Hanging out

We were supposed to go to Chicago for a family Halloween party, but had to cancel. We're really bummed out about it, but we had a fun day yesterday hanging out at home with Emma and the dogs. Here are a few pictures of Emma having fun with the whole family.

She loves to climb into her dump truck, but she hasn't quite figured out how to get back out.


We made Shepherd's pie for dinner, and Emma liked it a lot (except for the potatoes). She particularly liked her side order of cheddar cheese!


Ok, we admit it... She has terrible table manners. Everybody knows you use a fork for shepherd's pie!


Emma loves the dogs, and they love her too (well, Cassie mostly just tolerates her, and Sammy hides under the bed). Emma seems to like to use Cassidy as a pillow - a behavior that Cassie is OK with, as long as Emma doesn't pull on her ears!

Emma's Halloween Party

Emma got to wear her first Halloween costume yesterday and go to a Halloween party with mommy. Emma wasn't so sure about her costume, especially that awful hat:


Once mommy finally forced it onto her head, she was so embarrassed and thought "Mommy please don't take me out in this ridiculous outfit."


She finally got into the spirit though and isn't she just the cutest garden fairy ever:

Here was Emma having fun at the party with her Bumble Bee friend, Maria.

And the party tuckered her out so much she just crashed in the cutest position:

Emma the bully

Emma just loves pushing people around (literally). Here she is bowling over her daddy:

Emma torturing Cassie

Emma has found a new way to torture Cassie using one of her favorite things, the Salad Spinner bowl:



And when she is done torturing her with it, she is thinking about using it to become an astronaut for Halloween:

Emma fetching

Emma has clearly spent to much time with the dogs; she has learned how to fetch (and does it better than Cassie):

We apparently misnamed Emma; she really wanted to be called Susan because she loved playing "Lazy Susan" on Grammy's work chair:

Emma's newest skill

Emma has learned how to wipe faces with the napkin, but she still prefers to eat them, given the chance: