Happy Halloween!!

We had such a fun weekend! We started off celebrating Colson's bday yesterday with my family. We had a great time at Seven Acre Wood - petting animals, sliding, playing in the sand, eating cake and playing putt putt. It was Emma's first time with a golf club in her hand and she Frank had a ball.

Today after a long drive home, we quickly got into costume to make our rounds and after seeing Cassie we made our way over to the Berra's and the Mollo's. Emma and Fain had some fun. We were all enjoying giving out candy and seeing all the crazy costumes.

Emma got to trick or treat and enjoyed her very first lollipop...thanks to Ellie Berra. What a fun day for Minnie Mouse!!

Can you believe it is almost November????

I can't believe Halloween is next weekend and we are already making plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Emma is 22 months old now and is really fun and she seems to be enjoying herself.

She really wants to do as much for herself as possible and objects loudly when you try to help. This includes feeding herself. Gone are the days of a clean kitchen and she has master using the spoon but not quite enough for me. She has ditched the high chair and is now in a booster at the dining room table. It is incredible what a little person she is. She has a new favorite food..peanut butter. I may have already said that but she REALLY likes it. (she licks the plate and I am not kidding)

She LOVES after bath time and evading putting her pj's on. She seems to have finally taken to having a stuffed animal around, particularly for sleeping. She likes this little lamb that plays music and I think Frank has convinced her it is really nice to have a friend when sleeping.

She says kit kat when you say meow and she repeats most words she hears.

We spend lots of time outside lately and enjoy playing at the park. Emma officially slides down the big slide by herself. She would like to slide down the REALLY big slide but -- after protesting she can! do it alone - she sits on my lap and we make our way down.

Sweet Berry Farm

Last weekend we took Emma for a visit to Sweet Berry Farm. We had such a good time! The first thing Emma picked up was this cute little gourd and she dragged it around the entire farm. We got to do lots of fun things:

We picked out our pumpkin and saw scarecrows.
There were horses to ride, we just watched this year though.
There were goats to feed and pet.
We went on our first hayride too!

There were mazes and flowers and face painting! Thanks Michelle for a great idea and for getting us all together. Emma had fun with Fain and Erica and we will look forward to going back in the spring to pick berries!!