Lately she's had this fascination with doing really weird poses and she really cackles when you copy her. She even started posing today for the colt and her mama. Weird. It's really hard to get a picture of, so here are some pictures of my attempts at getting her poses. Mostly it's her falling down though.
Isn't she cute??
This is Patch cuddled in the blanket. I was sitting beside him, but got up to get the camera.
He figured out I was gone. Isn't he cute??
This is him locked in his crate. He puts his paws up real high like this when he thinks people are doing fun stuff without him. Pathetic.
My puppies are so obedient. Rameses is too awqward (how do you spell this word??) to sit so he always lays down for his treat. Patch is wearing his new coat so that he stays warm. He'll actually go to the bathroom at night when he has it on. Hallelujah.
Halle loves to look at pictures and videos. We can literally spend hours just watching home videos. We hook the video camera up to the TV and just hang out and watch. This is me taking some pictures of us together and then I would show her them. She liked that.
This is us doing the same thing. She's so silly.
Daddy LOVES tickling Halle. Halle LOVES being tickled. If you stop then she'll grab your hand and put it to her neck so that you'll tickle her more.
This is her gleeful face mid-tickle.
On Monday our ward had Trunk or Treat. Halle is a ladybug this year. Last year we were in Texas for Halloween and Halle was terrified of going up to the houses to get candy. Now she knows what candy is and will do anything to get it. See July's post "Catching up" for last Halloween pictures. Anyway, she had a blast going car to car. I'll get some more pictures of her costome tomorrow to share.
Yesterday Jared took Halle to this bounce place. He bought a punch pass a while ago because she loves it there. After her nap we plan and picking daddy up at work and going again today. I've never been able to go with her, so I'm really excited.
I hear she slides really fast. Looks like it too. Her cute Halloween shirt says "Purrfectly Pretty".Well, that's it for now. I'm going to take my nap too. Happy Halloween!!
Me with my lovely cupcakes. I was so proud. 
This is the dogs loving their treats. They were both laying down, but Patch gets so jealous when Rameses gets his bite that he just has to get up. Can't you tell from his back legs that he is standing up from being down?? Promse. I'm so proud I have them trained. They aren't allowed to have a treat unless they are sitting or laying down. Now when I get out treats I just look at them and Patch sits or lays down and Rameses lays down (he's too big and awkward to sit). I'm getting closer and closer towards that agility training, mom!!
This is from another day, but Rameses and Patch did play on his birthday. They have SO much fun! I really don't know how they survived without each other. Rameses completely adores Patch and has so much fun playing with him. That's really nice because Patch has SOOOO much energy it's nice that Rameses can help us out a little to tire him out. (The thing on his shoulder is a defect in the picture; he doesn't have an injury on his shoulder...they greyhound adoption people were worried when I sent them this picture.)
This is a REALLY cute picture of Patch on Rameses' birthday.
We attempted to take a picture of Patch jumping so you could see how high he jumps (up to my chest). But no matter what mode we had the camera on this was the best we could get. He's so fast! 
Halle was thrilled to see the characters.
Then they would come visit and she would be terrified. She wouldn't be near them and wouldn't look at the camera. She just hid. So, here's a cute picture of Alyvia with Goofy and Halle hiding.
Then Sunday morning we headed to Magic Kingdom. They gave the kids stickers and Halle had to put them on her face. This ended up being a horrible idea. I don't know if she was allergic, or if those things are extra sticky so that they stay on sweaty faces or what. I could tell her cheeks were getting a little red, so we took them off. She looked like she had a huge swollen sun burn on each cheek and we looked like terrible parents. I wish we had a picture to show this. We put healing ointment on it that day for her nap and that night and she looked fine the next morning.
We went on the Buzz Lightyear ride, which is one of Halle's favorites. As we came out Buzz was out getting pictures. Halle was so excited. She watches Toy Story a few times a week and when she wants to watch it she just asks for "Buzz". We typically have to fast forward the movie until the part where Buzz comes in.
