Turkey-Turkey Day

Hope all of you had a great Turkey Day! We had a fun time here at home; the weather was quite cold and wet, making it the perfect day to stay home and enjoy a fire. Here are some picture of the festivities:

Here's Emmie munching on a green onion while deciding on her next victim, err... vegetable.

Emmie got a variety of tasty foods to try, including cranberry sauce.

I'm guessing she thought it would be sweet....

Since she made the super-sour face once she ate it!

Nothing like a nice fire to lounge in front of after you stuff yourself...

And we'll end it with a fashion show!

New Hat???

Emmie loves accessorizing her outfits with bracelets, scarves, shoes and especially hats. Here, Emmie is modeling the latest fashion in hatwear (which is really just a trick or treat bucket turned upside down) Don't tell her though, because she thought it looked good with her outfit.

Do you like my new hat?? I think the cat does.

I look good!

Hi...

Rockin' Baby

Sorry we haven't posted in awhile, but nothing too exciting has been going on lately. Emerson has been busy babbling and trying to talk up a storm and she LOVES to sing now. We bought her a fake microphone and she likes to carry it around and sing whenever the mood strikes... even if she doesn't know the song that is playing. Below is a video of Emmie showing off her beautiful singing voice as well as some smooth dance moves.

Trick or Sweet!

Emmie dressed up for Halloween this year as a little bumblebee... We took her to the law school down in Bloomington for some good ol' fashioned trick-or-treating. As you can see from the pictures below, she made out like a bandit!

So basically what you're saying is that if I run around this place

dressed silly I'll get candy? Sign me up!

Who puts wrappers on candy? Seriously... slows me down.

Okay, take my picture - I'll just help myself to a little more candy.
Yes, two handfuls should do the trick...




I can't imagine why my parents haven't given me lollipops before, they seem like such fun!

Hmm... could use a little refill. Can we go again?

Lego time!

Here are some pictures from the Lego discovery center in Schaumburg, Illinois. I think Daddy had more fun than the rest of us, but here you go:

Here's a little lego city.

Wonder what the rent is like?


Emmie suddenly realizes that she doesn't know whether
lego tigers are any less dangerous than regular tigers....

Here's Emmie testing her creation out to see if it can withstand an earthquake.





Apparently Daddy needs some advice as to what piece to use. Yellow, in case you're wondering.

Pumpkin Post

Before it got too cold here, we took Emerson to a local orchard with a pumpkin patch. Here are some pictures of the adventure:

Hmm... those look like apples...

Okay, that looks like corn... where are the pumpkins?







Aha! Some pumpkins :)

Maybe you eat them?

I'll take a snack-sized one if that's OK...

Ok, look... just hold it for a sec, k? Really, I'll carry it the rest of the time...

This is more like it - let someone else do the picking!