Halloween for Weenies (Guest Post by Aunty Adri)

Yesterday we had a fabulous Halloween party at the Gimbel abode, filled with Wookies, Leah's and Obi Wan's with sneakers. I won't bore you with all the details. No body wants to read about those anyways... I'll just let all the pictures speak speak for us. Sufficient to say, we all had a glorious time and ate far more candy than a human stomach can handle.

But I must tell you the best part of the festivities (or at least the most memorable) had to do with Bobbing for Donuts. Strung across the large, low hanging branch/trunk of the Gimbel's tree in the front yard were a dozen or so donuts at various mouth heights. When the judge yelled go, all the children, and a few adults attacked the circular nuggets of sugary joy. It was quite hilarious and a bit awkward to watch. The result of the competition? David finished first. Rachel got donut stuck in her braces. And Edward ate 2 donuts.

Special Guest Post

This is not Edward.

This is Natalie!

For those of you who don't know me, I've been friends with Meridth since we were freshmen in the dorm together at BYU. I'm visiting right now from the beautiful, buggy, muggy state of Maryland, and I came to meet li'l Uschi.


This is her.

And, I have to tell you, Uschi is one busy lady. She is always working on something, which shows hilariously in her face. I've never seen a newborn with so many facial expressions, although sometimes it's tricky to figure out what all her little faces mean. She has one that looks politely horrified that keeps making me giggle.

This morning, Mer called me excitedly into the room, because Uschi had done a remarkable thing. We tried to recreate it, and (amazingly) it worked. Uschi was on her front, having "tummy time," and Mer put her hands under Uschi's feet to that she could push herself forward. That itself shows an impressive amount of strength, but after pushing herself up, little Uschi was off balance, and she threw her arm up in front of her body to catch herself. It sounds like a fluke, but she actually did it a second time as well. This shows an extraordinary amount of coordination for a lady who is one month old tomorrow.

(We tried to do it a third time when Edward came home, but Uschi firmly pointed out that she is not a performing monkey puppet to do tricks on command, and politely declined.)

She also managed to stick her thumb in her mouth this afternoon. Tasty.


I've known Meridth and Edward for quite awhile, so when I was trying to come up with a gift to crochet for her, I decided to personalize it to what I would imagine their spawn would be like.

So, naturally, I made a pirate teddy bear.


It is named Cap'n Ursa, the Pirate Teddy. It's kind of dominating Uschi in this picture.

But she likes it. you can tell because she's smiling at me. 'Cause we're friends.



Bless.

Natalie