Melissa and Ashleigh
Cousin Hunter, Norah, 2 guests I don't know and cousin Hannah!
To the library with Grammie
Playing dress up - Kimmie and Hadley were princess and Norah was the (naked) dragon...
Emerson, wiggling with Aunt Lynne
Norah and Uncle Todd
Carson, on his first run around the rink
Dillon, in the distance! 
Emerson's first Halloween - can you guess which trick-or-treater in this pic ate the candy??
Emerson, with Norah in the background. Too bad for Ryan when Emerson wanted to run around - that ended Ryan's candy hustling. :-)
We went to a trunk-or-treat at the nearby LDS church. Everyone had made fun Halloween displays in the backs of their minivans (ok, there where a few other cars there) and one guy donned a tuxedo and had a table full of fun, non-candy treats!
Emerson REALLY wanted to touch everyone's tires
Norah snuck in a few trick-or-treats in our neighborhood as well.
What a month for Emerson! He has learned so many things! This month he is signing dog, more and all done. In addition, he is begining to speak Spanish. OK. just kidding about that. But he really does seem to pick up new things every day. He RUNS everywhere and loves to inspect everything with buttons - the electronic variety. He had a great time at Disneyland, evening during the longs days when I was sure he would pass out from sleepiness. He also enjoyed our trips to the pumpkin patche and trick-or-treating!
Norah hammered her pumpkin this year (think Lightbrite, for children of the '80s) - easy to do by herself.
The finished products! We attending a really cool Halloween Party in Disneyland Resort - California Adventure. THe trick or treating was great, all the disney villians were out and about, lines on the rides were non-existent and there was dancing!
About 650 photos, for those that really want to see them. There are more, but I just haven't had time to upoad them yet! 
The hayride out to pick out pumpkins ~ On the hayride back Norah serenaded the crew with Christmas carols.
Riding the cow train with Ryan and Emerson in front and Norah and I in back. Bumpy and fun - if we ever have a farm we will have to build our own cow train!
We (I) forgot Emerson's shoes, but had an extra pair of Norah's tennys in the car. Emerson tried his best to stagger around in a size and a half too large! Not easy in a maze of pumpkins and vines.
All about dogs this week!
Norah has really been loving the one-on-one time we have at storytime. She also is a fan of Miss Holly, the librarian - Miss Holly really gets into the tellin' of the stories.
Ryan came home telling tales of how he made all the younger kids cry. He sort of got into the experience. :-) hmmmm...I wonder if they will invite him back?
Happy Birthday!
Solomon and Isabelle, waiting for cupcakes
The Ellis' family friend Meg made littles cakes for each of the girls and Solomon helped decorate with sprinkles. He made sure the entire top was covered, to the delight of Sara. She meticulously ate the frosting sprinkle layer off the top. :-)
Norah and Sophie |
| S&S Birthday #2 |
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Emerson's first bite of pumkin pie~ More pics from the day - click on the pic!
mmm...can I eat these??
Norah found her own marshmallow stick - we actually made it work!
My mom hates having her hair touched, but Emerson thinks its the funniest thing. She's a good grandma - if any of the rest of this tried this, she'd give us a swift kick.
Ryan, playing Norah's favorite game of chase
