Four Grandparents, a Lion Cub and a Narwhal

We had a great Halloween. All four of Abby and Daniel's grandparents joined us for a neighborhood parade. After the evening trick-or-treating, we now have enough candy to take us into 2010!!

Daniel likes to roar, and so was a lion cub. Abby wanted to be a narwhal this year and our friend Carlene once again took Abby's request and turned it into a great costume.

I'll Have Green Milk, Please

Abby recently asked a waitress for a glass of green milk. As you can imagine, the waitress looked rather confused. I helped the waitress (and Abby) out and Abby eventually got her glass of skim milk.

You see, at our house we have three different kinds of milk. Abby and I drink green milk. Daniel drinks red milk and Will uses blue milk for his cereal.It might seem silly to you, but it of course makes perfect sense to us!

What color is your milk?

Pumpking Carving

With less than a week to go before Halloween descends on us, we decided to break out the knives and carve! Tonto joined us for the festivities. Grandpa and Grandma Engelhardt recently brought Abby and Daniel the pumpkins.

At first Daniel looked at us as if we were crazy, but then he got into the spirit as well and attempted to scoop out the little pumpkin he brought home from school. (This is the same little pumpkin that Abby dropped out of the car. The same little pumpkin that rolled down our driveway and across the street.)

Daphne paced around the table attempting to score pieces of discarded pumpkin.

And after the work was done, Abby and Daniel enjoyed their tasty Halloween cookies. Abby picked out her cookie which is why it is as big as her head.

And at the end of the night, Tonto and Daniel danced!

And here for their world debut, are the Stott pumpkins. Abby drew round eyes on the pumpkin on the left, so I carved them for her and asked what kind of nose and mouth she wanted. She suggested a bat or spider, so we decided on a bat! Will carved the pumpkin on the left!

Another October Snow

We had a beautiful snowfall on October 23. As soon as Abby got home from school, she suited up and headed out to play -- wearing her new snow pants for the first time.

Looking at this photo, I noticed I need to turn the outside water off, put away the hose and the summer toys!! Winter may be ready for us, but we are not quite ready for it!
Abby begged me to come out and play with her, but I insisted I couldn't find my boots and stayed inside the warm house!! She pushed on without me and made her very own snowman!!!

Hair, Shoes, Socks and Snow

Much is happening in the Stott household these days, but updating the blog simply doesn't seem to happen as often as it used to. Abby is enjoying first grade, Daniel has started at a preschool and is adjusting relatively well. Daphne is still simply out of her mind and the cat continues to offer dead mice at the door.

Daniel woke up this morning and seemed to have a lot more hair than when we put him in his crib last night! It's funny how that works. Another haircut is imminent.

Daniel's feet have also grown recently, so he's now wearing the socks and shoes his foster family gave us in Korea. He laughs and laughs when we put them on and often points to the shoes on his shelf in the morning and says, "shoes!"

The other day I looked at Will and Daniel and got a good laugh. Daniel was sporting his cool Korean socks and Will had on his wild Rose socks that Noni gave him for Christmas in honor of our Abigail Rose.

We had our first snow of the season October 12, which is crazy early for Minnesota. Abby couldn't wait to get outside and play in it, but Daniel was only allowed to watch from the window as his little body fought off a viral infection. He pointed out the window and said "no," which is his version of snow. I told him I agreed and said, "No snow!"

I was impressed with Abby's arm as she threw snowballs at the window. I stood and watched until it dawned on me that my child was throwing snowballs at the window. She wasn't very pleased with me when I fussed at her and told her to stop throwing at the window. But then she turned and had a wonderful snowball fight with the tree.