Trick or Treat

Halloween has come and gone, and we have definetly gotten our wear out of the chicken.  Lila is not sad to see it go, but she was a good sport, and sooooo cute (and isn't that the main thing)

Lila was not really into trick-or-treating.  I am not sure if that had to do with the terrible two's, or if it is because she dislikes the chicken outfit, or if she was tired, or just didn't get it.  We went to a couple houses, and she would stand at the end of the sidewalk and yell "NOOO!". We went over to our friends'/neighbors, and all the other kids would walk right up and get their candy, and she would just cling to my leg, hollering "NOOO Mommy"(which of course made me feel like a failure as a parent.)   Then we went to a house where they had left the candy bowl on the porch, and we actually got her to go look in the bowl, and they had Dum-dums (lollipops), and she apparently knows what they are and likes them, so then she was willing to go up to the door and knock, and do the whole thing.  Then she was able to eat her "soucka" (sucker), and a green laffy taffy, and magically her whole mood changed and she was ready to party, and play with the other kids.  She has definetly had her fair share of sugar over the past few days.

Here are my personal favorite costumes:

This is our neighbor, Marin, as a slice of kiwi...love the creativity

This is our friend Mary with her daughters Kamdyn and Brinkly dressed as cupcakes

***Brinkly is only 2 1/2 weeks old, and Mary made these costumes***

Fall Festival

Last night was the Fall Festival at Lila's daycare.  The Fall Festival is a big event, and I spent the morning making these cute cupcakes for the cake walk.  These cupcakes were nothing special, but as you all know, presentation is everything, and they were some of the first treats to get chosen.  Pretty cute, huh?

...Speaking of pretty cute, what do you think about my chicken?

Here we are doing the cake walk...Lila just wanted to hear the music and dance

and here she is with her first cake walk goodies ever...some brownie bites.  Mommy did not want a whole cake around here.  She could not wait to tear into the bag, so I put them in my purse, and this morning I looked over and she was sitting in her little chair having a brownie bite..sneaky little thing.

Another big hit of the night was the lollipops.  Here is Lila and her friend Charli (Cha Cha) enjoying one.  One of the moms remarked that their child didn't know what to do with a lollipop; not my child!  I never taught her what to do, and I have never really given her candy, but she seems to know what to do with it.  I am pretty sure she got that from me.

Pumpkin pics

We went to Red Barn today to pick out some pumpkins.  There are some pumpkins in the lobby area at the daycare, and Lila likes to stop and touch them and pick one out and say "Dat Lalila's mumpkin".  So, today when I said "We are going to go pick out some pumpkins", she knew exactly what I was talking about, and when we got there she knew just what to do.  There was an area with small pumpkins, and she just walked right up to it, and got herself a pumpkin and loaded it right on the cart.  She actually got two small pumpkins.

These are a couple of my favorite pictures.

Here is Lila and her Dad "working"... monkey see, monkey do!

A few pictures from last week

Lila picked a pocket full of peppers from her pepper plant, and she was pretty proud!

We have not gotten very far with the potty training.  But in the past week or two, Lila has really gotten into Elmo.  We have an Elmo book, and she watches Sesame Street occasionally, but all of a sudden she wants Elmo everything.  So, I bought an Elmo "potty" DVD...I put it in one day, and she went and got her potty and sat in the living room and watched it.

This is just a sneak peak of the Halloween costume...more to come

Fall Leaves

Lila is becoming quite a good little craft partner...Just what I always wanted!  Today, I cut leaves out of felt and then she decorated them with stick on rhinestones in fall colors (I found at Michael's for $1/package).

Then I hung them on the kitchen windows with pretty orange ribbon.

The pictures don't really show all the colors, but they are really pretty.  My little partner was pleased with the results.

The other night, Shawn and Lila were being very quiet, so I went to find them.  Shawn was practicing fixing her hair...HOW CUTE!  This is his first attempt at a pony tail.  Not too bad.

Visit with The Noskas

Last week, we went to visit the Noskas, and Lila had her first meeting with Baby Ainsley.  She wasn't as excited about the baby as I thought she would be, but she loved all the baby equipment and playing with Anneliese.  However, once she got to hold the baby, she didn't really want to let her go.