Halloween 09

Last weekend we went to Grandma & Grandpa's house and Aria went trick-or-treating inside. What's behind this door?

Silly daddy (crazy toothbrush-hand-guy) behind this door. Oh! He has stickers!
Emmett slept through it all.
Aria is looking at the loot with Grandpa.

Yesterday we did pumpkins. Aria spent at least 30 min painting this pumpkin.

Now on to the real deal. She loved the mess!

The final product...Mommy and Daddy got creative!

By this evening we had 3 ladybugs in the house, including Doogan!

Family picture before Aria headed out.

She had a great time! She enjoyed playing with her friend Trinity the most. Her family came over for dinner and trick-or-treating. They were so funny together.

story time!

Aria decided to tell a story based on the many little disney princess books she got for her birthday. Her are the translated stories...

Story one:
"Once upon a time, there was that girl in that castle. The Beast was joining him and her in dining room castle. And one day, the king said, wicked king said, 'Don't get that mirror broke!' The mirror said 'Buenos Dias'."

Story two:
"Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Princess King. And one day, she told the mirror, and she said 'now listen here guy!' said 'Hello', and 'how how ho.'

She combined parts from Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, The Lorax, and Bear's New Friend, not to mention spanish class at school.

Giggles!

Emmett has a new trick. He can giggle now!

It all just tuckered him out. This was only a little while later. He passed out!

gruvulous glove

While I was nursing Emmett this afternoon, I had Aria* up at the table painting to keep her occupied. I could see her, but I couldn't tell exactly what she was doing. I heard her talking about needing more paint and some babble about the gruvulous glove (from the Lorax)**.

This isn't the exact picture of the gruvulous glove, but it's close. Basically it's a green glove.

Aria's interpretation of the gruvulous glove

Her beautiful painting

*Aria has been home with me all week because she got head lice from school. It hasn't been fun, but we are getting through it. I am enjoying the time with her since I'm going back to work in two weeks. I've had help, but I've also had lot of time alone with her and Emmett and I'm getting the hang of juggling both of them.

** Kevin's favorite book to read at Aria's bedtime is the Lorax. Aria always picks up on little details about everything. There is one single line that talks about the Once-Ler's "gruvulous glove" and it stuck in her little head. The line goes like this..."And he hides what you've paid him away in his snuvv, his strange, secret hole in his gruvulous glove."

Emmett's 3 months old! (I'm sneaking him into the post again)

Emmett

A friend recently came over to take pictures of Emmett and she did a wonderful job. Here are a couple of the shots! THANKS BRYN!

Aria is 3!

Happy Third Birthday, Aria!

Last weekend she had a party with some friends at a moonbounce place. She had a GREAT time.

We had a friend make these beautiful cupcakes.

Aria and her best bud, Trinity had fun playing with the balloons in the wind before we headed home.

Aria was so wired from the excitement of the day (and sugar). She and Aunt Jennine had so much fun playing in the closet. They were hiding from the monsters (Grammy and Daddy).

The fun continues today on her actual birthday. Grandma and Grandpa are here and we'll have a mini celebration after she gets home from school.

Our Packrat

Aria has always liked to collect things. Since Emmett has arrived, she has taken it to a new level. She has become a packrat! We've documented a couple of her masterpieces below. She does this at least once a day and it's a pain to clean up! Most of the objects consist of Emmett's blankets and toys which she's taken possession of.

I had to sneak in a recent picture of Emmett. Note that he's using his blanket. Generally, as soon as I pick him up, Aria grabs it and stashes it in one of her piles.