After this time at Magic Kingdom we left the family, took the car back and went back to the room to get Halle down for a nap. She crashed before we made it there, and this was only after being in one park for 4 hours. How was the rest of the trip going to end up?
Outside of Animal Kingdom there is this little shop. They had these "sunglasses" that were supposed to protect you from th UV Rays, etc. just like normal sunglasses. Probably because they completely block your vision and the sun can't get in. They looked so dumb, and I'm not sure how someone could function with these things.
Now if you don't know who this is, then you don't have chilren. This is Rocket from Little Einsteins. MGM has a Playhouse Disney area and we went over there on the night the park was open late. Apparently on the late nights they have a big dance party and there was a ton of characters and even more kids. We danced until about midnight.
Mickey happened to be at the dance party. We are SO lucky because in Magic Kingdom there is typically a one hour wait or so to get a picture with Mickey. Here we just walked up and said hi. It was awesome. We did get a picture with him at Chef Mickey's, but it was in a little chef outfit, and I really wanted a picture in Mickey's regular outfit.
This is just a cute picture of Halle and dad in their sunglasses.
This is JoJo from JoJo's circus. Goliath, her pet lion was there, but we didn't get such a great picture of that. Notice that Halle is getting the picture all by herself. This was a HUGE step. I put her down and she ran over to JoJo, SO excited!
She even let JoJo hug her!!
This is June from Little Einsteins.
This is Leo from Little Einsteins. Annie and Quincy were at the Playhouse Disney dance party the night before, so Halle did get to see them. It worked out well to have the two of them at the lunch because for some reason Leo and June are her favorites.
Tuesday night was the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. People dressed in costumes and everything. That's why Halle is wearing butterly wings. This is on those little rockets that fly in circles really high over Magic Kingdom. She loves this (from her experience in Disneyland). Usually this ride in about an hour ride no matter the time of day. During the party there was no more than a 10-15 minute wait on any ride. It was awesome.
These are the tea cups. Jared chose not to join us, he hates these things. Halle LOVED it and even got us spinning a little.
We waited in line to see Pooh bear and friends and Halle was so excited that she just kept kissing me. It was really cute.
Look how brave she is all by herself. These are some of her favorite characters, so she did not even hesitate going to visit them. Of course, this is Pooh Bear and Eeyore, whose names she says VERY well.
This is the cutest picture in the entire world. That's all there is to it.
There was a dance party t Ariel's Grotto (I think that's where we are) and we found Donald Duck there in his pumpkin costume dancing.
In those other pictures with Pooh and Eeyore we were really waiting for Tigger and Piglet. They ended up switching out right as it was our turn. Then we went over later and Tigger and Piglet were back. Again, Halle went all by herself. Does anyone else find it weird that Piglet is a boy and his costume is a butterfly??
Just a pretty picture infront of the castle.
Daddy finally got brave enough to go on the tea cups. Halle loved spinning in circles.
We took this picture since Pooh was probably Halle's favorite ride.
Mickey's PhilharMagic is my favorite. It has yummy smells and is just overall fun. This is what Halle thought about my favorite ride. Within minutes of it starting she was asleep in my arms. Which is a HUGE accomplishment considering I have the child that will sleep nowhere but her bed or a pack 'n play in a silent room.
My sleepy head.
This was another one of Halle's favorites, It's a Small World. This was our last night (when she fell asleep on me) and luckily she woke up right as we were going to leave the park since there wasn't a whole lot to do with her asleep. By the time we she woke up they were closing things for the parade. We wanted to get out of there before that craziness, so we could only go on a few more rides. We went on the carousel. Then we told her she could go on one last ride. She chose "the people" ride. So, this is us on our last hoorah at Disney.
She fell asleep on the shuttle. We took her back to the condo and in my attempt to change her before putting her in bed, she rolled over. The way she puts her hands under her cheek is exactly like I sleep. This is the last picture we took of our vacation. Isn't she so sweet?
