three updates

1. Rose's new favorite activity is looking through the photo albums I've created on snapfish over the years. She particularly likes the ones from her first and second years of life, and pointing out all the family members she knows. The hilarious thing is what she does with this picture: 

Every other picture she sees of Anne, she immediately labels (accurately) as her "Trula." But this one she INSISTS is "not Trula. Someone one else. Looks like Trula. Someone in blue shirt." When she didn't believe me, she brought it to Mike. And then last night she brought it to Grammy. She is absolutely adamant, and it cracks me up every time.


2. Last weekend Rose was SO excited to help Mike shovel. I helped by staying inside and taking some pictures through the window. :)

3. Finally, almost a week ago we made the switch to "daytime undies" over night (rather than "nighttime undies," which were pull-up diapers). With one exception, she has woken up dry every morning!!!!  We now call them "big girl undies." I'm so proud of her! (And praying that I don't jinx it by posting this!)

Halloween

(Sorry for the belated post!)

We did a LOT of practicing for Halloween, all in preparation for the two houses we've gone to each year: the one neighbors we know (Brian and Sue) and my friend Marcy's family (about a half-mile away). Rose loved the practicing that we did, as this means that she got candy (a rarity in our house) in the week leading up to Halloween!  So this year, each house went something like this:

Knock knock. Door opens. Silence ensues.
Me/Mike: What do you say, Rose?
Rose: Thank you.
Me/Mike: Yes, what do you say first on Halloween?
Rose (whispering): Trick or treat.
Me/Mike: Can you say it louder so [person who lives here] can hear you?
Rose (yelling): AHHHH!!!!!!

Then we gave up. At least she got the "thank you" part, even if it was out of order. :) And she was THRILLED to get a bunch of candy - thank you to our great neighbor friends! She had a great day.

Halloween storytime at the local library

Rose herself decided to add on her rabbit as part of the costume!

As an aside, the weather has clearly changed a bit since Halloween, as we've had two snowfalls already (last Monday and last Saturday) and we're hitting 20+ degrees below average temperatures. Yuck!



At least it's fun to look back on how cute Rose was for Halloween just a few weeks ago.

Have a great week, everyone!

camera pictures (part two)

A few more photos from the summer/early fall...


Rose still LOVES to take baths:

I have no idea what we were doing here, but I liked the photo:

Mike had several bonfires as he trimmed back all the buckthorn in our backyard:

Rose has started to prefer running as her primary mode of transportation. (Whose kid is this?!?)

Next up...HALLOWEEN!