HALLOWEEN

It is not fun to spend Halloween without Daddy. It is just not the same.
This year I started too late with the girls costumes. I ended up buying Julienne's monkey costume but I'm so happy that it was 50% off at Kmart and I payed $7. She had to be a monkey and they did not have their size so I bought a size 6-12 months. I had to work on it to make it fit my 20 month old Monito. After I altered the monkey costume I made Catalina's Pocahontas one. I'm so happy how it turned out. Catalina makes the perfect Indian.
Today we went to the church's "Trunk or Treat". It was so much fun and there was a lot more people than previous years. Julienne didn't understand what was going on but imitating Catalina she did say something that sounded like "tee o tick" (I'm glad nobody gave her ticks tough). She carried her bag for like 3 seconds and then she spend the rest of the time "monkeying around". Catalina was the one that filled up her pumpkin bag to supply us with months worth of candy.


Catalina was the cutest Pocahontas ever.


My Monito monkeying around.


Some primary children.



I was a Pirate/Gypsy this year. I love how Catalina is sharing candy with Monito (because she didn't get more than 2 o 3 things).

40 inches...

It is amazing how much stuff you can do in Disney when your height is 40 inches or more. This last time (Sep 26th-Oct 3rd) we found out that Catalina is 40 inches tall and that she can ride most of the stuff they have. I was so proud of her for wanting to be with her cousins so bad that she didn't realize what she was getting in to. She was so brave, not overcautious, and not in total control from how she usually is and that was OK. Catalina rode "test track" (twice), "Soarin", "Splash Mountain", and last (the most awesome one) "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror". She was so brave, and everyone in our elevator cheered her afterward. This time we also went to the water parks "Typhoon Lagoon" and "Blizzard Beach". They are SO awesome and it was so perfect for the hot weather we had those days. Catalina also did a lot of stuff here because she is 40 inches.
This time we had lunch with the princesses. We went for lunch in Cinderella's castle at the "Cinderella's Royal Table". Catalina was so happy to see the princesses, and Andy and I were surprised about the food. It wasn't bad at all. We had a huge laugh because for some reason all the princesses that day were pretty ugly (but for some reason they look a lot better in the pictures than in person). Lol. Please understand that it was our 5th time in Disney World and we have seen many. After all of them came to our table we were talking about it (thank goodness for Spanish) and I said "I guess they brought out all the ugly ones for Halloween" and Andy couldn't stop laughing for a long while. It was a very good experience (a one time thing though). I'm glad we did it.She did it!!!

Catalina raising Andy in the "Toboggan Racers" from Blizzard Beach. She is that tiny thing in the 4th line.

I love Catalina's face in this one.

Andy coming out of the "Slush Gusher".


Monito monkeying around Disney.


We had a very fun lunch at the "Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater" in Disney's Hollywood Studios.


Cinderella, her castle, and the girls.


The not so graceful (but so charming) princesses of that day and my totally cute girls.

Catalina and her favorite princess. She was so happy from "sleeping beauty's kisses".
One tasty meal, one happy family!

The Ihrigs in KW

I'm so late with my blog's posts but I better start now.
The last week in September Amy (Andy's sister) and her whole family came from UT to visit the beautiful East Coast, and us here in KW. We had a great time. The cousins played and had so much fun. We also celebrated our nephew Mark big 16th birthday. It was so cool having them here. Then we all went to Orlando for a fun week in Disney World.I love the picture of Catalina and Jenessa holding hands.

The Southernmost Ihrig Family (baby Serenna was sleeping in the car).

Table for 12 (7 Ihrigs + 4 DuBois + 1 cousin Stu) at "Bongo's Cuban Cafe" in Downtown Disney.

Catalina and Julienne's cute cousins.

The cousins being swallowed by a shark. Arianna's face is priceless lol.

This picture is for you, Grandma Margaret. All the cousins finally together from youngest (17 m) to oldest (16 y).