proof

Here is proof of Ellie, or as we like to call her, The Ellinator, performing her gate-climbing stunts. She looks alot like George, the infant chimpanzee here at the Knoxville Zoo. Don't worry, Ben was within arms length of her, hidden from the camera for effect.

does your child do this?

Lately every picture I take of Isabella looks similar to this. We recently had their christmas pictures taken at JCPenney and I asked the lady to PLEASE stop asking her to smile. Somewhere along the line at school she learned how to make a funny face and she really enjoys doing it. Her favorite one is this 1/2 face smile. I try to tell her that this is funny, but not what we want in our pictures. Oh well, she will enjoy looking at these with her boyfriend when she is 16. Paybacks. I figured out that I must have done something really bad to my mom as a young child for her to let me walk around with bangs like that in middle school. In Ellie news, we have recently found out that the gate at the top of our steps is not going to work on its own as a baby proofer. She has been sticking her toes in the little holes and climbing up to the top. I'm not sure what she thinks she will be able to do if she gets over it, but she is very proud of how she can give her mommy a heart attack.

Trick or Treat!

My girls were lucky enough to get to enjoy 2 trick or treats, one in Ohio and one in Tennessee. Isabella loved getting dressed up in her Cinderella outfit although we all agreed that sugar was probably the last thing she needed that day. Noelle was Little Red Riding Hood and seemed to be very proud of herself. She even left her bow in long enough for this picture! Here is Isabella with one of our neighbor girls dressed as Belle. There were a few princesses in the neighborhood but for the most part there were alot of kids dressed in black with weapons! Hope everyone had a happy halloween!