Boo (How scary is candy corn, anyway?)

Halloween!  I'm almost 3 years old now, so it's a lot more exciting!  Plus I had my first candy. Ever. Pay no attention to what Oompah says.  Really.  It was my first candy.  Ummmm!

Anyway, I thought I could share a few pictures with all of you to show off my costume and my Mommy, too!



I was so excited to get going, I could barely contain myself!  Like my costume?  Isn't Mommy pretty?

OK, Mommy.  Let's go over this one more time, OK?  This is fun!

Let me get this straight.  You're going to let me have one?

Alright!  How do I open this?  Where's Oompah when I need him?

Never mind.  I got it.  Man!  This is fun, but I couldn't do this every day!  Wait!  What am I saying? 



Well, that's it for Halloween!  I had a lot of fun!  See you at Thanksgiving!

Birthdays and Waterfalls, Pumpkins and PONIES!

This last Sunday, we went to Apple Hill to help my cousin Frankie (Francesca) celebrate her 18th birthday! There was cupcakes and waterfalls, pumpkin patches, caramel apples, Mommy and MarMar, Sarah and Tony, Grandma and of course Frankie and Aunt Carolyn.  Paige and Aunt Vickie were there, too.  Did I mention the ponies?  OMG, I love ponies!   I had so much fun!

Here's the Birthday Girl!  Happy Birthday, Frankie!

Mommy and me enjoying the moment.

Mommy, Frankie, Jasmine (the furry one) and me by the waterfall.

MarMar and I liked the water wheel.  Oompah says he likes this picture a lot.

MarMar, quit taking pictures!  Let's get on with the party!  But then again, Oompah says he loves this picture, too!

Well, here we are in the pumpkin patch.  As you can see, I was having a great time.  Would you believe I lifted these pumpkins and put them in place for this picture?  Would you like to buy some prime real estate in the Florida marshlands?

This was my first choice.......

...but I settled for this one.

And then I rode a pony, which just wasn't the same as...........

The real thing!  I actually got a 2nd ride without MarMar walking next to me.  The horse's name, by the way, is "Cowboy." When talking about me in this picture, you can call me 'Cowgirl Lily.'  If you want to.  Otherwise, 'Princess Lily' will do just fine.

All in all, I had such a great day!  When I woke up Monday morning, I guess I had been dreaming so much about what a great day I had that I told Mommy all about it again, just to remind her that she "done good" with this trip!

A Star is Born!

I went for pizza and karaoke tonight with Mommy.  I was a little hesitant at first, but I had a big finish. "A is for Apple", you know.  Oompah couldn't embed the video for some reason, so here's the link to my YouTube video.  Enjoy!

Oompah's cracking up!

Since my last post, I haven't seen Oompah much because he works far away and is gone for a week at a time, so Mommy sends him pictures of me.  He says he can't stop laughing!  I don't know why! I'm just a normal girl doing what girls do!  Take a look!

I drink coffee (actually, it's a diluted chocolate milk, but I don't really know any better)



I visit friends on their birthdays (Happy Birthday, Luke!)

I help Mar-Mar with minor repairs around the house (Here I am helping to fix Grandma Patty's sewing machine--"Hey Mar-Mar!  Hold the light steady, please!")

I even take baths every night!  Whether I'm at the cabin.........

...or at home. (Like my hair?  I just washed it and can't do a thing with it!)

Ok, Ok, every once in a while I cut loose and put parmesan cheese on my head.  What girl doesn't?

See you next time!  ;-)

Ice Cream Safari at the Sacramento Zoo

I love the zoo.  I love the animals.  I love the carousel. I love Mommy, Oompah, Mare-Mare, Sarah, and Tony.  I love ice cream.  That made Saturday night's trip to Ice Cream Safari at the Sacramento Zoo a win-win-win-win-win-win-win-win-win-win situation!  Enjoy the pictures!  I enjoyed the zoo!

Ok, That's it for now!  See you next time!

Talent

Mar-Mar caught me at the piano!  I'd like to say I was playing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, but it was only the ABC's.  It's my favorite song!  Oompah says I need to start with looking good first, then I can worry about learning how to read music!

A, B, C, D, E, F, G...............

...Now I know my ABC's, next time won't you sing with meeeeee!

Happy Father's Day!

We went out to dinner at the Waterloo Inn for Father's Day.  Oompah and me were having a drinking game.  Isn't he cute the way he copies me?

A fairy-tale ending to a visit to the zoo

We went to the Sacramento Zoo and Fairy Tale Town today!  Here are some pictures to get you started.   We'll send some more tomorrow! These are some of the zoo pictures.  We'll send the rest of these and the Fairy Tale Town pics tomorrow.

Feeding the giraffes is fun!

Mar Mar cracked up when she saw this picture!  Don't ask me why! She says the giraffe in the background looks like it is copying Oompah's "pose".

Here's me with Mommy and Oompah.  I'm just having a snack.

A girl's got to have some freedom from the stroller once in a while, you know?

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  Ready to find some eggs?

I started out early Easter morning at the cabin.  You have to have the right clothes up there!

And the right tools!  Notice the bucket and the rake?  Check out the boots!

Not even a billy goat could find those eggs!

It's much easier at home, but I have to be careful not to get my clothes dirty!

Mar-Mar knows how to hide the eggs so I can find them!

Oompah says he loves this picture of the "two babies" in his family!  I like this one, too!  I love Auntie Sarah!

Oh, Mom!  Another picture???

Ha ha!  Just kidding!  I crack myself up!

Oompah says he want to carry this one around with him so he doesn't miss "his girls" so much when he's on the road!