Trick or Treat!

| October 31, 2010

Sam went trick or treating today, but mostly with her grandparents.  Mark’s parents came over this morning to spend some time with Sam and to see her in her costume and to give us some time to get things done around the house.  She looks so darn cute!

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Later in the afternoon we went to visit my parents so they could see her in her costume too.

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She was trying to be a very scary bear here by showing off her claws!

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Trick or treating was a big success for Sam.  Although she can’t eat candy yet, she did receive a nice packet of Teddy Grahams from our neighbors, Joe and Debbi, when she went visiting after dark.  She came home and ate them sitting in her costume in the middle of our kitchen floor.  That’s pretty much the only stop she made though, since once it gets dark, Sam is ready for bed!  She is a bear you know, she needs to hibernate!  Oh well, there’s always next year!

Happy Halloween!

| October 31, 2010

This week while I was outside throwing some bread out for the birds I saw a tiny little snake sitting right outside my back door!  He was so cute.  We have seen a lot of wild little critters since we moved in to this house — birds of all kinds (including some hawks), squirrels, chipmunks, skunks, moles, a possum, a few foxes, frogs, and now a snake, but never a bear!  Whoa!  You can imagine our surprise when we saw this little cutie in our dogwood tree!

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She doesn’t look especially fierce, but I will still be guarding my picnic basket (especially if it’s filled with Cheerios). 🙂

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Last year for Sam’s first Halloween it was so much fun to dress her up but as a one month old she wasn’t particularly into it. Not this year!  Doesn’t she look like she’s having fun?

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What a smile!  She certainly looks quite comfortable in that tree.

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Happy Halloween to our little grizzly bear and to all the little kiddos out trick or treating!