Trick or treat!!

So, okay, Mommy and Daddy have been explaining to me all week that on Halloween I would get dressed up in my ladybug costume (so exciting!) and go to people's houses and say "trick or treat" -- and that they would give me candy?? I wasn't believing them.

So tonight I put on my ladybug costume (isn't it neat?)


and took my pumpkin bucket and walked with Daddy


over to my friend Janet's house and said "trick or treat" and "candy, please"


AND SHE GAVE ME CANDY!! (Don't worry, I say "thank you" too.)

This is the bestest day ever. I have a lollipop, yum!


And then we went home and sat on the step and I helped give candy to other kids. That was a lot of fun too. I hollered at the kids to come, I said, "Kids come here, candy!" I can pick up the whole bowl of candy!


At first, when the kids came, I gave them just one piece, but then I really got into it and gave everyone big fistfuls of candy. It was just SO exciting. I was really sad when Mommy and Daddy said the kids were all done and it was time for bed.

I love Halloween!!!

Bathing beauty

I have decided that lounging in the tub is way better than just sitting there. Besides, it makes Mommy and Daddy laugh.

Look out, naked bottom!

Today it was horrible and rainy and snowy and windy and cold (all at once!), so Mommy and I stayed home (except for morning swim class, hurray!). So I had to do the naked bottom dance. Yeah!

Aunt Megan!

Aunt Megan came to visit today AND we went and got pumpkins! It was a very exciting day, and I was pretty hyper by bedtime. I shrieked a lot. I was also being a big show-off for Aunt Megan. We'll post more pictures tomorrow -- right now it's Mommy's bedtime....

Ladybugs and apples

Today my friend Miss Barbara came to visit, and she read to me! The book had ladybugs in it, so I had to have my spiffy new ladybug pillow with me. Really, I'm there. Behind the book. See my little feet?



Also, today I showed Mommy and Daddy what a big girl I am: I can eat a whole apple all by myself! Grammy, Granddaddy, I told you I was going to eat them alllll up! YUM!

Yuuuuuv chickens!

I love the chickens soooo much. They are my friends. And they lay eggs. Yum!


And here's me and my buddy Dusty Dog in Granddaddy's shop. I'm eating a pepper I got out of Grammy's garden. Yum!


Also, today I learned that apples grow on trees. How neat is that? I picked SEVEN apples off the tree. Yum!

FIRE!

Granddaddy made a fire for us tonight, yay! I helped, and it was soooo exciting.

More big helper

And this morning I helped Mommy bake the cookies! My job was to shake the little balls of dough in a big bag a of sugar. I did a good job. And the cookies are SO yummy! Mommy only let me have one -- the rest are to share at the dance tonight (hurray, a dance!).

Big helper!

This afternoon I helped Mommy make cookies. I sat on the counter and tasted all kinds of things. My job was to turn the mixer on and off -- so cool!



Like I said, I tasted lots of stuff, including flour, which Mommy said I wouldn't like, but she was wrong!


I can't wait till we bake them tomorrow. So long to wait!

So much fun!

Whew, what a weekend! Yesterday Mommy and I went to a dance, oh boy oh boy, it was so much fun, and I cried when Mommy made us leave. We were having too much fun to take any pictures....

And then we went to visit Uncle Jeff and Aunt Laura and cousin Nicole and Grammy and Granddaddy were there! So I got to watch football (gooooo Eagles!!) while snuggling with Granddaddy. Life doesn't get much better.


And I played a lot with my bestest cousin Nicole. She threw a purple ball for me and made me shriek a lot.


Today I slept in and just hung out. I am a worn out kiddo!

Sam's birthday party

Today we went to my friend Sam's house, because it's his birthday! I had a lot of fun. I did crafts (here I'm sticking stickers on pretend binoculars)...



...I played with PlayDoh -- that stuff is awesome! ...


...I rode around in Sam's super-nifty truck wagon...



...and of course, I ate cake. It was delicious.


The other kids ran around and screamed a lot. Me, I ate cake. Mmmmmm.

Thanks for the fun party, Sam!

Visiting my princess friend

Today we went to visit a new friend, Ronnie! I like her. We had tea, and she played with me. She has a BIG white cat named Puddy. I liked him, but he was kinda cranky. That's okay -- I gave him snuggles anyway.

I'm a big girl

This morning I picked out my clothes all by myself! Look, a cupcake and flower pants! They're comfy and cute -- I don't know why Mommy is whimpering.

Just kidding!

So guess what? I'm not all well yet, actually. Now I really DO have an ear infection. I have yucky goo coming out of my ear. Isn't that exciting? My first ever (the doctor said that was really, really good). My ear hurts, owie owie, but most of the time, I'm still pretty happy. See? Cuz I'm wearing my new favoritest dress, isn't it pretty? It's all soft and cozy.

Carrots!

I'm almost all better now, hurrah! I'm still not real interested in eating -- but applesauce and bananas are yummy.

Look what Mommy and I got out of the garden today! Carrots! I thought it was pretty nifty that there they were, growing in the ground. Mommy roasted them, and I thought they were pretty good. (Mommy and Daddy say, they were delicious!)