Phantom Clucker

The chicken decided to make a brief appearance this Halloween. It took a lot of negotiating, but Emma finally transformed into her feathery alter ego, the phantom clucker. The costume didn't stay on too long, but luckily Emma really likes to visit our neighbor, Marge and Heidi and kept her outfit on to trick or treat at one house at least.

Trip to the park

We are taking advantage of all the nice weather we get, as we know it will not last for long. We had sun and 60's this weekend, so headed down to the park to play. Emma was having a good time walking through the leaves and tossing a few in the air. She also decided it was time to ride the big girl swing for the first time. Don't worry...parental hands were right out of picture range and on the ready. She did pretty good sitting in the swing...but I think we will still stick to the baby swing for a bit longer!

Rocking out!

Emma was rocking out on Saturday night...dancing to some good ol' music while riding her rocking horse. This is Emma's version of "winding down" before bed.

Riding around the fruit loop

Emma's pal Elias joined her on the fruit loop tour this weekend (apple picking). Lots of smiles on the wagon ride for two.

Fall walk

Emma and I baked some cookies, and wanted to bring some to share with our neighbor Marge. Well, Marge wasn't home, so we went for a little walk around the neighborhood to check out some of the fall leaves. Emma was grateful she had a basket with the cookies available, as she had to stop for a couple of snack breaks along the way. She is also trying out her new shoes today, and found they work pretty well splashing in mud puddles (after she got used to walking in them that is).

Bump, bump, bump

Emma's interpretation of "The Wheels on the Bus go Bump, Bump, Bump". We had to cut the song short, for fear she would actually come out of her seat.

Pumpkin pickin'

Emma let us know that pumpkin picking is not all fun and games. We got off to a bit of a rough start when Emma fell asleep on the car ride out to Sauvie Island and we had to wake her up. She was not too impressed by the view of Mt Hood from the Pumpkin patch either. Things started to pick up and she did enjoy the hayride out to the patch and picking out her pumpkin. However, when she learned there were no potties in the field...she did not appreciate the 3 minute hayride back to the farmhouse. Hence the lack of happy pumpkin picking pictures this year.

Meeting Roar

Emma plays with "Roar" all the time (her lion puppet). She didn't seem too impressed by the real thing...but she definitely enjoyed toddling around the zoo in the spring like weather we had that day.

Supervision required

Emma and Cash got together for a play date this past Friday. Much fun was had climbing trees (and sitting on each other in the tree), and pouring sand on themselves in the sandbox. It was great to have the Cash Monkey and his parents over for the evening. We are still adjusting to the toddler dining experience (with the kids MAYBE eating a bite or two of food, in between chasing the cat, riding the trike, or trying the push cart out as a little scooter). Which just means the adults get their exercise during dinner, and really earn that second glass of wine.