Halloween!

Stella was not a big fan of Halloween this year, or dressing up like Minnie Mouse.  Thankfully, I set my expectations really low, so I wasn't disappointed.  All I wanted was a picture of her in her costume (she didn't even have to smile and she didn't).  We got the picture and I was happy.  We went to a carnival the Saturday before Halloween at the elementary school she will end up going to and then, she and her cousins went trick or treating in our neighborhood on Halloween.  The kids had so much fun, except for Stella of course, but oh well.  I think next year will be the year!

Super Why, Minnie, Batman, Captain America :)

                                              

Sidewalk chalk mania!

My Aunt Alice gave me an entire tub of sidewalk chalk, so Stella and I have been going to town with it! She is starting to write , which is really cool. Before, she would just sit on top of my chalk drawings, but now she is creating! She is for sure going to be right handed, which I am excited about:) My brother and sister are both left handed, Morgan and his brother and his dad are all left handed as well, so I get a little righty on my side!

Misty Morning at the Park

It seems as though Stella has been in fast forward these days. She said "thank-you" yesterday, says "no" all the time now and yelled "stop!" when I told her to stop banging her head on her high chair. She is her own little lady and knows what she wants. I can tell that she will be a leader and not a follower and that makes me happy. This morning we went to the park and it was misty and cool and I just watched my little girl play. She is so brave. She climbs the stairs on her own, crosses the wobbly bridge on her own and goes down the slide on her own. Pretty soon she won't need me to help her with anything and I am ok with that. I want her to be independent, secure and happy.

Swagbucks!

I was looking through some old videos and found this.  Lauren and I wrote this song for http://www.swagbucks.com/