Trick or treatin in the Hood...

 Sequoia had another fun Halloween parade at her daycare this year.

 She was a fashionably cute giraffe this year.

 Who knew giraffes had such big bellies?

 This year Sequoia had the hang of it, knowing how to say the magic words while holding her bag open.

 She made her special pumpkin bag at day care as one of her many art projects.

 Colleen and I love getting her weekly art projects on Fridays. Often during the week Sequoia will tell us about them and we try to guess what they will look like.

 We had a double Halloween this year as we were able to celebrate the holiday in our new neighborhood at our new house.

 OK, so the house is 70 years old, not exactly new, but it is really cute and in a great community that we are excited to have Sequoia grow up in.

 She helped us decorate our pumpkins using cool kid friendly Mr. Potato Head-like features.

 I think that she did a great job.

 For the community party she was a cute kitty cat.

 There was a fun party down at the rec center that included a parade, playground, food and hay rides.

 She had a great time at the playground.

 Drank her share of lemonade.

 Spent time talking to her parents.

 And in general was excited to see so many kids running around all over the place.

 She and Colleen caught the last hay ride of the evening.

 I think they both had a great time.

 After the party we went to the new house so that I could hand out candy and Sequoia and Colleen could walk around the neighborhood doing some good old fashioned door to door trick or treating.

 based on her bag of goodies I would say that Sequoia did a great job of it.

Here's wishing everyone a great Holiday season.

Pumpkin chunkin time...

 Sequoia, Colleen and I went to a local farm for a fall pumpkin festival again this year.

 Sequoia had a ball. Her favorite part was her pony ride.

 Her pony of choice was actually a donkey....a really cute donkey.

 Being her mommy's daughter, it should not surprise anyone that Sequoia has a love of those plywood murals where you stick your head through the opening....

 On her own, Sequoia decided to pose in all of them.

 we attempted the corn maze, but Sequoia's attention span dictated that a retreat was in order after a short time spent following her in circles.

 So the donkey ride was her favorite part of the day ... until she got a bag of kettle corn roughly the same size as her.

 She enjoyed it...to say the least.

 she also requested a butterfly for her face and sat very patiently while it was painted.

 We were all quite surprised by how large the pumpkins were this year...big enough to require climbing on.

 The view from the top was spectacular.

A we were leaving Sequoia played a game where she had to throw a ball and knock down witches hats from a hay bale. She did great and won her hobby-horse.

Flower (girl) Power...

 Hola friends and aliens! Sequoia took a trip to Virginia Beach for our friends wedding last weekend.

 She was able to stop at Brooklyn's house and raise some mayhem.

 Both Colleen and Sequoia were in the wedding. These pictures are in very random order, but the pink polka-dots was her rehearsal dress and the white dress was her flower girl dress.

 Again, these pictures are way out of order, but on the way home Sequoia stopped in Gloucester to have lunch with Elayne and Elizabeth from her Gloucester Mommy days.

 It was a happy reunion.

 Back at the reception there was some full contact dancing going on amongst the wee ones.

 Sequoia was very helpful...here she was helping Becky write her vows.