Medford Leas

We spent the morning with some MOMS Club play group buddies at the local retirement/care facility. They had a great party planned for us with trick-or-treating, singing, and coloring. And of course Rebecca loves to be told how pretty she is.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Michelle!

Technically you won't hit 40 for a couple more days, but here are a few pictures from Friday's surprise party. Most of my pictures, by the way, looked terrible--lighting, I guess. Oh well. Here's what we've got.

And here are a couple of dance videos (but the lighting? grrrrrr.).

Home Improvements

Before:

and After:

(And here come the leaves . . . . .)

Halloween Has Officially Begun

There's been some painting,

some spooky acclimating,

and today a little trunk-or-treating with MOMS club,

and our first Creep In The Deep at the aquarium.

This was her first 4-D experience (not the best).

And there's the city at night.

Now we're trying to catch up with the Phillies game before we hear what happened (God bless the inventor of the DVR).

The Weekend in Pictures

The new bed was delivered Friday. My heart sank when they opened the box of rails and discovered they were white (the bed is black). Fortunately a call to the head office found that the black rails were on the truck and the problem was solved before it got ugly. Becca must have shouted, "Thank you, man!" about fifty times while they put it together. Everyone's a man or woman these days.

Here's more dress up.

Friday afternoon in Pop's backyard.

Saturday's short trip to Chuck E. Cheese was a test run for Disney next month (she's afraid of big-headed characters). She didn't seem to love it while we were there, but talked about it all day today--the games we played and the tickets.

We upgraded our zoo pass this morning so that now our rides are included. Here we are, trying to make our money back.

And for the first time she entered the petting zoo with no fear, picked up a brush, and went after the goats. So cute.

When she'd had enough, she started chanting, "Feed them! Feed them!" and headed to the feeding area. While I got change, she and Daddy decided we needed this:

But here's where it went horribly wrong. Rebecca was trying to feed the goats, but this one sheep kept creeping in.

And bit her finger. Yep, here's Rich, trying to get it out. It didn't come out on the first yank, either. .

The skin wasn't broken, and (after really scrubbing up) a hot dog and fries seemed to stem the tears, but she's been talking about the "sheep bite finger" ever since. We opted to skip out on the zoo balloon, in favor of a nap on the ride home.

***Just so you don't think I'm a terrible parent who snaps pictures while her child's in pain, I'll explain that I was on the same side of the fence, sticking my arm out to try to get any shot. I didn't even realize I had this picture until we were though eating and I checked to see what I had.

What We've Been Up To

It's been a while, but I'm making it up with pictures. Aside from a week of the sickies, we had a trip to the ER. Turned out to be "nursemaid's elbow," and was corrected by the radiologist as she twisted and turned her arm to position it for the x-ray. By the time we saw the doctor she was so over it she was using her formerly-cradled arm to smack me about (in a loving, "look it works!" kind of way). Now on to the pictures:

Becca and I have been working on a little (or not so little) advent calendar for Christmas. She pushes the pedal on the machine for me, and is *pretty good* about letting up when I shout, "Stop, stop, stop!" In fact, it's now become her favorite phase, and she uses it whenever we sing something she doesn't want. Which is, apparently, often.

We said goodbye to this old bed, in favor of a king. Well, we're still waiting for the bed, but we have the mattress and box springs. I think Rich is sleeping better, but Becca's still cuddling me right to the edge.

Tea parties, especially with Dad, have been BIG lately--she loves helping make the tea, and chose her hat, necklaces, and purses for the occasion.

A little trip to Indian Acres for her first bounce house.

And spending a little time turning this (yard sale $1):

to this:

(The corners still need a little work.)

This weekend we went back to Indian Acres for a ride on Peanut,

apple cider donuts,

and a loooooooooong wagon ride to the pumpkin patch.

We've been driving a little friend to and from preschool for about a week, and Becca won't stop talking about her, her car seat, where her car seat goes, and her mom and sister. We had a great time hanging out with them for lunch on Friday. We also went to a Halloween birthday playdate Friday morning. Becca wore last year's mouse costume, but we found this little number while out this weekend, and she wanted to "take with us." So we did. We also got her a Sleeping Beauty one for the dress up box because the were really cheap. Now I'm going to see how many places I can find for her to wear them for the next month--so stay tuned for more pictures.