Boo!

Happy Halloween! I know, I know, it's not Halloween yet. As I'm sure most of you know, my Auntie is getting married on Saturday, so there's all kinds of rehearsals and things on Friday and we had Halloween early! It's okay, though, because I'm only almost two so I don't really notice things like that.

Ta da! See how pretty I am in my Minnie Mouse costume? Dad had to bribe me to get into it, but once I got it on, I loved it!

The best part of this whole day was that I got more pumpkins! But instead of having squishy pumpkin guts inside, they had toys and treats. Awesome. This is the kind of holiday I can get behind.

Here I am with Auntie. She's dressed up as a college professor or something. This is probably the last picture you'll see of her as a single person, so enjoy!

Here I am outside. You may notice the house behind me isn't mine. It's our neighbors and I really like going in their front yard. Mom and Dad get worried about trespassing or something, but who would call the cops on a cute little mouse like me?!

Pumpkin Patchery

I went to the pumpkin patch this week! It was awesome. They even had pumpkins that were just my size. See how easily I'm able to lift this one?

This one? Not so much. It might help a little if I put Bear down before trying to lift it, but I like a challenge.

I just wanted to show you all how happy Bear is to be spending the day at the pumpkin patch. Doesn't he look thrilled?

I know you can hardly tell, what with the blonde pigtails and dress, but that's me! You guys are so easy to fool.

I made friends with a pony so I asked Mom and Dad if he can come live with me. I would totally share my room with him. Mom and Dad, can't you see that he's my BFF?

Here I am riding the pony! I'm so good at it, that not only do I not need to use my hands, I don't even have to keep my eyes open! Del Mar Racetrack here I come!

Animal crackers in my soup

So I've gotten pretty good at the self portraits don't you think? Mom wishes she could show you her computer so you could see the hundreds of pictures I've taken of myself. She's very grateful that I've started this project in a time when there's no longer a need to buy film!

I've gotten really fast lately. I try my hardest to run out of the camera frame before the picture is taken, but sometimes I don't quite make it. This camera must have super fast settings because really all you should see here is a blur. I'm that fast.

Okay, are you sure the other kids won't make fun of me for wearing this shirt? I love my Dad and everything, but I'm feeling a little anxious about announcing it on my shirt.

Here I am playing catch with Dad. I thought it was hilarious! I would laugh so hard that it would make me miss the ball. Either that or Dad would throw it too hard. I'm not sure which.

Because I know how much you all love my singing, here's another classic for you, Rock-a-bye baby. (Have you noticed that I always have to be kneeling on a chair to sing? It's what I do.) My grandma thinks that I am going to be the next Shirley Temple. So look for me coming soon to a theater near you.

Oh puh-lease!

Hi again! I realized it's been a while since I've shown you my nose, so here it is. Can you see it?

This picture makes Mom giggle a little, because with the light bulb in the background, it looks like I just got a bright idea. I'm sure it had something to do with quantum physics, of course. And nothing to do with Elmo or the Swedish Chef.

These are my awesome sunglasses. The key word in that sentence is "my", as in "should only be worn by me." And definitely should not be worn by Dads.

Oh man, Dad is so embarrassing. If I just act like I don't know him, maybe no one will think that we're together.

Here I am practicing my annoyed teenager look. I'm sure I'll have to use this with Mom and Dad a LOT when I'm older, so I figured I better get some practice in now.

There's a little something, right there

So this week, Mom and Dad took me to the beach again. We had a blast. Mom kept trying to take my picture when all I wanted to do was get down to the water already!

This time, I even put my feet in the water, but could Mom get a picture of that?! Of course not. When the water hit my feet, which was so deep it almost, almost, covered my toes, I said "I'm swimming?" Everybody thought that was pretty funny. These people are so easy to entertain.

I was having a blast with my shovel and bucket. And people, I only freaked out a little bit when I got sand on my hands. I call that progress!

Here's some live action sand castle building for you. What? You don't see the sand castles? These are abstract castles, see. It's all part of my art.

So after all the beach fun, I had an awesome spaghetti dinner. It was delicious. You can kind of see some of the sauce I had there on my shoulder. What you can't see is the sauce I had in my armpit, on the back of my head, and the noodle that was stuck between my toes. I am not even kidding.

What? Is there something on my face?