Pumpkin Carving Party and Zoo Boo!!!!

Whew...what a busy weekend! Last night, my friend Sophia and her parents hosted their annual pumpkin carving party. Back in the day, Mama and Papa would stay until the wee hours of the night hanging out, listening to music and drinking lots of wine. Things sure have changed! Now the 2-years olds ruled the party, so as you can imagine, I had a super fun time.

I dressed up as a ladybug! I had a hat too, but didn't care much for wearing it.


Sophia's Mommy made her this gorgeous costume....she was a cupcake!


At the end of the night, all of us toddlers took a group picture. As you can see, I wasn't very cooperative. With so many toys, why would I want to stop playing to take a picture?



Tonight, Mama and Papa took me to Zoo Boo! It is a fun trick-or-treating event at the Detroit Zoo. I wore my outdoor costume....I was a giraffe!




Hey, where'd the water in the fountain go?


Zoo alert: cutie pie giraffe on the prowl!


It was a beautiful evening and the zoo was so pretty with all of the pretty leaves, lights and Halloween decorations. Plus we got candy!!!! And to think Halloween night is still six days away and I have two more parties to go to. I foresee a lot of long naps this week!

Growing Up

With my second birthday right around the corner, I am getting into some big girl habits.

Washing my own hands.....


Okay, sucking the water off my fingers is my main goal, but at least they are clean fingers!


Climbing up and down the stairs....


And look how big I look in my fall dress.....


Side profile....

Hay Day

Last weekend, our city hosted a Hay Day Festival to celebrate fall. The highlight for sure was a special pony ride! I loved riding on the pony from the start. Mama showed me how to hold on to the saddle and I held tight the entire time!

Mama thought for sure I would cry, but I didn't!!!! I loved how I bounced a little during the ride. The pony was very sweet.

Okay, I did start to cry at the very end, but my bottom was sore from all that bouncing!

And guess who was also at Hay Day? My good friends, the Umlands. Here I am with my good friend Hope.

One game was to find gold coins in all of the hay. Not quite like looking for a needle in a haystack cuz I found several coins!!!!!

Looking for more coins.....

Papa helped me make music with my feet on the chimes!

Last Days of Summer

I'm not sure who turned off the sun, but the warm sunny skies I had become accostomed to have been replaced with gray and cool weather. Thankfully, I was outside A LOT this summer and enjoyed every moment of warmth.

We went to Birmingham quite often to play at Booth Park and walk around the beautiful neighborhoods and the lake.

We attended a Labor Day parade in the village of Franklin and enjoyed a delicious burger at the Franklin Grill.

I in particular had a blast in downtown Detroit playing in the fountains. At first, I wasn't too sure about getting wet....

But after testing out each fountain (there were dozens!), I was running around squealing in my drenched clothes.

We also checked out the Jazz Festival downtown. It was so cool....lots of people, groovy sounds and yummy food.

Nancy, our good friend and neigbor, had a party to celebrate her great achievement in becoming a nurse. We are so proud of her! It was a super fun party. I got to play with Joe and Nancy's grandkids Annie, Hanna and Silas.

Wasn't I so pretty in my blue party dress?

I had so much fun playing with all the neighbor kids that I completely crashed at the end of the night. I am still a baby after all!!!

State Fair

The Michigan State Fair is the oldest state fair in the country and unfortunately, it looks like this was the last year it will be held due to budget cuts. However, we made the most of it and went twice!

The first time, we saw a few cows who were very pregnant. When we went back a week later, one of the cows was in labor! Mommy said the cow must have had an epidural because she was too calm!

I got to pet goats too, and went right for their noses! Then Mommy and I went through a hay maze! Mommy had a slight advantage, being taller than the hay and all. Cheater.

Then I went on my first ride ever! A merry-go-round! At first I wasn't too sure, but once the horse started going round and round and up and down, I was giggling through my pacifier!

Papa went on a ride too - but a slightly different kind of ride.

But as you can tell, he loved it!

I wasn't too impressed with the newly hatched chicks. Whatever.

The cows were neat, but by then I was exhausted and ready for bed!

The next weekend, we went back with our good friends, the Bibbs'. Colin is one of my best pals and I have even kissed him on many occasions (don't tell Papa!)

We went back on the merry-go-round and once again I loved it! And so did Colin!

This time I got to pet a day-old lamb. She was soooo soft, but once again, I went for the nose!

August in Huntington Woods

Summer is almost over and I am sure going to miss being outside all day. Even though it was a cool summer, we went to the pool on every warm day.

Papa and I bond really well in the water.



He does all kinds of crazy stunts to make me laugh.



And I mastered the slide this summer! I have a video of it that I will post too.



Mama and I went biking almost every day...to the park, to a friend's house, or to downtown Royal Oak to meet Papa for lunch.


We enjoyed a bar-b-que at a friends house and I got to play with Aiden and some other friends from my playgroup.



The Woodward Dream Cruise weekend was really fun! We went to a party on Woodward with our friends, the Bibbs'. I even got my first animal ballon.

Here are Becky, Christopher and Collin!

Here I am with Mama showing off my first "tatoo" on my leg. And I didn't like that one bit - Papa said I cried and cried.

Checking out the cars cruising on Woodward

Air Force jets flew over Woodward several times - I loved the noise from the jets!