I came home from work yesterday to find this little mouse sitting on the counter eating cheese.

It seems she woke up from naptime and told Nany she wanted eggs - and, as we all know, what The Pea wants The Pea gets.

 At storytime later last night.  They sang "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" once - she sang it over and over ALL NIGHT LONG! 

 My favorite Jaisie quote this week came today when we walked into the mall and she said "Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!  Jingle bells EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!"   

"I LIKE HALLOWEEN" Part 2

So, I wonder how long she's going to be "smiling" like this.

By far, the coolest thing I've witnessed so far with watching The Pea grow into a little person is the evolution of her communication.  Now, that she talks in fairly complete sentences it's like finally having a window into what she's been thinking all along.  Right after I snapped this pic, she looked up at me at said "I stuck Momma!"  I said "No, you're not stuck!" 

So, she started rocking back and forth and realized it was a lot of fun to spin the cauldron around.  Shortly thereafter, we got some trick-or-treaters at the front door.  She turned around to Nany (who caught the whole thing on camcorder) and said "I LIKE HALLOWEEN, NANY!"  Yep, that's pretty much along the lines of what we thought you'd been thinking all along babygirl.

After the fall festival at the village, we did some good 'ol traditional trick-or-treating around the cul de sac.  This was the first one at our next door neighbor's house.

Neighbor across the street.  Jaisie said "I like this house!"

Guess she liked this one, too.

She was cute playing with another neighbor's decorations.

Little did we know, there'd be a mad dash after the kitty cat.  "Black cat!  I like that cat, Momma!"

I definitely had issues with the jack-o-lantern pictures this year, that's for sure.  I tried again to at least get a pic of her with the final product.  This is the best one.

Surveying the loot.

Deciding to dump it out for a closer look.

Yes, we let her have whatever she wanted whenever she wanted it.  She worked for it.  It's hers.

 Ahhhh - this was the final result.

I LIKE HALLOWEEN!

Blow-drying her pin-curls that she slept in that were still wet.

Taking out the pin-curls in an effort to get the Little Miss Muffet hairdo just right.

"I don't like it!"  Um, neither do I.

Gory breakfast!

Grandma and Grandpa arrive!

Opening Halloween gifts from the grandparents.

Re-doing the do with a hot curling iron (that might've been the scariest part of Halloween this year for me!).

Checking out the finished product.

"Smiling" for the camera while I put on her shoes.  Grandpa made her that jack-o-lantern in the background - he always comes up with the most creative pumpkin carvings!

Her first trick-or-treat of the season.

Her second one.

She got the hand of it really quick.  In this pic, she was turning around wanting everyone to hurry up, so she could go to the next door.

 Intermission:  playing with rocks. 

Trying to get her to dance with all the other kids.  She liked watching but was in no way interested in participating.

She did spot a Minnie Mouse, though, and came back to ask me if she could "Say Hi Minnie Mouse?"

Then, we she got the chance to talk to "Minnie Mouse", the only thing she was interested in was her treat bag.

Yeah, I don't know what she was doing.

I don't even have words for this one.  There are no words that could ever do it justice.  The stance.  The lollipop.  The focused stare.  Wow!

Pointing.

Intermission:  Candy-eating.

Intermission:  Playing in the water.

Yes, she pulled the stem right off that pumpkin. 

Such a sweetie!  (Notice how she's pointing.)

Wonder where she gets the "smile" from?

Peering into a hole in a barrel.

There isn't a thing on Earth that scares this little Pea.  Nothing.  (Yes, she stuck her hand in the hole.  Like you even needed to ask!)

"I'm taking my ballon and I'm going home!"

She carried that gallon of milk in from the car all by herself!

1 little skeleton jumping on the bed.

We redecorated her room with some new border and paint.  She likes watching for Daddy to come home from work at night.

I'm not sure how I neglected to get any good pictures this past week.  I'm usually quite the shutterbug when it comes to The Pea.

She LOVES her "new" room!  She's been playing in there a lot more ever since.  I'll have to get better pics soon.

 She has her own little full-length mirror, now.  She practices pouting, crying and whining the most.  It's the funniest thing I've ever seen... in my life!  I'm re-shelving her books and hear this little "waaahhh waaahhh waaahhh boo hoo hoo" so I say "Jaisie, what are you doing?"  And she looks at me with a smile full of mischief and replies "Crying!"  Oh, okay.  You better get back to it, then, because I expect the next episode to be real good after all this rehearsal time.  

Like I said, NO GOOD PICS - not even of her carving pumpkins, either.

This one was taken at the end of the evening after several outfit changes and shower intermissions.

I wasn't privy to the taking of this picture, but it is the PERFECT example of the crazy funny face she makes these days when asked to "smile".