Lil' Monster

This was the first Halloween that Ella went Trick-or-Treating. We had a couple different ideas floating around as to what she could be. Perhaps a dragon, or a gnome, maybe a monster. A monster! Target really has great costumes for children, and that's where we found her blue monster costume. Some ribbons were added to the horns so everyone know that she was a girl. The best thing ever about this costume is the way her tail swishes when she walks. Best. Thing. Ever.

We worked on trying to get her to say "trick or treat" with just a little luck.  The one thing she did really well was growling like a monster. If you ask what sound does a monster make, the response is "grrrarrr!" Mr. Smith took her door to door and she would just grab the candy out of the bowls and say "bye bye." He didn't have much luck getting her to do her monster cry. She did put her pumpkin specifically to wave at a woman on a porch across the street from where she was standing. The woman remembered her and gave her an extra bag of goodies for the wave. When they got back Ella sat on the porch watching other trick-or-treaters while eating potato chips, and later a peanut butter cup. Those were the two treats she picked and absolutely loved them.

Halloween has come and gone, but there are still a few monster sightings around Smith Manor. Ella loves to grab her costume, growl, and ask to wear it. We say why not? It's too adorable seeing that tail swish around the house. 

Tail swish:

Monster likes cheese:

Headed for candy:

Monster likes pink:

Ella Likes to Dougie

Lately in the Smith household this conversation has become a daily routine.


Me: Who am I?
Ella: Momma
Me: Who's that?
Ella: Dada
Me: Who are you?
Ella: Dougie
Me: Who is Dougie?

Kids Day At The Farm

This past weekend the Smiths headed to Rich Farms' Kids Day at the Farm. It was such a perfect fall day with comfortable temperatures and sunny skies. We really couldn't have asked for a better day. Having never been to Kids Day before, we really didn't know what to expect. Trampolines, hay mountains, merry go rounds, see-saws, mini train car rides, hay rides, and pumpkins is what we found waiting on us.  Ella had an absolute blast. The day was full of smiles :)

Ella picking out her pumpkin:

Pony Swing Giddyup:

Dinosaur Bounce House:

Pumpkin Hay Bale:

Looking at the chickens:

Choo Choo Away!

Ella might be obsessed with Choo Choos. And by might I mean she is.

It only started a couple of weeks ago. Due to a scheduling conflict, Ella gets to come to the dance studio with me once a week. A lovely mother of one of my fellow dancers, Miss C, watches her. Ella absolutely adores her. In the mall, where my dance studio is located, there is a train display. You can put a quarter in to watch the trains chug along the tracks. During one of the outings in the mall, Miss C showed Ella the choo choos. All evening, and the next day, and the next (it has yet to stop) all I hear is choo choo? Don't even think that we can go to the studio without me packing several quarters so that a certain someone can go watch the choo choos.

The kid is pretty smart. She has begun to recognize the parking lot where we park for my dance studio. As soon as we are parking, she asks choo choo? So we did what any parent would do and bought her a choo choo set and a choo choo book. Do you even have to ask? She LOVES them! I may have read her book 5 times in a row the first day she had it. CHOO CHOO!

Howdy!

Well hello there! This little blog is just a way to keep track of us Smiths. Milestones, happenings, obsessions, hearts, dream catchers, rainbows etc. Let the memory tracking begin!