Day with Grandma & Grandpa

Well, yesterday daddy's parents came to visit & take care of Isabel while we left for the day & evening to celebrate our anniversary (7 years!) They came early enough so that they could join us at Culturfest. Isabel enjoyed herself. We had never been there before. They had a short little parade that Isabel waved her homemade Sudan flad at while she watched everyone in the parade marching waving their flags. The had these passport books that a kid can go to each station and get stamped. We didn't do the passport book because Isabel would not have cared about that, but we did go to each station as they all had some sort of activity/craft to do.

We ate lunch there and then came home and Isabel played for a bit before we took off and grandma & grandpa took over. From what I hear they had a good time and played with every toy we own.


I took these pictures on Friday night. I got out Isabel's Halloween costumes to see what fit & what didn't. Someone gave me the cow costume (sz 3t), which will be great for being outside. Isabel loves that costume. She says it is jammies and she loves having a tail. She is very fond of the fairy costume as well. I bought that 2 years ago from Target when they had it clearanced for 75% off. It is a size 2t-4t, so it fits perfectly but it's an inside only one as it would be too chilly to wear it outside unless we added layers underneath. She will also use this one for dress-up. And the witch costume I bought last year from Joann Fabrics. This one is 3t-4t and is a little big in the torso area, so we may save this one for next year. Although I think we are doing enough Halloween things that she could have 3 costumes again. I thought I would let her play with them now. No sense in buying these costumes just to wear for a couple hours. She might as well had fun playing dress-up in them.