Happy Halloween

We had a pretty uneventful holiday (Lizzy was in bed by 6:30pm). But we did make it to a ward party on Wednesday (of which we only took pictures of Lizzy) and visited cousins in costume.

Lizzy's happy face.

She actually likes her costume.

We had to let you get a good look at the wonderful tights the costume came with.

A very tired Lizzy at the ward party.
Please notice the telltale velvet blue curtains of the Cultural Hall.

The cousins.
Out of all the pictures we took, this was one of the few where all three kids are almost holding still.
Sorry for the blur Sam.

We just couldn't take enough pictures of her as our bee.
We might have to wear it a few more times -- just for kicks.

Fall Discoveries

Everyone always talks about New England, and Vermont, falls. We're trying to take advantage of it. Lizzy and I were shown an awesome park last week in Jericho. We decided to go exploring a little more today while we had a little sunshine.

Our "before" picture.

Now for some of our discoveries.
(Please excuse my very unprofessional photography. I wish I could do the fall justice.)

A lot of the trees have changed, but many are still green. I like the mixture.

It makes things "pop!"

You enter the park through a darling little bridge.
There are all sorts of bridges in Vermont.
I'm not used to living by so many rivers.

More water. A cute little pond.
Please note the nice blue sky. It didn't last long.


A red leaf.
We discovered many, many leaves.


I really liked this path.
It wasn't the most colorful, but it smelled like rotting leaves -- like fall.


Aren't they pretty? They're so perfectly whispy.


Mount Mansfield.
It's the tallest mountain in Vermont -- if it can be considered a mountain.
I still have my doubts.


A large, very fuzzy caterpillar.
Lizzy and I named him Tigger.


Lizzy on my back. Not an easy picture to take.
Notice the string of drool.


Pop!


Isn't it a cute little fungus? And look how pretty the moss is.

Vermont colors.

My attempt to get a picture of Lizzy and me.

I think it turned out pretty good.

First Word?

So when do sounds become first words?

We've been working on Lizzy's sounds: Da, Ma, Ba, etc. We walked past her ball in the family room and she said, "Ba. Ba." Later we were playing with the ball, she said, "Ba," again and hit the ball.


I think that counts.

New Mittens

Now we just need to try them outside.