Thanksgiving 2010 Playing Outside

Mommy and Eliza

Eliza was sick over Thanksgiving, but once she was feeling a little better, she went outside to forage for "blueberries". (lariope)

Hazel helps out.

Mina discovered a consignment store and had all kinds of fun things for the kids.

Good Times

How many children can a Mina hold?

Owen looking surprised in the tub.

Eliza having fun in the tub.

Eliza working hard.

Happy 2nd Birthday Eliza!

Having a newborn in the house again makes it seem like ages ago that Eliza was so small. At the same time, 2 years has gone by really quickly. We celebrated Eliza's birthday last weekend with chili and a side of chaos. In the future, we may be doing joint birthday parties outside somewhere for the 2 kids.

The guys watch UVA football before the party.

Mina and Owen
The Birthday Girl

Aunt Jenny and Owen

Carter and Eliza

Max and Owen

Eliza couldn't figure out what we wanted her to do here.

Stick my nose in it?

Bella was excited about all things Elmo!

Liam and Owen

Big Sisters with the boys

The Saunders

Cousins

Eliza reading her Twinkle Twinkle book narrated by Nana Sue and Bapa

"Happy Do" sweet girl!

Guess who is almost 2?

Eliza's First *Real* Haircut

Eliza's hair has been growing fast, but is not even all around. For that reason, I had to get rid of her rat tail back in the Spring. We have a Snip Its now, so we tried that out last week.

She got to play while we waited.

She put on a special cape and watched cartoons during the hair cut.

She did a great job and sat perfectly still.

At the end she put some of her hair in the machine and got a special prize.

(It probably doesn't look very different to you. We just trimmed the back and a little on the sides. I want to grow it out so I decided not to do bangs...which means we still struggle with keeping a barrette in to keep it out of her face!)

Halloween 2010

Pumpkin loose on the Lawn

We went to The Lawn for the first time this year. I knew there would be a lot of people there but I had no idea it was as crazy as it was. You had to wait in line to walk around to the rooms for candy. We just hung out and visited with some friends, then headed home for our neighborhood Trick or Treating.

Eliza tried to share her candy with Owen. She got about 5 pieces total from the 3 houses we went to and they occupied her for an hour. She put them in her basket, took them out, lined them up on the table, and basically melted the chocolate.