Daylight saving time

Really, what is the purpose? It is really messing things up around here. She wakes up at least an hour early and then is struggling during the day. We have tried keeping her up in hopes she will sleep later in the morning, but then we get tired and are ready to go to bed. I hate this time of the year! A picture from last week. This is what happens when Daddy dresses.

Happy Halloween

Well, all of the hard work on her costume really paid off. Not only did she wear it, but she owned it once she got it on. I think she loved all the attention. She ate more candy than she has been allowed to have in her 27 months of life and cruised around all night on a serious sugar high.

We had a great time.

Emerson and her cousin Roman.

"Byself"

Emerson played "byself" a good bit today. It was a blessing as there were lots of things to get done today. I am making her Halloween costume and cookies for her class and our Halloween Open house on Friday night for Trick or Treat. She asked to color and for stickers, but she made sure to let me know it was "byself in pwayroom". Rock on sister...do not let me stop you!

Since this is Halloween week, I will preface the whole costume thing with this- Denny and I are very excited about her costume (did I mention I am making it), however we are not real convinced she will wear it. We talk to her about it all the time and have shown her parts of it as it is being made, but she does not want to put it on. There is always next year I guess.

Not much going on

Emerson went to Kaki's Wednesday. They had lots of fun and she was so tired when I picked her up she fell asleep before I was out of the neighborhood. That yell0w round thing is not a ball, it is a lemon she picked off of Mom's tree and insisted on holding. Today we stayed in- it was supposed to be rainy and nasty. We colored and played. She was a princess for most of the day. She looks like a pissed princess to me.

We have to constantly tell Emerson to not crawl up the side of the couch OR sit on the side of the couch. Last night I think she was really trying to push some buttons and decided to lay down. We got the very dramatic sigh and fake yawn as if she was tired and really going to rest right there.

Emerson is developing quite the personality. As my Mom put it Wednesday, "She has quite an imagination." She is role playing much more and pretends a lot. She runs around the house because bumble bees are chasing her...or a monster...or there is a monster in her room- Just a few examples. I foresee her to be one of those children who tells very elaborate and untrue stories to her teachers. We will see.

Oak Alley Arts Festival

We went to the Oak Alley Arts Festival on the Grounds of Oak Alley Plantation Saturday. They had lots of booths set up and a petting zoo and pony rides for the kids. We have never been to this before. The grounds are so beautiful and it was such a pretty day. Her Pony's name was Rocket.

Trying not to laugh

I love this series of pictures. I was swinging her today and she was being very serious. I was doing silly things to get her to crack a smile.

"Gickers"

Emerson loves to "play gickers". I let her take pages of stickers and stick them on colorbook pages. Hours, well maybe 30 minutes max, of entertainment. She was a little more quiet than usual this evening and SO proud of herself.Here are a few pictures from Saturday. We got this really cute and different LSU kids shirt last Saturday at the Arts Market downtown. Emerson loves the little tiger on her shirt.