Flying the plane!

I am way behind on blog posts, but here is a cute one on our way to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving. Will catch up soon in Max's bar mitzvah plus some videos.

Belle of the ball... ?

My nephew Max's bar mitzvah is coming up, so the three girls in our family (plus Olive's friend Kaiann, who added the hair bow) were comparing party dresses. I'm not sure I will ever convince Rikki to put this dress on again, so I wanted to be sure to get some good pics.

At the Museum of Science and Industry this weekend...

We went for the Dr. Seuss exhibit, but the trains were an added attraction.

Not quite Indian summer

But the weather has been mostly comfortable lately ... So we keep thinking each visit to the playground may be out last... If you look back on the blog, you'll see some shots of her on this little horse when she was much younger. She loves the playground and she has proven to be an adventurous (and fortunately skilled) climber.

What a pair

Here she is with Liangliang the pirate.

Elmo on the run!

Candy awaits! Amazing what a difference a year makes in terms of catching on to the trick or treating. Rikki Panpan and our neighbor boy Liangliang (aka Alex) were a cute pair. Each time some candy dropped in the pumpkin, she had to pull it out to examine it. We went for the early (4:30) shift.

Olive makes the screen for Halloween

What a scream! Look for the red cat ears on the left of screen at minute 2:55

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=8413310

More pics of Rikki (aka Elmo) coming soon.....