It's Gonna Be Hard

Do you think a child will develop some sort of complex if her mom laughs every time she looks at her?

It's gonna be a hard few weeks.

Where's Molly?

As a mom, I often find myself asking, "Where's Molly?" Sometimes this is in response to her yelling for me and sometimes it's because I need to get her dressed and sometimes is just because I haven't seen her in a while and know something must be up.

WHERE’S MOLLY?

On any give day, I might find her like this

Yes, this is my LEAST favortite place to find her--at the top of a ladder seven feet off the ground. Do you think she shows any signs of fear or even remorse?

Of course not!

WHERE’S MOLLY?

Sometimes I get her out of the bath, put a towel on her and run to get a diaper and some clothes and come back to find something like this

She is absolutely obsessed with these red shoes that belong to Emily. Not even two minutes out of the bath and she's playin' in her birthday suit!

WHERE’S MOLLY?

AT LEAST once a day I find her like this

She climbs on the table! I don't know why she loves this so much. And she won't come down until she's good and ready. Just try getting her and she laughs and RUNS to the other side to get away from you; start walking to the other side and she will simply laugh and RUN back the way she came. I've come to terms with this and will just let her stay up there till she's ready for me to get her down. In my mind having her just hang out up there is better than the alternative to having her RUN up there. You might be thinking, "Lisa, just push all the chairs in so she can't get up there," HA! like she can't just grab a hold of one and push it out of the way!

WHERE’S MOLLY?

Maybe I will find her playing

(did you notice the red shoes?)

Or bein' silly

Or maybe with her sister

More often than not I find her on the computer

She looks innocent here, but give her a minute and the laptop will be completely flat, face-down on the floor. I totally understand that this is my fault; sometimes I walk away thinking I will just be a second and get distracted. But, she's like a vulcher!

WHERE’S MOLLY?

Maybe she's hiding

Hello MOLLY!

Regardless of where I find her, she's just too dang cute to be upset with for too long--you'd have to agree!

Nursery Here She Comes

HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY LITTLE MOLLY!

Halloween in the South

I don't know what is going on around here, but these people are CRAZY for Halloween. Crazy, I say! I've never been to so many Halloween oriented activities. In addition to the Ward Trunk-or-Treat (see previous post) we:

WERE INVITED TO A MONSTER MASH

This was even before the Trunk-or-Treat and I couldn't bring myself to reveal their costumes yet, so we just used things we had around the house...

Earl was in charge of taking pictures for this event. He didn't get a good one here of Molly, but she has a little ghost on her shirt. too cute! (you can see the dirty diaper in the back, though. great!)

Check out this table spread. A gal after my own heart. Look, little fingers and toes...

DECORATED "HAUNTED HOUSES"

We each had our own side, I used Black icing for mine. Spooky!

CARVED PUMPKINS

Molly had her first pumpkin experience and was quite intrigued.

Earl brought out the power tools for his and Annabelle's scary-face pumpkin. boys!

Emily and I worked hard delicately carving out only negative space to create this ghost.

Annabelle worked on Molly's and carved, eyebrows, eyes and a nose all by herself. She was so pleased she even said, "Next year I think I can do mine all by myself".

And then we finally made it to Halloween for some actually

TRICK-OR-TREATING

My sister was able to come and we all went out together. I always forget how much fun I have going out. When the streets are filled with people and little trick-or-treaters, I just love it. It makes me feel like I'm in a movie.

Molly caught on quick. She would scoot her way to the front of the porch and hold out her bucket. She has also discovered the wonders of candy and has become quite obsessed. This is what she looks like if you say, "No Molly, no more candy".

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!