Moore and Moore: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

Ellie Trick-or-Treating

Hurray, she wore her costume. She started crying again and we were trying everything to distract her and finally the chance to give Zoe some milk and take a picture with Zoe was all she needed to stay in costume. Isn't she the cutest 'Abby Cadabby' fairy you have ever seen?

A picture with Zoe that stopped the crying. Ellie and all the other trick-or-treaters. She usually hung at the back until everyone else was done and then she would go get her candy.

Daddy helping Ellie the 'fairy' to fly. One of the first houses we went to. Look at her face, "Dad is this okay?".

Below: Ellie and the loot.

We went to "Trunk or Treat" at the church for a little while. Ellie had fun playing the games they had. She went fishing, threw frogs onto lily pads, bowling, etc. We didn't stay for the actually candy part because we all got tired and she had plenty of candy. When we got home we went over to our neighbors, Tank and Debbie, they had little jars of playdough and they let her pick out three colors. I think it was her favorite 'treat' of the night just look at the picture.

Ellie Writing Her Name

Ellie has been trying to write her name the last couple of days. It usually looks like that big one on the right where the capital 'E' has several extra lines (she says its her E and it can have lots of lines), but today she did a small one that looked pretty good so I had to take a picture. You have to look close to distinguish the 'i' from the 'l's because it is as big but there is a dot on top.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Ellie's First Halloween Party

Well some friends from work had twins a month after Ellie was born and they have an annual Halloween party, but we have been out of town on Halloween since Ellie was born due to engineering conferences Steve attends so this is the first year Ellie is really getting to experience Halloween. We talked about what she wanted to be for Halloween and it was decided she would be Abby Cadabby so we went to the store (because Mom had a coupon) and she picked out her costume. She was so excited she carried it all the way home. When we got home we took it out of the packaging and hung it up where she would see it every day and we talked about it all the time. Well when we went to put it on--she had a serious melt down so as you can see from the picture no dress and wings just the hair and wand was all she wore of the costume. Hopefully by Friday I can convince her to wear the whole costume.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Magical Nose

A few weeks ago Steve was playing with Ellie and stole her nose (you know the game where you pretend your thumb is the nose of the other person). Ellie didn't think it was funny and almost started crying until Steve returned her nose. Then Ellie discovered she could steal Daddy's nose and then the game became hysterical. Well last night the game got more creative. Steve got Ellie out of the bath tub and was putting her diaper on when she reached up and stole his nose. She then pretended to shove it into her mouth and start chewing. Of course Steve was loving it and acted like he had lost his nose and began pumping her chest so he could get his nose back. Ellie then reached into her mouth and pulled out "a piece of Daddy's nose". It took several pieces from her mouth to complete Steve's nose. After Steve's nose was put back together Ellie then started pointing into the air saying "my nose, it's gone". I guess it somehow floated off of her face. Steve began grabbing at the air to retrieve her nose but it had just moved according to Ellie. Finally Steve snagged it before it reached the ceiling and returned it to its proper place. What an imagination!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Ellie and the Pumpkin Patch

Well we went to a Pumpkin Farm today to pick our own pumpkins. Ellie fell asleep on the way there (since it was about a 50 minute drive) so she was a little shy around the animals, but after the nachos she warmed up and enjoyed the rest of the activities. We all had fun and look forward to the pumpkin coloring tomorrow.