Saturday, October 24, 2009

Duck Dock and Pumpkin Patch

Daddy took off from work Friday to spend the day with Mama and Sweet Girl. Little Monster had such a good time with the ducks the other day that on Friday, Mama and Daddy decided to bring her back to the park. When everyone got there, a big flock of geese had taken over the dock and when they saw Wee Goblin heading their way with bread, they all got up to come meet her. It was very exciting, and Miss Fuss had to stay in Daddy's arms to avoid being spirited away by a press gang of geese. The ducks followed the geese, so everyone got some nice, stale bread. After seeing the ducks, Little Monster visited Noni for some pasta while Mama and Daddy had sandwiches.To wrap up the day, Sweet Girl went to Petco to look at the kitties, turtles, hamsters, and fish. It's always exciting to see so many animals in one place!

Speaking of animals, on Saturday Baby Girl visited a pumpkin patch. They had a petting zoo there, and if the housepets at Petco were exciting for Little Monster, the petting zoo at the pumpkin patch was downright amazing. She got to play with bunnies, pet a pair of goats, speak with a wide-eyed calf, and even ride a pony! She also wandered the pumpkins to look for a favorite, but she didn't find one to her liking. Unfortunately, she didn't have a chance to jump in the moon bounce because too many kids were playing in it, but the pony ride was so much fun, she wanted to ride twice.









Sunday, October 18, 2009

Football Party

As they say in Where the Wild Things Are, it was quite a wild rumpus around here today. It was Mama and Daddy's turn to host Football Sunday, so Daddy made a pot of chili from the recipe he got from his dad. That chili was too spicy for Baby Girl, but it didn't stop her from having a grand time with Spencer, Hafthor, and Emilia. At one point, the kids were making more noise than a whole house full of adults -- it was quite a cacophony of toys, games, crashing into things, and climbing over things. Sweet Goblin was a charming hostess, and she did it all with only the barest portion of a nap. Hey, when it's party time for a Baby Girl, sometimes you have to sacrifice a little bit.

During the football party, Little Monster had all sorts of adventures. She ate cookies, she shared her toys with her guests, and she turned her room into a playroom for anyone who wanted to come throw down. At one point, her bed was a corral of wild child caught mid-hootenanny. Much book-reading went on, as did much cracker-eating and friend-making.

At the end of the evening, both Mama and Daddy were completely wiped, and Sweet Girl's brief nap proved too much for her to bear. As much as she wanted to watch the Bears-Falcons game, she was just too tired. After brushing her teeth and reading about how Madeline Loves Animals, she went to bed with a great party under her belt. Now all that remains is the cleanup tomorrow... but that can wait until hopefully both she and Mama get a chance to sleep in. Who knows? If Mama makes more cookies tomorrow, there might be a chance to lick the mixing spoon again.

Reading books with Emilia.


Having chow mein and sweet chili calamari at Doc Chey's.

Wearing a jaunty cap with Totoro to run errands in the Highlands.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Daddy is Old!

Just kidding. He's just a bit older than he was yesterday.

We've had a bit of a rough weekend over here. Miss Fuss has been feeling under the weather again, running a low grade fever and not eating her normal massive amounts of food. We even made a trip to the emergency room late Friday night, but gave up on seeing a doctor after waiting for three hours. Don't worry, if Munchkin is still not up to snuff we'll take her to her regular doctor this week.

Despite the icky-sickys, Little Monster has had a pretty fun weekend. She spent Friday night out with Aunties Joddie and Nicole, Tracy and Kasper. Saturday she received an early Christmas present from Aunt Angi (Mama's sister) and knew immediately that it was meant for a Tickle Bug because of the lack of wrapping on the brightly colored box. Mama hadn't planned on making her wait for it, but once she saw the box it was all over. She could hardly wait for Mama to put it together before she started bouncing away and making music on her new ride-on horse.

Today we are off to run errands before the new babysitter, Elena, comes over to spend the evening with Little Monster. They met last week and absolutely adore each other, so we're sure there won't be any issues while Mama and Daddy go out for some dinner and drinks.

Words/signs MJ has learned:
Mama (finally!)
Daddy (very clearly "Daa-dee")
more (sign)
eat/drink (sign)
cheese
kitty
puppy
up (when she wants to be picked up or put down)
bib (word and sign)
bye-bye (word and wave)
baby
hi
all done/all gone (sign)
no (word complete with head shaking)