Halloween parade

School held a Halloween parade yesterday. All the kids turned up in outfits (school requested nothing scary please!). Olivia chose between her five princess dresses and ended up in one passed down from one of the twins, I'd hazard a guess that it was Elizabeth's. Turns out EVERY girl in her class was a princess or fairy, the boys were a little more original.
The class paraded around the courtyard twice, voted for their favourite pumpkin, and then had a picnic lunch together. It was great to see her doing what she was told. Mealtime with 24 kids was very impressive, all the kids sitting and eating nicely. Maybe I need to invite her 23 classmates over for mealtime at our house! More Halloween events tonight. I think that Olivia will be a cat since she hasn't been out of the outfit since I showed it to her last night, she even slept in the headband and tail!

Pumpkin festival

The Pumpkin festival in Half Moon Bay is a big deal and normally we avoid it like the plague. Traffic is terrible and there's bad art and lots of glass pumpkins for sale. However, we have discovered that little people have different priorities so we invited Olivia's best friend Juliette and her parents over and went on our adventure.
The girls had their faces painted, made frisbees and got balloons. Carl and Cam found the kids game zone and took over, after all they're little boys at heart. We went home, all of us had a nap except for Juliette! Our friends stayed the night and Juliette passed out first on a mattress on the floor, Olivia was dying to sleep right next to her but couldn't get comfy as there wasn't much room. It was very cute to see her try and sleep together, Juliette was out for the count but Olivia was trying so share covers and snuggle. Too cute. The first of many slumber parties I am sure.

Princess

Olivia is a big fan of princess. We have quite a selection of dresses, one green, the rest pink. The wand is another favourite accessory. Here she is in our front garden with Monty just doing what all little girls do.