Zell has become quite a good sitter, and loves getting kisses from all her wiener dogs :-) Daddy is bathing both girls all by himself for the first time tonight!

It's the end of an era - Annette went to her last Gymboree class today, where she's been going since she was 4 months old. She'll pass her membership on to Zell, who will start her gym classes next week :-)

Zell graduated to sitting in the cart when we went grocery shopping on Friday, and the girls enjoyed sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bed this morning :-)

The girls hanging out at home this afternoon :-)

Annette had a wonderful Halloween weekend! On Saturday we had our annual Briarmeadow Halloween block party, which closed down our street for the afternoon. In a sea of pink princesses, our little yellow crayon enjoyed the bounce house, hot dogs and a hay ride.

This is what happens after eating too much Halloween candy :-)

On Sunday we got our family pictures taken, and everyone dressed up in Chinese outfits from Mormor and Morfar.

Zell enjoyed chatting with cousin Isabel :-)

Annette (and Zell!) went trick-or-treating for the first time on Monday with Daddy. Annette was very excited, and got good at saying "trick-or-treat" in return for candy :-)

Happy Halloween! Annette had her party at school today, and dressed up as a yellow crayon. She enjoyed decorating a pumpkin and showing off her little sister to all her friends :-)

Our little cinnamon roll is growing up so fast - she had her first taste of rice cereal today! She did very well with the spoon and seemed to enjoy her dinner :-)

Our last week in Canada was busy with a short visit to Banff and a longer visit to Oliver, where the girls enjoyed swinging and wine tasting :-) It's been a wonderful trip, and we're all happy to be back home!!

In addition to visiting family and friends today we paid a visit to West Edmonton Mall, which is enormous! Annette and Morfar went to the indoor amusement park and playground while Zell shopped with Mommy and Mormor. We also took in the sea lion show and deep-sea ship! We were all pretty tired afterward :-)

We said goodbye to Grams and Matt this morning and drove to Edmonton, where I was born! After spending all day in the car we were able to get out and take a walk in a park nearby, where we checked out the fall leaves :-)

Today we visited a friend of Mormor who has a 3,000 acre farm in Rycroft. We checked out his grain system and the playhouse he built for his daughter, and everyone enjoyed petting Lucy the horse :-)

There is a great playground right in front of Grams and Matt's house in Rycroft. Annette enjoyed playing with Morfar and Mommy, while Zell stayed warm inside with Mormor (it was about 38 degrees this afternoon!) :-)

Zell is 5 months old today!! She celebrated by taking a trip to the historic fort of Dunvegan, where us Texans were the only ones brave enough to venture out in the 42 degree weather. We stayed home in the afternoon, where Zell practiced rolling over on the quilt that Grams made for her and hung out with her big sis :-)

We took a break from the car today to stay home and make rhubarb pie - Annette enjoyed rolling out the crust. Then we took a walk around town and saw the railroad lines where Britta's Morfar used to work. Zell looked pretty impressed :-)