In the name of the father, son and holy ghost. Ghost??

Claire has had a very busy late October. We headed to grandma Jackie & Papa's for the annual Whitcomb Pumpkin Carving gathering. As you can see by the photo the kids like to carve a lot of pumpkins. Since Claire isn't able to weld a carving knife yet her cousin Adam stepped to the plate and carved a pumpkin for her.



The next day we got up early and headed to the church for her baptism. Claire was the only girl to be baptised at this mass. She wore a dress that was originally for mom's second cousin Maggie. Many of the kids in mom's family have worn it, including mom and aunt Karey. Claire was not immersed and didn't seem all that surprised to have water dumped on her head. Mom & Claire have been practicing during bath time so she wouldn't cry.

Claire's first Halloween was a bit colder than mom would have liked, so Claire stayed inside to help pass out candy in her costume. She received many compliments from trick-or-treaters.

Looks like Claire got into the candy dish!