Loving this time of year!

We had a great day yesterday picking out pumpkins and playing at the pumpkin patch. We have 2 large pumpkins to carve and last night we colored 3 little ones. After picking out pumpkins we had a nice lunch, then went to a park. I am so looking forward to Halloween this year. I never got in to dressing up for Halloween as an adult (at least not for awhile now), but am really looking forward to seeing Lulu dressed up and experience trick or treating with her. Brad and I haven't decided if we're going to dress up, although Lulu wants me to be a princess with her, and for Brad to go as Oscar the Grouch in a garbage can! Poor Brad!

Lulu had a great week at school last week, and did great at home as well. One day at school she saw a police horse named Chocolate that she got to pet, a police motorcycle, and sat in the front of a police car. When they turned the siren on she freaked out, and her teacher had to console her for 15 minutes. She hates loud noises! A couple days later the kids walked to an area where a helicopter was and got to see it take off. She was so excited telling me about the fast propellers as she was spinning her arm round and round, and telling me about the doors and the windows. Her teacher said she did pretty well and wasn't as upset with the helicopter noise as she was with the siren.

Last Monday Lulu had her first dentist appointment. I hated having to wait so long to schedule an appointment, but knew she wouldn't have made it through it until now. She actually did get frustrated, and kept telling the woman "no more!". Since she kept moving during the x-rays, they had to repeat them several times. But, she did get through it all, and unfortunately has 2 cavities. I knew for sure that she had one, which is pretty big, and she has another small one. Now she has to make it through an echocardiogram before they can sedate her to do the fillings. We tried having an echo our first month home, and she had a huge tantrum the second she was in the room. Since she understands a lot more English now, I'm hoping she will be able to complete it. I've already told her we need pictures of her heart like we had pictures of her teeth, and explained the procedure to her. I just need to make the appointment and hope it turns out well. She needs the echo to be sedated for her MRI as well.