Halloween!!

For Halloween we went trick or treating down in Pleasanton with Emily's aunt Diane so she could go trick or treating in a real neighborhood with her cousins Evan, Jack and Ryan. It was really fun. Macy was excited the whole night and practically running from house to house.

I mentioned down below in the video posting, but our costumes were: Macy - Cheshire Cat; Emily - Alice in Wonderland, and me: The Mad Hatter.

Trick or Treat!!

Here is Macy's first time trick or treating. It was so great. She was so excited and was carrying her bag around with her all night. She refused to let us carry her bag and got mad anytime we tried to hold it for her. And she walked right up to every house and said "trick or treat" (sounds like she she she) and then she'd say "Thank you" to each person. It was so fun. She really loved it and it made so fun for us. And, as a side note, she was dressed as the Cheshire Cat, Emily was Alice in Wonderland, and I was the Mad Hatter.

Here's Macy knocking on the door.

Macy is obsessed with pumpkins. She walked around saying "Puh-kin! Puh-kin!"

Marshmallows, butterflies, and 5 little pumpkins...

This video is super cute. Marshmallow and butterfly are the cutest words she says, and this video has both...

Here she is doing all the signs and motions to the 5 Little Pumpkins song

Pumpkin Patch

Here is Macy's second visit to the pumpkin patch. It's weird to think that we took her to this same patch a year ago. Now she is walking and talking and in love with pumpkins and choo choo trains. She was kind of grumpy the whole time, but it was fun to go.

This picture has nothing to do with pumpkins, Halloween or anything else in that realm. But it is just one of those pictures that we have to post because it's so funny.

Halloween Party!!!

This is the Halloween Party Austin and I had last night- sooo fun! I made "dessert" for dinner and "dinner" for dessert. We had "Cherry Pie" (ham and tomato quiche) and "Cupcakes with Frosting" (meatloaf and mashed potatoes) for dinner and "Grilled Cheese" (french toast ice cream sandwiches) and "Margarita Pizza" (cookie, jam, mascarpone cheese, mint) for dessert. We played a murder mystery game where everyone was a character and dressed up- SO fun! Thanks for coming everyone!

"Oh, HE'S so cute!"

I was in Safeway yesterday getting some last minute supplies for Emily's Halloween party we had last night. I had Macy with me and I had dressed her up in a very cute outfit which consisted of a pink polo shirt (emphasis on the word PINK), a cute little jean skirt (emphasis on the word SKIRT) and white socks with pink trim and some cute white tennis shoes.

So, she was walking around how she usually does and went up to this random lady and said "Hi!." The lady was charmed and kept saying "oh, you're so cute," or "oh, you're so beautiful." Then as Macy and I were walking away she says, "Oh, he's so cute!." I thought maybe I heard her wrong and she had actually said she. But I just kept walking. Then, a second later, I hear the lady again. "Oh, I'm so sorry! Is that a girl?"

"Yes," I said, "She's a girl."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I thought she was a boy. But as she walked away I saw the trim on the socks and realized she must be a girl!"

Are you serious?!?!?! A pink shirt and a little skirt? And the socks are what tipped you off? And, I understand that Macy's hair is kind of short, but does she really look that much like a boy? Come on!!

People are always calling her a boy, but this struck me as odd because of the socks being the tipoff.

It's a crazy world.

New videos

Here she is saying Westbrook names and a bunch of other stuff (beware, this video is long)

Here's Macy saying some Lewis Family names among other stuff (beware again, this one is also long)

Here's Macy's first time in the ocean. This is at Newport Beach.

Macy decided to eat an onion...and she loves it.

Poo poo...

Macy is the funniest girl.

We went to LA for Labor Day weekend. I had to be back to work on Tuesday, so we left Moday at around 3:30 p.m. Macy had only taken one nap in the morning and by 3:30 she was overdue for another nap. So, we loaded her into the car and took off. Almost as soon as we left, she started grunting which we recognized as her pooping noise (the sound she makes each time she poops). So, we decided to keep driving and let her get it all out and we'd pull over right before we got on the freeway and change her.

By the time we got down by the freeway she was super tired and almost asleep. We pulled in to an In-n-out parking lot and her eyes were glazed over. We look at her and she was just staring into space. We called her name and waved our hands in front of her face and nothing. She didn't move a muscle and her eyes were still off in space.

Then we asked her, "Macy, do you have poo poos?" And, sitting still with her eyes glazed over, she whispered in a pathetic, tired little voice, "poo poo."

There was something so hilarious about watching her. Only half conscious, hearing us say poo poo and then somewhere in her subconscious knowing that she had gone poop. It's probably not that funny reading this, but at the time it was hilarious. I'll never forget that.

Cute Helper-Girl

Macy is not allowed into our kitchen, but she has figured out how to get past the chair we use to block it off, so she ends up getting in there whenever she wants really (surprise, suprise). She has been especially fascinated by the dishwasher and how it opens and closes- she's really into opposites right now- and she loves how there are tons of fun "toys" (forks and knives) to play with when the dishwasher is open. This freaks me out, because I can just see her seriously injuring herself in two seconds before I can get a steak knive away from her or something, so anytime she tries to take stuff out of the dishwasher I tell her to "please give it to mommy-thank you". So yesterday, this happened and she started to keep handing me silverware (I took all the knives out- don't worry I'm not that bad of a mom) and kept saying "tink you" everytime she handed me something. So I was like- hey! teaching moment! and kept praising my "helper-girl" and now I think I'm going to have her do this everytime I empty the dishwasher! It was so cute, first of all, and second of all, I love that it's teaching her to help out. Plus she was really proud of herself- especially when I pulled a chair into the kitchen and had her hand me the plastic plates and cups! You could tell she was like "I'm a BIG girl!" Sooo cute! Oh, and I plan to do this also during the witching hour of fussy/crazy Macy because then there was no freaking out with tantrums every two seconds because she was too busy! Sorry- long post for a little thing- I guess that's my "mom world" brain talking..