Halloween and November

This Fall has been really good to us. Here is a short recap of Halloween and November.

• Matt started his new job at the end of October. He works for a local school district which is the fifth largest in Texas, serving more than 55,000 students. He really loves his new job and he likes his co-workers. The best part of Matt's new job is that he gets all the teacher holidays so he has the week of Thanksgiving off, two weeks off during the holidays; he gets Spring Break; and a bunch of other days too. It will make for a great schedule to travel to Illinois, Indiana and around Texas.


• Maggie's Grandma and Grandpa Miloch visited from Chicago. She had a blast playing with them. It was a great visit.


• Maggie was a little cowgirl for Halloween. She had a pink cowboy hat, and she wore her first pair of cowgirl boots. She didn't much care for her hat or the candy. She consistently refused candy - clearly she does not get that from me or Matt. We took her to the firestation's Halloween and it was surprisingly not crowded. It was a fun outing. We also toured the neighborhood in her little red wagon and met many of our neighbors.



• Maggie's school Halloween party was tons of fun as you can see from the photos.

• November was a great month for us as well. I had a great 36th birthday, and we hosted Thanksgiving. Maggie and her Nana had a fun time at her school's Grandparents' Tea. Unfortunately, I forgot to put the memory card in the camera and don't have any photos.


• Thanksgiving was so much fun with my family, cousins, Aunts and Uncles. We had a fantastic day. We also met our good friends for lunch after Thanksgiving and are thrilled for their upcoming wedding in May.

Here are a few of the things Maggie began doing and saying in November.

• Hi ya'll


• Bye ya'll
• apple
• water
• dog - woo woo (for woof, woof)
• turkey
• outside
• She loves to be outside and to go outside and is constantly requesting to go "outside."
• Her favorite food became goldfish.
• She loves to ride her dog Angus.
• She will sit by herself, open a book, and pretend to read.
• She climbs, climbs, and climbs
• The remainder of her teeth (except for her incisors) came in
• She grew out of half her clothes (which I thought would last until summer)
• She regularly attempts to steal the remote control and when she is unsuccessful, she runs to the tv stand and begins to manually operate the DVR.

That about sums up Halloween and November. I think I remembered all the highlights.