The Chicken Evolution

Allie
2009



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Maddie:
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2009

Happy Halloweenie

She was a chicken. Again. I know. It's so cute though! And she is a TOTAL CHICKEN! First of all someone did not want to actually speak once the doorbell was rung so typically an enthusiastic 35 year old man (Kip) would say TRICK OR TREAT! But, I'll quote Maddie here, "that's okay." (this applies to anything- from breaking cups, stealing toys from Allie, or not saying trick or treat)

This little Pumpkin borrowed her outfit from her big cousin. Unfortunately she refused to wear the matching hat.

But that's okay.

Wow, Mads. It really DOES apply to all situations.

Yay for King Sized candy!

One house was particularly scary and sent Maddie running down the steps crying. See, chicken fits!

After that it seemed like it was Kip's goal to prove to these two girls that indeed it was not scary... If you know Maddie you know how well that worked.

Um, I think it's scary too!

At this house Maddie attempted the walk up to the door but a flapping bat had her running. Kip kept trying to call her to come back up but she would say, "Yup dad, I see it." "Nope, that's okay, I can see it from here dad." It was quite comical.

We've spent the rest of the night answering the door and devouring our candy. there's not much left in either bucket. No more candy drama. Whatever doesn't get finished tonight goes in the garbage.

On a funny note Maddie did not say trick or treat once tonight but has thoroughly enjoyed opening the door for us and handing out candy. one girl did not say anything and Maddie held the candy back and said, "no candy for you unless you say trick or treat" She complied.

And we Rallied...

As we arrived at the Rally for Sanity on Saturday we heard the last bits of a pretty funny speaker. His one line that I can remember is: So I used to think all Asian people looked the same. Then I got an Asian friend. Then I saw another Asian and I said, "hey, you're not Steve!" Allie found this to be quite hilarious. The the rain started.

And only these two were left smiling. :-)

10.30.10

More Park

Maddie: Mama, the fog isn't going away.

Me: I know!

Maddie: The fog is being stubbornella.

Maddie: Look Mama, the MOON!

Me: I see Maddie. It's beautiful.

Maddie: He's going to follow me home.

Maddie: Mama, right now it's sunny out so Mr. Moon is sleeping but when the sun goes away Mr. Moon will wake up and come out.

So I guess it's either trains or the atmosphere for this littl girl. How hilarious is Butt Crack Betty?

The Park

For Zaide

10.21.10

Those eyes

Can you believe this last picture? Bananas I tell you. I left my big camera lens at Island Drive so was forced to use the 50mm lens. It does an amazing job of picking up colors. Her eyes were glowing sitting in her high chair...maybe glowing sounds creepy. Her eyes were amazingly blue.
Better?

Allie is a full-time walker now. No more crawling. She loves to swing on the play set outside and unfortunately has yet to learn how to talk so instead SCREAMS when she's excited and wants something. It's loud and not pleasant. She also seems to be getting more molars. The last two mornings she's been up around 4:30-5:00 which is such a joy. I'll admit that I am not sleeping at that time but it's MY time. My quiet time to get things done and I don't appreciate the interruption. ;-) Because of the Tylenol recall that happened, oh A YEAR AGO BY NOW, I didn't have any Tylenol in the house. Perfect. Fortunately for us a little fairy that is also up early in the morning dropped some off on our porch. (thanks Nonna)

Allie also has a little jealous streak. If I am holding Maddie she makes sure to squirm her way onto my lap as well. And she's not graceful about it at all. Or sneaky. Bull in a china shop I think one might say.

But we love her all the same.

I had the 9 and the 1 punched in

And my hand hovering over that last 1 when I heard Kip telling Maddie that she could in fact use the knife to help carve the pumpkin. It seemed like such a fantastic idea with so few repercussions... He did a good job watching her and she had a ball. Something tells me that I may find a three year old scaling cupboards to get at those knives again though. There was a lot of excitement about using a knife on the pumpkin and not a whole lot of listening the first time something was mentioned.

I can't wait for Uncle Chris to send me komo news links with stories about toddlers stabbing themselves with knives. They are sure to come. :-)