Emma helps Mommy with the leaves

I had to go get Emma a little lawn bag of her own to help Mommy. Till then she just kept taking the leaves back out and making piles. I use the term leaves loosely. They are more like needles or ferns from out Bald Cypress tree.

Emma loves Mommy

Ethan and Emma want nothing to do with Daddy today, only Mommy will do.

Emma is really getting into pretend play

Emma is really getting into pretend play since Halloween.

First I told her not to touch the walls on Halloween because she had sticky hands while she was eating a sucker. Then she disappeared and I saw her open a drawer in the kitchen and disappear. I found her at the top of the stairs wiping the wall with a washcloth.

Then in a few days I found her wiping her play kitchen with a washcloth she had gotten out of the laundry basket.

Today she made Nanc give her a plush dog and then went and got her blanket and wrapped him up i it.

It's pretty cool seeing her start to imitate us.

Ethan playing with the Halloween Jack-In-The-Box

We sing Happy Birthday to Dad on his 84th

Ethan and Emma snack before going to the Halloween party at the village hall

Emma wears Mommy's shorts and purse, while Ethan "drinks" coffee like Mommy

More trying to grow up too fast. They want to imitate us and we want them to stay little!

Our future's so bright we have to wear shades

Emma and Ethan are all about wearing Mommy and Daddy's stuff lately and pretending to be us. Here they hijacked Nanc's shades and struck a pose.

Our mouths are full to the busting point and we could not be happier

Can you tell they shoved two whole graham crackers in their mouths at once. They think they won the lottery.

Emma wants Mommy's Fudgesicle

Emma and Ethan now feed themselves Fudgesicles and Emma decided after eating most of hers that she should get to swap with Mommy. The faces she made till Nanc gave in were priceless. Here's a trio of shots from I want it, to I will pout till I get it and Wow I got it.

 

Ethan and Emma loved the petting zoo at the Palatine Fall Festival

Ethan and Emma loved the animals at the Fall Festival. They played with the animals, took a hayrack ride and got pumpkins to decorate. As you can see the weather was cold. Unfortunately they both got colds following this.

Emma loves to wear Daddy's Harley boots

Despite the fact that they weigh almost as much as she does and come to her upper legs, Emma loves to put on my huge Harley boots and shuffle around in them. We have taken to hiding them because we are afraid she is going to break her legs.