Too much halloween?

I think Lily has officially had too much Halloween and it isn't even real Halloween until tomorrow night! Yesterday I was telling her that we were going to join our friends Abigail and Elizabeth for a Halloween party today....her response was..."Again!" We have been doing a lot of Halloween-themed things such as two pumpkin patches/farms and two fall festivals. So I guess she is done...you think?

Also, just a sweet note...tonight at dinner she is blowing on her french fries (her fave food in the world...that her momma never lets her have!) and she says to me repeatedly....mommy did they cool up yet?

Love it!!!!

Catching up

Pony ride at a local county fair

Pony ride at a local county fair

Unicorn Halloween costume

Swimming Class

Singing in the rain

Driving the school bus at a county fair

Man time flies fast! Before I know it October will soon be over! Here's the latest in Lily's world

Current favorite Color: Pink

I had always counted my blessings that for the most part, Lily let me dress her in whatever I picked out. But this past month or so she has begun to express some real preferences. At first, it started out with the color of her socks. They had to be pink! Then occasionally, especially on days when we have swim class and I want to put in the brand new dress I bought her (the only dress I have bought her this year...mind you...my simple pleasure), she wants to wear her favorite summer dress that Ms. Gretchen gave her for her birthday! It is a good thing Ms. Gretchen bought it one size larger!

Lily just completed her first swim class. Her improvement was incredible. The first class she loved, the second,  she cried for 15 minutes and I had to bribe her with candy to complete the class. And the 4 out of 5 classes left I had to bribe her even though she loves it when she is there, she cries every time about going beforehand. Anyway, I can't believe how much she improved after 7 1/2 hour lessons. It is a bummer she doesn't want to continue because she really was doing fabulous! I think I sit out this next session and then maybe try again in the mid-winter or early spring. It is a good thing though I am not a swimming teacher...I got nervous sometimes just watching her!

We have had such a fun fall...we have done so many fun things! I never realized how much I love fall until I had Lily.

Lily has begun to talk about being adopted. She said, "You adopted me when I was a baby and I fell into Mama's pouch". A while back we read a book called A Blessing from Above. Basically, a mama bird has lots of birds in a nest and it is too crowded. A kangaroo wants to be a mama but can't. So the kangaroo prays that somehow she will have a baby in her pouch. One day with the nest overcrowding...a little baby bird falls out of the nest and right into the kangaroo's pouch. So sweet. Anyway of course now I am trying to explain the best I can that she didn't fall out of a nest, and even though she didn't grow in my tummy (or pouch), she grew in my heart.

In other news, our beautiful Lily is fiery! Not that we didn't already know that, but some days lately have been enough to exhaust any mama! I know it will so serve her well in life, but man...sometimes I wish she would just say, "Alright mama...I will do whatever you ask me to do!" A mom can dream, right?