Fall Festival at Church

Our church has a Fall Festival - games for the kids and a chili cook-off contest. We thought the ladybug costume would be too warm, so Emma wore her fairy costume. She loved wearing the sunglasses, she thought she was very cool. She started waving to everyone when she had them on. Her friend, Ethan, was pokey the puppy. Emma and Ethan are making sure his tail is still attached.

Fall Festival - ECFE

We went to the Fall Festival for Emma's ECFE (early childhood family education) classes last week. At first, she was a bit overwhelmed. There were many games to play, an obstacle course, crafts, snacks and her favorite game, golf!!! She hit one of the golf balls out the door and down the hallway. The National Honor Society students were helping at the event. It was nice to see the high schoolers helping. We knew all of them, so Emma received even more attention.

Emma is dropping ghost clothespins into the jack-o-lantern.
Crafting with Mom


Needing some help from Dad

Our little pumpkin

Pinning the nose on the scarecrow

Grandma Visits

Grandma Sandi came for a visit. She was here for a week. Emma loved seeing her. She loved all the special attention.Celebrating Grandma's birthday

Emma loved wearing Grandma's shoes. She thought she was so cool.

Mom on Vacation

I went on a mini-vacation! I went for a long weekend,scrapbooking with my aunt and cousins, and friends. It was wonderful spending time with my three cousins and aunt. I haven't done that for years. It felt like a slumber party. It was great! We stayed at a house in Chippewa Falls, WI. I accomplished almost 40 pages!! I was thrilled. It was hard to leave Emma, but I talked to her on the phone many times and was scrapbooking pictures of her.

So, it didn't feel like I was gone as long.

The Cropping Cousins!!!

Halloween - Our Little Lady Bug

Visiting at Mark, Dora and Anton's. She loved the lighted pumpkin. It had started to snow.

We went trick-or-treating to a few neighbors. She didn't understand why she was wearing this and riding in the stroller. Once she realized she got to get out and we weren't going for our regular walk, she was excited.

Emma enjoyed trick-or-treating. She thought it was a lot of fun to knock on the door, walk into the house and get a treat. She enjoyed visiting with everyone and all the special attention she received. For dinner we had a jack o lantern pizza. Fun!

Thanks to everyone for making her 1st Halloween so special!

Halloween - Pre-trick-or-treating

On Friday, October 30, we went to Miners Bank. The employees were all in costume and the Bank was decorated. Nicole and I brought Emma in her costume to visit and try her hand at trick-or-treating. She was overwhelmed at all the attention she received. She enjoyed it!

She loved the dog, Emma wanted to watch her and play. Thank you to Carla for being such a good puppy. Isn't the costume awesome?!

Halloween - Carving the Pumpkin

Emma received a pumpkin from her Godmother. Emma didn't know what to think of the carved pumpkin. When she would put her hand inside, she would say "ewwww". She didn't care for the feel of it and wanted her hands clean. It was very cute. We decided to carve something special for Emma's 1st Halloween. Nicole found some templates. Minnie Mouse it is. Here we are with our creation.

More Halloween pictures and hopefully video to follow!