Waterfall!

A couple of Saturdays ago we found out that waterfalls are one of Alexa's favorite things ever. We drove down to Multnomah Falls, and she had a great time watching it.

Here's the required dead tree picture for Grandma Bevans.

We basically had to force her to leave; she would have stood there watching it for hours! The only way we really got her to leave was to bribe her with the train that was going past and best seen from the parking lot. I think her love of trains may be the only thing that would have pulled her away!

Alexa's New Shirt

She was very excited when it came in the mail today :)

Alexa's been busy...

...trying out some new shoes...
and hats...

painting with yogurt...

being an animal ambassador...

except when she accidentally decapitates one!

On her down time she likes reading in the tub...

playing videos games with her friends...

and trying to ship herself to Grandma and Grandpa!

Abby Cadabby

I had no plans of making Alexa's costume this year, but we just couldn't find anything that we liked/that was in our price range, so I decided to attempt it. It turned out way better than I thought it would! I'm really quite proud of myself. Mike was Cookie Monster and I was Elmo to complete the theme.

Pumkyyyyns?

It's amazing how at this age kids pronunciations change so quickly. But, it's getting closer, so that's good. Mike and I carved our pumpkins Sunday night, finally. We like doing themed jack-o-lanterns.
We had Alexa paint her pumpkin after her nap on Sunday, figuring that she was a little young to carve her own :) She had a grand time.

And got so into it that one paint brush just wasn't enough.

And once the paint was about 3 inches thick all the way around the pumpkin, I took it away and let her paint on the 'drop cloths'.

This is a picture of the paint right after she started, it was a brand new set when we started, and there was no paint left by the time I made her stop.

My 4 pumpkins:

And Mike deserves a shout out for cleaning both out pumpkins, since I can't do my own. Thanks, hun!

Pumpky Picking

Typo? Nope, just Alexa language. Picking pumpkins was quite the project between Alexa and Daddy. Mommy picked hers quickly, and Alexa consented to let Baby watch the pumpkin in the wagon.
Alexa and Daddy wandered the whole pumpkin patch looking for a likely bunch...

When they spotted one they went closer to inspect them...

And considered carefully the pros and cons of each...

Until the very best was found!

Sweet success!

Of course...

... one of her favorite parts of the new potty is the box it came in....

Maybe we need to buy a new fridge or something to get her a box she can fit in...