The family took our first mini-vacation to Port Townsend, WA to visit family and we got to take a little jaunt into Seattle while we waited for the ferry. Salome said from her position on my back as we walked and saw the sights, "I am so into this." She had a ball with her cousins and developed a cousin-crush on her sweet older cousin Josef, who was very accommodating to this little girl who attached herself to him for the duration.
We got back to Missoula on Halloween day and outfitted the girls to go trick-or-treating. They dressed up as the Princess and the Pea and it was a pretty balmy October night so Salome didn't have to obscure her gown with a coat. A couple days later we sprinted over the Higgins bridge, right down the middle of the closed-off street, to marvel at the Day of the Dead Parade.
There was lots of leaf-play outside, until the snow fell, and then lots of snow-eating.
We had a sweet, quiet Thanksgiving with friends and then a big re-do with the family in Arlee, where there was epic sledding. The snow has been versatile - cold powder for eating, stickier for snowmen, kind of icy for sledding. Thanks, snow.
Olive's almost 9 months and she just sprouted two teeth. I can feel many more to come on top...those teeth took their sweet time but I think they'll all arrive at once now. She isn't crabby about it at all though - just the opposite. She's smily and grin-y and just waving her little heart out. Now the wave has finessed itself from a whole arm pump to the hand waggling at the wrist. She likes to get your attention and wave and say "Hah," when she sees you come in the room.
Salome is excited for our trip India. She wants to bring water balloons and have an early 4th birthday party there before we come back to Montana.
Appachen came for a quick visit and got us more excited for our trip with his advice, maps, and help with the itinerary. Salome was attached to him most of the time, and even Mama's-baby Olive was won over by his Appachen-charms.
