Phases and airplanes

I think Addie has officially entered the 'I have to climb on everything' phase. She finally figured out how to get on the stool in the kitchen. Now she can see and sometimes reach all the fun things on the counter. The other night she climbed up there and was 'helping' Daniel with the dishes. He put some bubbles on the counter and she thought that was great! I've also seen her climb on the big plastic storage box I have in my room and she can make it up like 4 stairs. The problem with all of this is that she can't get down! She fell off the stairs the other night and landed on the back of her head. She'll have to learn...

One of her favorite books right now is called Amazing Airplanes. It's all about taking a trip by plane. So we have been working on the sign for airplane. I got her on video reading the book and making her hand (her version on the sign) fly around like a plane. I love her sound effects. :)

Come see the crafts...

Stop by and see me, we'll have a table set up there. It supports the PTA and is a good excuse to get some cute stuff for Christmas! If you can't make it, we'll be posting pictures of our holiday stuff on our blog soon!

Back to the pumpkin patch

Starting where my last post left off...Addie was pretty happy once I got her in the pumpkin and she had some snacks in her hand. Here are a couple of pictures from Friday night, I posted a video at the end of this quite lengthy post...

Saturday afternoon we headed back to the same pumpkin patch. The pictures came out way cute (Thanks Jeff!). This first one I took but the rest are his work...I know her name is spelled wrong on one of the photos, Jeff's fixing that. :)

Oh, I took this one too. She got a treat on the way home for being so good...

I'm thinking of blowing this one up and hanging it in my crafty room...



Our family.

Not in the pumpkin!

Last Saturday we picked out the pumpkin we were going to use for Addie's Pumpkin Patch pictures this year. Last night I carved it out so that we could go back today. I must have pulled out 8 lbs. of stuff! It's a pretty big pumpkin.

Carving it out...

Mommy's little helper. She just got out of the bath...

Yum...pumpkin. I like to eat pieces, she wasn't so sure.

Checking it out

Look at the terror in her face!

I eventually got her in it, with some snacks...

We went back to the pumpkin patch today, I will post those pictures later, I think we got some cute ones! We took some on our camera and our friend Jeff, who is an awesome photographer, took some for us too!

Bangs...

Today we finally gave Addie her first hair cut! I was trying to just let it grow, but I decided pig tails would be easier (and all of her hair might actually stay up) if I cut her bangs. So while she was in her high chair we got the scissors out...






She didn't really want to sit still while I was cutting and that made me a bit nervous. I think it came OK, still needs some touch up work. Now she really looks like a toddler to me, not a baby anymore. :( I think the hard part will be trimming them all of the time!

For Sale

I made these blocks just for fun but I've had a few people say how much they like them I've decided to make them to sell.

The blocks in this set all measure 5.5 in. wide by 8 in. tall.

For this Halloween, we are selling them for $24.

We are also offering a 'mini' spooky set. The blocks will be 3.5 in wide by 5 in tall and are $15.

Let me know if you are interested in the wood and vinyl only. Otherwise these prices are for finished products, crackle paint and all!

Pumpkin Patch

Continuing to enjoy the beautiful day, we decided to go to the pumpkin patch after Addie's nap. She had such a great time running around all of the pumpkins. We didn't get a good picture of her face because she was so busy looking all around. We ended up picking out a 36 lb pumpkin for $9! It should be big enough to carve out and put Addie in. We will return to the patch next weekend to get some pictures of her in it!



This video is just Addie being silly. Her Grandma Pedersen sent some window clings that Addie put up today. She was showing me the 'kitty' on one of them. I tried to get her to show me the "I love you sign" but of course she wasn't cooperating while on camera. She actually has learned quite a few signs by now. Here is her list:

Food, More, Water, Please, Thank You, Down, Mom, Dad, Love you, Milk, Sleepy, Finished

I think this week we are going to work on 'book' and 'again'.