The Little Princess :)

She's back! The little princess a little bit more grown up then when we saw her last summer (Lo siento... Dad has been busy with other projects - not that any come immediately to mind...). Big thank you to Nana from Molly for the most excellent custom princess dress complete with glittering rhinestones, a tiara (see below) and a wand. Molly spent the first few hours walking all around the house blessing things with her wand. Bless you Mama. Bless you Daddy. Bless you Cleo. Bless you Narwhal. Bless you Ladybug... You get the picture. Of course, now that Halloween has come and gone our little queen insists on wearing the costume constantly even though it is now crusted with food and milk from her eating exploits... no worries. "Put on. Princess dress. Princess Molly. Alright Molly! Put on. Princess dress. Alright Molly!" And repeat...

"Light. In there! Warm..."

Molly, Mama, and Daddy carved the first family pumpkin this year. It was so cute. Daddy and Molly scooping the pumpkin, Molly tracing the design, Daddy carefully guiding the knife as Molly made the delicate incisions of a future brain surgeon. The buttery smell of Mama's famous pumpkin seeds roasting in the oven... Pretty picture? Pure fiction. Molly wanted nothing to do with the "goop" in the pumpkin so Daddy had to do all the scooping. Actually, Molly wanted nothing to do with pumpkin carving all together so Daddy pretty much did it by himself why she played with her farm. And then Daddy cooked the pumpkin seeds... which were actually pretty good :). Yes, this segment is a Daddy pity party.

However, little Lash did like the matches which made the "little BABY fire" inside the pumpkin. She also loved going outside after dark to look at the glowing pumpkin, our neighbors electric bats, and the currently #1 object in Molly's life - the "Big MAMA moon" (read full moon... little lesson in Molly talk: small and large objects are either "little BABY" or "big MAMA"). Anyhow, Molly loves the moon and the stars right now and has to be taken out every night to look at them. Once outside, she commences to running around on the dark lawn yelling, "Jump over moon! Jump over moon! Big MAMA moon. Little BABY moon (crescent moon) at home having dinner. Big MAMA moon OUT. Moon and stars hiding during the daytime. Come OUT at night! Big MAMA moon. Jump over the moon..." And repeat...

The Princess Revisited

Here is the princess in all her glory. This picture was taken at Molly's Auntie Johanna's house where she visited with her dragon cousins and ate pumpkin pie (still on her dress - how do you clean a princess costume with rhinestones?). Anyhow, Molly trick-or-treated for the first time in the neighborhood and collected a good amount of candy which Mom and Dad quickly consumed after she went to bed. They were happy to report that they found no poison or razor blades in it... talk about taking one for the team!

Actually, the funniest thing about the candy was that Molly has a book called "Little Pea" about a pea that is forced by his parents to eat candy, which he hates, so that he can have his favorite food for dessert - spinach. While the pea eats the candy he says stuff like "Pleh, Yuck, and Ugh." So here's Molly, walking down the street looking at her basket of candy going "Candy. Pleh. Yuck. Ugh." Meanwhile, Melissa and I are smiling at each other convinced that we have truly pulled one over on our young daughter. And maybe we have... at least for the time being.

One Tired Little Girl...

All tuckered out. This was the second Halloween in a row that Molly refused to take a nap in preparation for his big night out with the other ghouls (girls - Ha-ha.). Also, probably the most hours she has stayed up straight in her entire life (14 hours). She was so tired by the time we got home that Elmo could have made her cry. She just about blew out her sinus cavity while we tried to bathe her. Regardless, we got her to bed and all lived to tell the tale. Hope everyone had as happy a Halloween as we all did! And to think... the holidays are just beginning!