Halloween

Payton of course had to be Cinderella for Halloween. Reagan was an M&M and I think she turned out pretty cute!

At the last minute Payton decided Putter needed a costume. We were watching Charlie Brown's Halloween and I got the idea to make Putter the World War I Flying Ace. Tung made her a doghouse and I made a scarf and hat. Payton cut out the circles for the glasses.

Payton was definitely more excited about Halloween this year than last. She knew what Halloween was all about and was super excited it included staying up late when it was dark outside. She got more candy than she knows what to do with so we're keeping it to put in her pinata at her birthday :)

Go Hokies!

Payton and Reagan ready for the Hokie party

State Fair

The first Friday Night the fair was open we went up to the State Fair at the new Fairgrounds. It was SO much walking! I'm glad I took the carrier for Reagan because Payton ended up in the stroller too. It's much nicer than where the old fair was and is more spread out so the animals and everything are separated from the rides. Payton had her first cotton candy and no surprise loved it! We made lego animals before we went in and the guy at the lego tent took our picture with Tung holding his lego giraffe.

Hot Dog!

The picture Payton took herself of her dinner.
Payton took this picture herself as well. I posted it more for Putter in the background!

our Saturday night dinner

dry aged New York Strip steak

This post has double meaning! I cannot get the Hot Dog! song out of my head, the one they sing on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Tung sings along to it with Payton and we downloaded the whole thing, and found out interesting enough that it is sung by They Might Be Giants, but anyway now that we have the whole song, I cannot get it out of my head!

And last night we tried dry aged new york strip. It's not cheap, so we were thinking this better be good. And it was!! We got it at Whole Foods...and Tung cooked it up while I made a trip with Payton back to Short Pump to Saxon Shoes to retrieve Putter...that's a whole other story, but he was left at the shoe store and thankfully they had him waiting for us to come back and get him.

Anyway, Tung likes to take pictures of his food, so after he cooked the steak, corn on the cob and made salad, he lined it all up for it's photo shoot. Payton wanted to use the camera and take some pictures of her own. You can see by her pictures what she had for dinner. Too funny!!

"I don't want to be a Penguin"

We had been sitting outside after coming home with our Sonic drinks. Payton had changed her clothes to try on the dancing leotard we bought her at Target. She was trying to get her shorts back on and kept putting both legs back in the same side, it was starting to rain so we were trying to come inside fast. I told her don't worry about it, just come inside and I'll help you fix it. She says "Mommy, I don't want to be a Penguin!"