This was an interesting and exciting week for The Peters' clan.
Our typically sunny and dry Denver autumn weather threw us a bit of a curve ball by bringing snow flurries to the front range on Tuesday. That was not a huge surprise as we've experienced more than one Halloween 'dusting' in the past. What was surprising is that it did not stop snowing till Thursday evening. All in all we got around 24 inches at our house in Parker. Grandma Jeanne (aka "Gigi") was nice enough to come over early on Wednesday evening to help watch Gracie so mama and dada could try to work from home on Thursday.
For a girl who requests to go "out" a lot, she sure didn't like being "out" in the snow! You may be able to infer that from the photos...just doesn't know quite what to make of it yet. (It's early in the season so she'll have plenty of chances to decide if she likes snow or not)
Our normally happy child picked up on the sudden drop in barometric pressure and decided to channel that into her mood for the better part of the week. She was a cranky mama's girl due to her one and only tooth coming in! Thankfully she has slept through most nights and only showed her cranky side during daylight:)
One of the benefits of Grandma Jeanne being dropped off at the house was that she was without car, and therefore, a captive of ours during this pre-winter storm. We took full advantage of this by taking our little monkey (and yes, Gracie was dressed as a monkey) to a Halloween party at our friend's house in Parker. After a brief appearance we dropped her off at home for Grandma to watch her while we went back to the festivities.
Grace enjoyed her second Halloween much more than her first. This year she helped make a jack 0' lantern which seemed to intrigue her. But she finally said "please mom, no more pictures!"
That night she wanted to go trick or treating with all of the neighborhood kids. However, we stayed in so we could deal out all the sugary snacks for the nearly 80 children who ended up stopping by. Gracie hated to see them leaving our house after just a few minutes! What a social butterfly!!! Even though she was really cute in her costume, Brandy was, yet again, the hit for Halloween kids. This year we subjected her to dressing like a cat which consisted of a bow tie and fake ears.
Outside of those major events we had a good week with a lot of family time. After church on Sunday, Karla and Gracie visited Papa J. Great-grandpa lights up every time he gets to see Gracie and she apparently loves to see him too based on the big toothless grin she has when they're together. Sunday afternoon was spent exploring the collapsible tunnel system in our family room. After another huge dinner...this kid eats like a champ I tell ya...it was off for bath time and "naked time". The latter is now Gracie's favorite time of day!
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