halloween in december

flying through the sky with her tongue hanging out to give her momentum

pumpkin walk 

our little pumpkin 

our little pumpkin trying to figure out what we have her dressed in.

halloween night at nana and papa's 

a halloween post in december?  why not?  if the stores can start putting christmas stuff out in october, i figure i can digress and post our halloween pictures in december.  minnie was lucky enough to have two costumes.  we were lucky enough that they were both free.  the pumpkin is a costume that was swede's and britta's.  katie was kind enough to add it to a bucket of hand-me-downs.  (nana decided she needed cute little pumkin p.j.'s to go under it.)  the butterfly was generously given to us by heidi and max.  heidi found it in a bin of baby clothes and let us take it.  i put minnie in the pumpkin costume 3 or 4 times in october.  i just couldn't get enough of dressing her in it.   i figured it was appropriate to put her in it for the pumpkin walk.  so i did.  i also put her in it one night when we took christian dinner up at school.  i also dressed her in it to take her on a run to visit nana at work.  the butterfly made it's appearance on halloween.  unfortunately, i couldn't get christian to dress up as a caterpillar.  wouldn't that have been great!?!? 

minnie's new favorite thing

she loves to wave.

sometimes she waves to say hello.

sometimes she waves to say goodbye. 

sometimes she waves when she is happy.

sometimes she waves when she is grumpy. 

sometimes she waves when she is getting in to things that 

she isn't supposed to be getting in to. 

whenever she does it, we always love it.

and, she knows it.

hygiene

bath time is one of minnie's favorite times. 

regardless of the number of bath toys we put in the tub,  

she always seems to have the most fun playing with her 

washrag and the little shampoo bottle. 

the great outdoors

minnie has been loving her hiking backpack.  

mom and dad have been loving that she loves it. 

we recently purchased a bike helmet so we could all go biking. 

minnie got along well with her trailer.  she slept during most of the ride.

during the two blocks of the ride she was awake for, we kept hearing, 

"whooooo, wheeeeee!!!!"  

i suspect that means she likes the trailer. 

fall favorites

she wasn't so sure about sitting in the leaves.  

but, she was willing to humor me long enough for a picture.

swinging is a new favorite.  

who doesn't love being suspended in air by a few ropes attached to a tree?

she also loved playing with the box of apples we were gifted...
and eating them when we turned them into applesauce.  

crossfit

christian recently started doing crossfit.  

minnie was jealous of his big muscles.  

so, she started her own crossfit routine.  

it includes:

  

box jumps  

burpies

sideways sit-ups

pillow bench presses

  

pull-ups using the stroller bar

sit-ups under the stroller 

all in a days workout.  

they are both getting really buff. 

fashionista

two favorites:

the preppy polo

the jogging suit the she wears at least 4 times a week 

she is probably the most stylish baby on the block