I really do enjoy this blog thing. Yes, it's kind of predictable. And yes, it's kind of the cool dorky thing for silly mommy and daddys to do, but really it's kind of a chance to journal the really fun things, special moments, adorable scenes of my precious little one (oneS, PLURAL, soon enough...) and her everyday life...
And this particular post's everyday life moments include a special day for Ellie with her daddy! It was our Halloween parade at school last week and this preggo momma got into the festivities with a few teacher friends...
If you aren't familiar with recent children's books, Hogwarts is a reference to the phenomenon (and my dear friend Kelli's (on the left) obsession) of the Harry Potter series. Ms. Frizzle is the much loved, crazy curly red-head teacher from The Magic School Bus. Please know how wonderful these two series are. And how much fun it was to dress up again...Can you tell from the goofy grins on our faces? As the great Kaitlin (on the right) said, "This picture proves we have the greatest job in the world."
So Ellie and daddy came up to watch the festivities and I believe Ellie loved mommy's stars from her Frizzle skirt more than the parade...
I didn't stop her. She's just too cute. And I was just too proud of her. Not for one thing in particular, just of her being her. It's a silly mom thing.
Anyway, you know how it goes around here...wrap up one awesome moment...on to the next. So the rest of the weekend revolved around a visit from Nana and Papa and pumpkins.
Doesn't get too much better...
Just a few steps in the gate and Ellie was mesmerized by the gourds. Had to stop and do a spell check for that booger, yikes, must be a preggo moment.
She really liked the pimply ones. What can I say, she's a lover, not a hater.
But then she kept thinking they were balls to throw. And I've always been taught that, "You break, you buy." And you have to understand, this place was not cheap.
So we moved on. On to the pumpkins.
Kind of literally. And geez is that round tummy cute. Love the way her shirt hugs her tummy, love the fact that she doesn't even think twice about the way it pooches out over her diaper brimmed jeans. Love when she discovers how to stick it out, suck it in, stick it out, suck it, and back and forth until she cracks and giggles. I didn't capture a pic of that one, but that's classic.
She loved the pumpkins.
And then there were some pretty flowers.
Ellie does this sweet thing (yes, another proud momma moment comin'...) where she coos/sighs/"ah"s when she pets something. It's a sign of affection. I think it comes from her silly mommy and daddy trying to cure her of her hesitation with Pippy so we make cute little noises whenever Pippy comes by to try and get her to pet Pippy. So now this is how she pets things...with her own little sound effect. So this is Ellie petting the flowers.
Can't you just hear it?
And we actually managed to capture a (very windy) family photo!
Along with a few pictures just for fun...
She's so brave.
Got to love our locks, lusciously blowing in the breeze...
Think these grandparents are giddy over their girl? You got it.
And then moving on to the real deal pumpkin patch...
And these pictures make me laugh.
Lose the 'tude, girlfriend.
Can we just say "Too big for our britches"?
But...we'll deal with that another day. For now, we're her fan club.
And just a little proud of it.
