Elmo?

Leah's new obsession is Elmo... every morning I turn on Sesame Street while she eats breakfast and I get ready for the day. I've been doing this since she was a baby but she never really paid any attention to it until a few weeks ago, when she learned how to say "Elmo." She watches him intently and dances along to "Elmo's World..."
When we go to Walmart, every toy that is red or somewhat resembles a monster is called "Elmo!" and I have to explain to her, "No, that's Mickey Mouse..." or "That's right, Elmo, and we wave at Elmo when we go by.. hi Elmo! bye Elmo!" otherwise we will be buying every damn Elmo toy that was ever made.
Well last night, I thought I heard her at around 3:00am so I went into her room to check on her. She looked up at me with this big silly grin and said "Elmo??" and then laughed, and closed her eyes really tight again. She must have been dreaming about Elmo, and it was so stinkin cute.
Tim puts Elmo videos on the iPod and she carried it around dancing and singing with Elmo. It's cute but if I have to hear "Elmo's song" one more time.........................

Happy Halloween!

This weekend my friend Michelle, who lives in Scottsdale, came down to celebrate Halloween with us. Tim was working so we dressed Leah up in her kitty costume (to which she practiced very nicely saying "MEOW! MEOW!"). Michelle and I took Leah down to Tim's work because they were having a little Halloween party, where the kids could go around and trick-or-treat at different stations set up. Leah was not too sure what was going on, but I think she had a good time. I think it's ironic how we teach our kids at a very early age to take candy from scary looking people... and then spend the rest of their lives telling them to stay away from strangers. ANYWAY then we came home and ordered pizza and set up a picnic on the front lawn and waited for our trick-or-treaters. Leah enjoyed watching all the kids come by all dressed up (except the ones in scary masks, she wasn't too sure about them), and by the end of the night she was even standing up pointing at the candy bowl when kids would come by. It was too cute. Michelle and I had a good time catching up, and all in all it was a fun and relaxing weekend. Here's some pictures of the festivities:

Leah walking around with her "ball."

Waiting for trick-or-treaters.