What are you dressed up as, Mommy?

Dave and I got invited to a White Trash Halloween Party. Maddie kept asking what my costume was. I kept saying "A lady who doesn't dress nicely." How do you explain "white trash" to your 4 year old? Libby was just fascinated with Dave's teeth and my fake nails.

Oh, Sunday morning came early, but Saturday night was fun. Introducing Candy and her better half Joe Dirt...

Trying out the teeth...

Good times!

Fall Festival

This week at school we had our fall festival. We got to dress up in our Halloween costumes and eat some candy. We're so excited about Halloween and it was fun to give our costumes a test run.

Cowgirl Jessie

Little Ladybug

We love our candy!

Libby is 22 months!

Yep, I'm getting closer and closer to the big 2! I'm talking (and singing!) a lot more lately. Maddie still likes to point out my new words. And, I've started saying sentences ... like "I want a snack" (which sounds more like "Iwannasack"). I love to sing songs from my music class and have been trying to sing my ABC's. My teacher Ms. Joanne at school told Mom I'm very enthusiastic about circle time and singing our songs, and when the teachers say "art" that I run to the table, sit in my chair and start patting the table. I'm also very into Elmo and Cookie Monster and watching "Super Why" (I call it "Up Why") with my best friend Maddie.

Here's a video of me from a few nights ago. Lately when someone asks me what my name is I say "bootie" and laugh. Mom is still trying to figure out if I'm being silly or if I really think my name is "bootie"!?

Playing!

We love goofing off and playing outside. Thought I'd share some of our fun with you...

Golf balls!

Bikes!

Silly faces!

Pigtails!

Hopscotch!

Model poses!

...Life is good!

Pumpkin Patch

At the beginning of the month we took a school field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. It's always a fun trip! We see farm animals, play with our friends, find pumpkins and have a picnic. Libby's class got to go this year too.

(Too bad that Mom's memory of the pumpkin patch is that later that night Libby got her first stomach bug and Mom and I got it a few days later. Not so fun!)

I really love horses. I hope to ride a real one soon!

Libby thinks she's a big girl too!

Libby and I searched for little baby pumpkins.

This is my favorite person...my teacher Ms. Gretchen!

Libby and our neighbor Hannah share a hug.

Libby is 21 months

Man it's been busy. I turned 20 and then 21 months and nobody even noticed. Not even me. I like to stay busy. You can't take your eyes off of me. I am exploring new things every day. In fact just tonight Mom caught me scaling her bed and then bouncing all around.

Maddie keeps announcing all the new words I can say. (Some of them I've been saying for a while, but I guess they couldn't understand them.) There are too many new words to name, but mom liked when I pointed out the "carwash" as we were driving by and when she asked Maddie a question about Daddy I said "Raleigh" (he goes there a lot for work!). I also have been saying "No thank you" instead of just plain "no". Oh another popular word is "Mine."... I like to say that alot (alot!).

My favorite thing to play is with my babies still. I take one to school everyday and my teachers say I don't put her down. I also love to dance. Mom and I are taking a music class together and I'm the biggest dancer and clapper in the class. It's fun!

Well, gotta run. I think my baby is hungry!

Family Pictures!

A few weeks ago Ms. Ellen met us at the park to take some pictures of us. It was lots of fun. We did a lot of exploring and she told us to say "stinky feet" a lot! That was silly. Maddie and I certainly know how to work a camera.

Here a few of our favorites!

This is what I like to call my model pose.

Maddie is always got something to say...

Maddie and Daddy are big buddies lately.

And here's our little family!