Big grin

Trick or treat!

I didn't get many good photos tonight, but this was the cutest bumblebee we have ever seen.

Happy Halloween! But first: spinach ravioli

Keepin' busy

It's been tough for the toddler lately. This afternoon, for example, she didn't want to wear clothes, eat any food other than goldfish crackers, nap, or go outside. Finally I wrestled a shirt and jeans onto her and got her in the car. And then we had a wonderful time.

Sylvia-isms

Yesterday morning, after she must have decided she was done with her scrambled eggs, and needed to get rid of them somehow, she pushed the plate toward me and said, "Taste this, Mom, it's vewy good." Sneaky. 

 

Today, as I was laying down next to her pretending to nap, trying to trick her into falling asleep, I felt her staring at me. I opened my eyes to a very sweet, tenderly concerned face inches from mine. She patted me on the cheek and said, "Go to sweep, honey." 

Tonight, as we were hugging Daddy good-bye and sending him off to the baseball game, she said, unprompted and with a big grin: "Yay, Royals!"

Daddy's boots

Accidental selfie

Edie's snuggling helps, too

Rainy Friday morning

Sylvia is out of sorts. Reading and snuggling on the couch with Daddy really helps.

The Man Tote

Lisa and Paul and the Rockies

Light sabers!!

Two cool dads

Binkies

Sylvia learned from Felix that binkies are awesome.

Beautiful day for the season's last soccer game

Cousins meet

Paulina and Sylvia by the river

Aunt Lisa knows babies

Daniel taught Sylvia about light sabers

And many other things, like swimming in cold rivers, hiking in the woods, eating Star Wars cereal, and sword fighting with huge sticks. It was a very successful visit!

Paul makes Felix laugh

Holding baby Felix

Right after swimming

Colorado!

Marian, video for your next science lesson

Hannah and Sylvia

They love each other like crazy and also have a hard time sharing toys. BFFs.

So many ways to have fun on slides

I didn't get any pics of climbing straight up, but that was part of the fun, too.

Fun at the zoo with Hannah!

Zoo!

Leaf collecting gets serious

At a friends birthday party

Who's that on FaceTime? Who cares!

Sylvia jumps in on a call with the mom of another kid, whom she doesn't know at all. Fun :)

October is for sweatshirts

The temperature dropped about 25 degrees. Yesterday, bathing suits, today, fleece!

Sylvia-isms

Sylvia, hearing a loud noise: "What's dat?"

Me: "That's the test of the tornado siren."

Sylvia: "Why tomato siren?"

Sylvia, singing: "Up above the world so high, like a diaper in the sky ..."

Sylvia, adamantly: "I do it my-Syl-fia!"

October is for bathing suits

And worm hunting.

In the rose garden

Saturday tea

Russ and Linda

And their excellent porch swing. Our neighbors. We are so lucky.

Gift from Aunt Marilyn

All the way from Gettysburg.

Breakfast sous chef

Perfect seat