Ewok and Yoda

This is Nolen, Alice's little school buddy. Can you hear the pure joy in her laugh for him? They have known each other since they were just a few weeks old. In fact, they are only 2 weeks apart. He is the cutest little thing, and I love him like he was my own boy!
After Alice's little Star Wars romp with Nolen, we took her to Booda-fest in Buda. It was cute. We saw lots of cute kids dressed up in costumes, and said hi to many students. The little Ewok was totally worn out after that. When I got her out of her car seat, she didn't even wake up. I carried her upstairs, got her out of her costume, and put her pajamas on without her waking up. So sweet.

Zoo Boo!

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Ewok at the Punkin Patch

She didn't sleep through the punkin patch this year like she did last year. The poor little thing had an ear and sinus infection, and I just learned today that she had been teething, too! One of those top molars is poking through now. But even with all that to deal with, she was a really cute little Ewok. We got rid of her little Ewok head piece after a while, and then she was Button the Bear from the bedtime story that we often read to her.

Our House is Finished!!!

Lovely, isn't it! But there is something that feels just a little wrong. Oh, yea, it's the giant port-a-potty that is STILL sitting in our front yard!!! I hope they have plans to move that thing.
I have been wondering this whole time what kind of bushes and trees they would put in. I don't know the name of either, but I love them both. We have those bushes at our school, and they have pretty little berries and turn red in the fall. I am so happy with them. I hope those are oak trees. I bet Abbey will be able to tell me what they are.

Abbey-style

In this video Alice reminds me of our old home movies when Abbey was a little toddler and she would run around the back yard with her little hands flying out behind her like that.

I hate to spoil the Halloween surprise, but I just couldn't help trying on part of the Peach's costume on today to see how cute it was. We got her a little bear costume at the store, and this is the head piece, but she is actually going to be something much cuter--an Ewok! I've got to make her a little Ewok head thing.

Little Rocking Chair

I'm so proud of my baby. Saturday she sat through a writing conference and a haircut. She is walking all over the place now. I love the way she walks: her little bowed legs, the way her hips swing, the ginger way she steps. She is already a multi-tasker, too. She likes to carry around her sippy cup full of milk or a giant blue ball with her. Tonight she even carried around one of the couch cushions for a while. She got mad at it for being too heavy, though, and screamed at it quite a bit.
She likes playing "The Escape of the Naked Peach." That's when we have her all ready and naked waiting to take a bath, and she walks right out of the bathroom and tours the house in her birthday suit. It's quite cute until she pees on the kitchen floor. Actually, I have to admit, she is cute even then.
She is learning to give kisses lately. Sometimes we give each other raspberries on the lips. I kiss her so much on the cheeks she is quite used to it. Today she pressed her cheek right up to my mouth because she's so used to having it there.

Don't you love the little tiny baby rocking chair? Dear Kathy Gorman got that for her. It is a present for the porch of our new house, but we just couldn't wait to put it together. I was so proud that she knew immediately that it was a chair, and she went right to rocking herself in it! She has spent the whole weekend playing on it. I think it makes her feel special to have a chair just her size.