Thanksgiving 2009

Lily had a great time "helping" make stuffing for Thanksgiving dinner at Grammy's house in Pittsburgh. She moved all of the celery from the counter to the colander.

She also helped mix the stuffing together with Aunt Rachel!

All the Elbling girls!

Bowling

For her first birthday Uncle Dave got Lily a set of animal bowling. While she has always liked the animals and playing with the pieces individually, she's just starting to get the idea of bowling.

The Horn Goes Beep Beep

Lately, when we get home from school, Lily insists on climbing in the front seat and makes me close the driver's door so she can "drive" properly. Pretending to turn the wheel, saying "beep beep," wearing her sunglasses (of course), etc. I tried to capture it for you on video, but it didn't come out that great. But she still said "beep beep" so I figured it was worth posting.

"Mommy, I can't turn for a picture now, I'm DRIVING!"

"I can barely see over the steering wheel, I hope I don't hit anything."

Fun with Bubble Wrap

Today we got a packet that was wrapped in bubble wrap, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to show Lily how fun bubble wrap could be.

Party People

Lily has been lucky enough to be invited to a number of birthday parties lately. Not only are these parties a lot of fun, but they are also good practice for her upcoming birthday.

Music time at Dara's Party

"Watch me hula hoop!"

"Parachutes are always fun, can we do this at my party?"

"Playing might be fun, but not as fun as CAKE!!!!"

"and Ada's Mommy thought cake in a cone would be neater!"

Trick or Treat!

After dinner, we headed over to Stacy and Neil's house with Sara, Sadie, Dave, and Sadie's Mimi and Zayde who were in town. They have a great neighborhood for trick or treating with 2 toddlers. Lily was a little unsure of what to do at first but after watching Sadie for a few houses her toddler hoarding instinct kicked in and her little hand was reaching for candy like all the other kids.

"Hey adults! I'm all ready for trick or treating!"

Stacy had special treats for 2 of her favorite trick or treaters - goldfish!

"Sadie, are you sure someone is home here?"

"Daddy is a good trick or treater!"

"Ooh! Candy!"

"I got a lot of candy! I got a lot of candy!"

"Argh! This won't open!"

"Thanks for opening the mini oreos Mommy and Daddy!"

Halloween Day Care Party

Let me start by saying these women are BRAVE. I would not have volunteered to put a bunch of almost 2 year olds into costumes that honestly, a lot of them didn't want to wear (at first). But then there was a parade (fun) and cookies (really fun) and dancing (really fun and really cute).

"Parades are fun!"

"Cookie!!"