plastic animals and they sat on the bench admiring each other's animals!
Potty training has had it's ups and downs for us. Brianna was doing really well and almost completely potty trained...even at night...before she turned 2! Then she started teething with her incisors and it's been hit and miss lately. It seems to be an every other day thing. One day she'll do great with no accidents, and the following day she will not have any successes!!! It started getting really frustrating and so I decided to do a new kind of potty chart! Since Brianna is obsessed with Dora I decided we needed a Dora Potty Training Adventure! Here's a photo of her chart:
Brianna needs to help Dora save Boots (or whatever Dora toy she's working for) from the Gooey Geiser! First they have to get over the River, then through the Echo Bush and then she'll get to the Gooey Geiser and save her friend (which is waiting on the shelf above the toilet)! Every time Bri goes potty in the toilet Dora moves from one velcro stone to the next! Since Brianna hasn't seemed to care anymore if she has an accident we added Swiper to the chart. If she has an accident then Swiper makes Dora move back one space. It's been working pretty well, though some days are still better than others. She earned her second toy, "Isa" today and she's thrilled! Hopefully this will work!
We found this nice bed on craigslist that the family had only had for a month and their son wouldn't sleep in it!!! We got a great deal on a practically new bed! I was nervous that Bri wouldn't do well in it! But, so far she loves it! She doesn't get out of bed and stays there and plays quietly with her baby until she goes to sleep!!! Now we just need to take the crib apart and put it in the garage so her new bed can be put in the right place!
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