Funny Girl

It doesn't take much to entertain Emma. As you can see, she had way too much fun hiding in this storage container. She also decided to read to Lamont. She thought he should play an instrument, too. Doesn't he look thrilled?

Happy Halloween!

I am not sure what Emma will do now without her "Geen Dragon" costume. She has talked non-stop about going "Trick-or-Beating" and wanted to go again this morning. She did get good use out of the costume and wore it to her school's fall festival, to ZooBoo, to her school party and trick-or-treating. At least we can leave out the "Funkin" through Thanksgiving.

Pumpkin Patch

We finally made it to the pumpkin patch! Life has been hectic at our house with school, work, family and football. I was worried we might not make it this year. Emma has had the Type A flu. Fortunately, we caught it early and she wasn't sick for long. Thank goodness! One of the dogs has been sick, too. I am hoping Matt and I can stay healthy. With everyone healthy for now, we ventured out to get our pumpkin. Emma wasn't too crazy about picking out a pumpkin. I think the big open field was a bit overwhelming for her. She did enjoy throwing hay on the hayride. Her favorite part was the picture cut-outs. She kept telling us, "I play beek-a-boo." It was too cute. We got to see some farm animals, too. The turkey put on a great show and Emma has her gobbling mastered. All in all, it was a fun trip. Emma calls her pumpkin, "Pumpkin Patch" and must tell it good-bye every time she goes to bed. She has a tiny pumpkin, too. She carries that one all through the house like a ball. We are getting excited for Halloween. I love this time of year!

Football Fanatic

We made it to Bloomington on Saturday to cheer on our Hoosiers against Ohio State. Even though the end was not what we wanted, we had a fabulous football day. Emma was so good and loved sitting in "Papa's Chair" at the tailgate. She had her own box of I.U. cookies and a new book about dinosaurs. What more could you want? Emma loved the cheerleaders, band and The Walk. At one point in the afternoon, someone said to me, "There's your picture opporotunity." I turned around and Emma was playing catch with Tom Crean. As he gave her the ball, I heard her say, "Thanks Coach." I am assuming she picked up on his name as everyone was speaking to him. Coach Crean graciously asked us if we wanted a photo. What a great guy! Today we cheered on the Colts to another big victory. This was a good excuse to wear our new Peyton Manning jersey. Poor Emma has seen so much football in the last couple of days she is getting her teams mixed up. In Bloomington she shouted, "Go Colts!" and today she shouted, "Go I.U.!" Finally she just shouted, "Go Football players!" Hey, whatever works as long as they win!

Cousins

I had the chance to baby-sit my niece and nephew for a short time last Saturday. I will admit that I was a little nervous going about having three little ones to watch, but the afternoon went great. I couldn't resist taking a picture. We had tons of fun watching Little Bear and playing with ALL of the toys. Hannah and I even made a lovely necklace. Good times!

Best Weekend Ever...If you are a Toddler

Emma had the best weekend ever. You will quickly see why in the photos. First, her daddy went out and bought yummy doughnuts for breakfast. After every bite, Emma would tell me, "Mommy. Yummy." She ate the whole thing. It took 45 minutes. It was our neighborhood garage sale weekend. It is always a big social time for all the neighbors. I drove around to see if I could find any bargains and found the deal of the day. I got Emma this great Elmo chair for $2! It was brand new. The people I got it from said their little girl got it as a gift and never used it because she was scared of it. I saw a brand new one at Babies R Us for $30! Emma loves it. When she comes in the room she has to say, "Hi, Elmo Chair!" and when she leaves the room she says, "Bye, Elmo Chair!" What a great deal. We made about $160 at our sale. All in all I would say we all had a wonderful weekend.

Posing...Sort Of!

I took Emma to get some cheap pictures taken in her pretty dress that Momo got her. She is at the age where she doesn't really want to cooperate if she doesn't feel like it. You can get a good idea of that in the photo of her running away and the one where she is acting like a monkey. Overall, there were some good ones. That is all I could ask for, right?