Ahhh, a nice day!

Jared is done with his latest actuarial exam and this was the first Saturday that we had in a long time to do things as a family.  The best part - Makena slept in until 7:15.  It was a whole hour more than normal.  It was wonderful.  I treated us to homemade waffles for breakfast.  Then I was able to take a bath without feeling guilty that I needed to hurry so Jared could start studying.  Ahhhh.  We also went to a few stores to see what we could find.  Well, all we found was a lot of people driving like idiots, so we left.

After nap time (for me and Makena) we went for a walk, or as Makena calls it a "stroller ride".  Of course we made a pit stop at the park for Makena on the way home.  She loved it.  I just loved the fact that I didn't have to push the stroller.  Yes, it's the little things that make me SO happy.

We also let Makena wear her costume again today and she actually kept it on for about 5 minutes.  That's 4 minutes more than last time!  We JUST may make it out the door tomorrow night to get to a couple of houses.  She says "trick or treat" clearly as well, but I KNOW she won't say it to any strangers.  Oh well.

Oh, to top of our great day, Makena got actual mail in the mailbox today, not just the junk mail that we give to her!  She got a Halloween card from her Grandma and Grandpa.  She LOVED it.  We got the mail as we started our walk and she played with the card almost the whole time.

Here is what we've come up with for Makena's Christmas and birthday wish list as well:

Makena’s wish list: (b-day and x-mas)

The toys can be found almost anywhere (Target, Walmart, Mills Fleet, Kohls, etc)

http://www.amazon.com/Graco-Play-Set-Stroller-Accessories/dp/B002PU9JA0

http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Beginner-Pattern-Blocks/dp/B00005O63Q/ref=sr_1_145?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1288388527&sr=1-145

coloring books

Clothes – 3T

Shoes – Size 6

PJs - 2 piece, non fleece

Stickers

Kid movies (burned from your own collection is fine with us!!)

For more IDEAS (don’t feel the need to get from toys r us or get the EXACT same thing)  feel free to go to:

www.Toysrus.com and click on “wishlist” then search for Makena's first and last name.