This was the first year that Alyssa went Trick or Treating. She wanted to be a princess for Halloween, and luckily we had a princess dress complete with crown and shoes. She didn't want to wear the crown though. We decided to walk around our neighborhood this year and experience the fun. It only took a few houses before Alyssa figured out what to do. She wanted to run up to every house and ring the doorbell, and loved that they would give her candy. She would reach into the bowls and grab it by the fistful..ha ha! There's only one problem, my child doesn't like chocolate!! How can that be?? It's a good thing there was lots of other candy to be had. She was having so much fun, she didn't want to go back home. One of the houses also gave her a flameless candle that was in one of their jack-o-lanterns. She wanted us to leave it on in her room when she went to bed. Anways, here's some pics from last night.
Alyssa and I spent the weekend at my parent's for Memorial Day. Mark was still in Florida on a dive trip, so we headed out for some fun. Alyssa couldn't wait to get into the pool...she even helped Granddaddy clean all the "buggies" out of the pool. We also celebrated Destiny's 12th birthday with a pool party..what else..ha ha!
We had an interesting night on evening when putting Alyssa to bed. She cried as usual when we put her down in her crib, but after a few minutes it got quiet. We thought that she must have decided to go on to sleep. However, she suddenly appeared in the living room looking at us like we were the meanest parents ever for leaving her in there by herself. She crawled out of the crib a few more times, so we made the transition to a big girl bed. She even helped her daddy put the bed together...she is such a good little helper!! Now...our only problem is keeping her in bed. She likes to wake up midways through the night and come to our room and get in our bed!
Mark usually ends up going out of town for work every year on Mother's Day. This year, he actually left the weekend after, so we got to spend the weekend with his Mom for the first time in several years. We went up to Huntsville to see them. Alyssa loves to be outside, and they have a big yard for her to play in. She also found out how much fun it was to ride PawPaw's 4-wheeler. She kept telling us to "go faster!!"
