Early Visit with Santa Claus

We took Lucy to Everything But the Kitchen Sink because Santa made an early visit to Hockessin. We thought this would be a good opportunity without a big crowd for her to get used to the idea of the jolly guy with the sleigh, especially before we go to our breakfast with Santa next month. Lucy was a bit shy, but with some coaxing, and two packages of holiday silly bands, she finally ventured up to to the sleigh and held Santa's hand. Mind you, she wouldn't climb in, but I think this is pretty good for a brave little girl. She didn't tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas, but did find a classic horse on a stick in the toy area of the store that she has fallen in love with. She plans to tell her elf, Ellie, all about it when she returns to our house this year!

Trick-or-Treat!

Chef Lucy made out like a bandit this Halloween. She had a very heavy treat bag, which she asked me to carry for her. I told Lucy that if it was too heavy, that meant she had enough candy and it was time to come home. Well, suddenly it didn't weigh so much any more and our little culinary whiz rallied to carry the bag for 10 more houses! We had a great time stopping to see all the neighbors and walking around with Nicole, Sean, Louise and Bella. Lucy was a little shy at first, but she followed Sean's lead and got right up there, remembering to say "thank you" most of the time. When we got back to the house, Lucy asked to hang out on the porch with Daddy to hand out candy. Our neighbor Molly stopped by to say hello and posed for a quick picture with Lulu. I think Lucy had enough candy to last her until Valentine's Day!

Fall Picture Session

We got some great pictures of everyone when we had our Christmas Card Picture Day! There were many wonderful pictures to choose from. I won't share which we chose, but maybe I will scan in our Christmas card after we send them out to our family and friends. Here is a sampling of some of my favorites from the day.

A Day at the Museum

 Lucy and I spent a great morning together running some errands, getting a snack and heading over to the Delaware Museum of Natural History. We wanted to make sure to get there one last time before our membership ended. We will probably take a little break for a bit and check some other places out in the meantime. Lucy does love it there. She is still a little leery about the coral reef below the plexiglass in the floor, but she still loves the two bears. She put stools in front of both the polar bear and the black bear and stood on the stools to introduce herself to each. She wasn't intimidated by their size at all (they are stuffed, not alive). She was chatting away with both of them - it was very funny.

Fall Fun!

This weekend was full of pumpkin choosing, apple munching, corn mazes and lots of time enjoying the warm fall weekend. Saturday morning we all headed over to the orchard to choose pumpkins for the front porch, buy some apples and get a bale of hay. The afternoon was spent outside too, Lucy wanted to show Daddy all of the fun new places we checked out at Longwood the day before. On Sunday the four of us headed over to Paradox Winery for their corn maze and fall activities. They had a bean-bag toss, bowling and fun bikes to ride. Sunday was really quite warm - almost 80 degrees! So, it seemed more like a summer day than mid-October!

Vacation Day Treat!

The weather the end of this week has been absolutely gorgeous! We have had a lot of rain, and the cold is on its way. So, when I heard that the forecast for Friday was top-notch, I decided to take an impromptu vacation day and spend it with my Lucy girl. This gave us a full day to hang out, do nothing and enjoy the weather. We headed to our favorite outdoor spot - Longwood Gardens (who wouldn't want to spend an amazing day in a beautiful garden?). We decided to make this a day of things we don't normally see while at Longwood. We went up to the eye of water, climbed a bridge and visited the Chimes Tower and water fall. Lucy also got to sit on a giant pumpkin and she crushed a plant in the conservatory! We also had lunch and laughed a whole lot. I look forward to other surprise girl days with Lulu!

 

Kicking off Halloween Month!

Lucy wore her festive jack-o-lantern outfit to school today to kick off the more pumpkin-y month of all! Only a toddler can pull off a look like this one. Her little carved pumpkin shirt paired with multi-colored leggins and green socks that match the leafy part of the pumpkin shirt. I hope we get a lot of use out of this shirt during October!