11 Months

11 months old is such a fun age.  Freya can really giggle now.  And recently she started more interactive play with her siblings, especially Enoch.  For the last several days when she is eating a cracker and Enoch is nearby she reaches out her little hand to give him a bite.  Then once he takes one she takes a quick bite and reaches out again.  They crack each other up and it is so fun to see.  Freya is cruising all over the place, letting go and standing for several seconds, and starting to lunge forward.  No steps yet, but they are not too far away.  She much prefers moving to sitting still.  She rocks back and forth in her high chair and waves her hands in a windmill fashion while you try vainly to feed her without becoming covered in food yourself.  She still wakes up once a night, but that is a big improvement for her.  Up until a few weeks ago she was still waking up 3-4 times a night.  She loves to clap and is really starting to show her love of music.  When I sing to her she gives me her undivided attention.  I love this little girl and cannot believe she will be a year old in December.

Halloween

After the winds and rains of Hurricane Sandy, we were very ready for a nice night of trick or treating.  The weather was very pleasant.  It was cold, but all the walking kept us nice and warm.  Although the Halloween season featured many costumes, on the big day were were the following: a bunch of purple grapes, Obi Wan Kenobi, Iron Man and SuperGirl.  Enoch was the first to tire, not even making it as far as our daily walk to school.  So we let Hilde continue with a good friend of hers and the three younger kids came home with me. 

 I didn't bother getting Freya any type of Halloween costume.  The bear costume we used for Phinn and Enoch was too small since she was born in December vice their July birthdates.  So here supergirl onesie was it.  She spent the whole time quietly watching the mayhem from the comfort of her stroller in her nice big and cozy jacket.  The only thing people could see of her were here eyes. 

 Phinn had been begging to be IronMan for at least a month.  Once we actually bought his costume we told him he had to wait until Halloween to wear it.  We did let him wear the mask though.  So please take note: nobody has been able to locate the mask.  It has not so conveniently disappeared. He didn't mind too much.  What he did mind was that I did not let him take a giant sword with him.  First of all, totally not in character, second of all, he is not to be trusted with a sword!

 Here was the gang as we headed out.  They just couldn't stay still for a picture, the excitement was rising and I was keeping them from candy!

 Trick or Treat!  Phinn would frequently look through the candy bowl, apparently he only wanted suckers.  People would take pity on the poor kid and give him extra candy to make up for not having suckers.  Poor kid.

 Then there was the Halloween Parade at Phinn's preschool.  It was re-scheduled from Tuesday due to Sandy.  Phinn kept running out of line to give me a big hug and kiss.  I did not mind one bit.

 

 And Freya slept peacefully through the whole thing.

New England Teaser

When I cleaned out my camera's pictures I found just a handful from our trip to New England.  First of all, cemeteries can be so very cool and interesting.  We had a quick lunch break in Sudbury, Massachusetts and stopped in to see a couple of the gravestones. 

 And we have a couple of pictures from our trip to the Boston Aquarium.  Bummer that it was under construction so exhibits were shifted and some were closed, but there was still plenty for the kids to see.

And these goggles have become the favorite toy at our house.  Even though they were Enoch's special treat from the gift shop, Phinn wears them whenever he can get his hands on them.