Mike's 30th birthday!

For Mike's birthday we hit the town, went to a sushi place, apparently the BEST sushi place in Seattle, according to my Japanese co-worker :) And then to a comedy club called "Giggles." The next night, Sunday,we had some friends over for cake and Mike got a birthday surprise when our friend had his roommate break out of box and do a little striptease. As you can hear from the video, it completely freaked Avery out! At least it was memorable.

Ah, Halloween night. The long-awaited event. As you can see, Avery went as a Geisha girl. A costume that was inspired by Avery playing dress up in my lingerie. I hemmed and sewed my robe (unused for the squeamish) so that it would fit her, colored some wooden chopsticks black, and voila! Happy Halloween.

Avery caught onto the picking candy out from the pot bit really quickly. I don't think she actually ever said "trick or treat" as the older kids usually got to the door and finished this part before she got there. Anyway, she had a lot of fun. And now Mike and I are reaping the benefits :) Who gets the "king size" butterfinger?

Here are some pictures from the church Halloween party and carving pumpkins at home. Avery wore fairy wings to the church party, we preserved the "real" costume for Halloween night :) Avery's favorite game at the party was the cake walk, where the kids all walked in a circle and got a cake if they landed on the right number. She won a few times, but we stopped getting cake (she didn't notice) after awhile.

Avery really liked carving the pumpkins. I should say, she liked watching us carve the pumpkins. But she did scoop out pumpkin seeds, although she got a little creative about where they went after taking them out of the pumpkin. I think there still might be a few in the carpet somewhere. I thought Mike did an awfully nice job on his pumpkin, don't you?