October 26-November 2

Gretchen has started singing "Alleluia."  It comes out "ah-luuu," and she sings it over and over, especially in our chapel after prayers.  She got to try it out at a liturgy for the first time on Friday and was quite proud of her participation.

My words coming out of Olivia's mouth:
"That is my plan."
"Shall we get Gretchen?"
"You're driving me crazy!"
"Yes, that would be fine."

Our newest baby is now being affectionately called Hippo.  When I was pregnant with Olivia, I was never hungry.  When I was pregnant with Gretchen, I was hungry all the time, but usually for healthy things.  With Hippo, I'm most hungry late at night, and then only for snacks.  :/

We've been quite busy this week, mostly with Halloween related things.  Olivia loves it, because Halloween means she gets to wear her fairy princess costume out of the house more often.  We did storytime in costume on Wednesday, went trick-or-treating on Thursday night with some friends (it turns out that our road doesn't have enough traffic for anyone to bother with handing out candy), and attended a Halloween party on Friday.  Then the girls went to Grandma and Grandpa's for a couple of nights while Bryan and I attended another Halloween party on Saturday at his sister's house.

Pictures and Videos:

It's been a while since I've managed to get videos up, so a few of these Vimeo videos are pretty old.  Better late than never (password BarhorstBrewed)!
Second Annual Fun Run 1
Second Annual Fun Run 2
Second Annual Fun Run 3
Second Annual Fun Run 4
Olivia's Song and Dance
Peekaboo with Daddy

Olivia's Halloween costume:

Ready for Trick-or-Treating: