On Monday Elise and I went to visit Papa at his office. We even ran into our friend Aiden! They were hits and scored big time.
We carved a pumpkin...
Went to Halloween story time at the library...
And went trick or treating! It was absolutely freezing and kind of raining and Elise refused to wear her mittens most of the night. She still had a good time.
Thank you to Stacy for letting us borrow this cute little fishy costume!!
(and we sorta totally copied her kitty pumpkin too...)
We've had a busy weekend. Saturday we headed to Post Farms for a little fall fun. It's probably the last sorta-nice day we'll have in awhile. We went with my Dad, Nick's parents, and Lauren. Quite the herd of people following one child - but she had a blast as usual.
They have delicious donuts.
Awwww. Cuties.
Auntie Lauren is here! And she MADE that adorable hat Elise is wearing.
She is super extra crafty. Thank you Auntie Lauren!
Elise was saying "two Papas!!" and pointing to my dad.
Three out of five of the Kloostra's are currently handicapped.
Yep. It's pretty sad.
Mom is still scooting around from her foot surgery. Last night around 4 I get a call that my dad is on the way to the ER after almost cutting off his finger with a hedge trimmer. This morning I get a call that Aubrey broke her arm after being pushed over by Spiderman at a Halloween skating party (apparently it's what the cool kids do in college). It's just funny at this point. It's a good thing nurse Lauren was in town to haul my dad to the ER. Except now the only capable daughter left in town is post-chemo with two year old. Just kidding I'm totally fine -- but seriously... What is wrong with this family??
Auntie Sarah got married last night...and now we have an Uncle Adam! Elise did great the whole weekend. She was the cutest little flowergirl.
(this post has a bajillion pictures and a video...)
We started off on Thursday night with rehearsal and a fabulous dinner at Mangiamos. We are so so grateful to my sisters who took care of Elise the whole time so we could be in the wedding. They took her home from the rehearsal and wedding and put her to bed so we could go stay and have fun.
Thank you sissies!
It was 80 degrees on Thursday and 50 on Friday. (Welcome to Michigan.)
Elise and her Auntie Sarah waiting to walk down the aisle!
We had a party bus - it was pretty awesome. Aren't they cute??
Elise kept dozing off while drinking her water. Her eyes would close and she'd just zone out for a minute. She got a second wind after this though...probably thanks to the candy buffet and endless supply of M&Ms.
Elise and both of her Great Grandmas.
Sweet.
She kind of snuck into the father/daughter dance at the end. I tried to get her but was physically held back by all the Grandmas...
Auntie Aubrey was there too!
Dancing with Daddy. Her dress was in shreds by the end of the night. She kept tripping on it, getting it caught on stuff. Good thing it was only 30 bucks and it's now in her dress-up bin.
Uncle Tom knows how to get on her good side -- candy.
I sorta made Nick go dance with Sarah. It was pretty much adorable.
Elise danced until almost 10. She was having SO much fun.
