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Story of a 3-Day Walker

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Tomorrow...

Tomorrow I leave for Phoenix to walk 60 miles in three days. Am hoping to get pictures and know that it will be a life changing experience. Thank you so much to those of you who helped make this journey possible.

Etta's Look

I think that I have finally discovered Etta's "Look". She has some very definite ideas of what she would like her "Look" to be, but I've tried to tweak it just a bit, and with some happy results.

One chilly morning while getting ready for church this fall I grabbed a long-sleeved t-shirt to throw under a short sleeved "polo" dress. Along with that I picked a pair of cream colored jeans as the dress was getting kind of short. Match that with her red school shoes and we've got the look. I've now been able to find three combos out of her closet with a few more to try out.

Last Sunday it was a cherry dress that Aunt Molly gave her last spring (like 18 months ago...yay!), green pants, and denim jacket. Same red shoes and we are good to go. When I finally looked closely and really took it all in I figured out Aunt Molly had purchased every part of the outfit except the socks and underwear. The dress and shoes just for Etta and the coat and pants for the older cousins. Yay yay yay!!! Thanks Aunt Molly!!



We are trying to "girlie-fy" Miss Mae early. And it isn't too hard as she loves shoes and purses and has an almost endless supply of pink clothes. I'm sure that she will have her own style soon also, and while I am hoping that it isn't all pink all the time, it will be hers.

Ready for Some Football

Etta is tattooed up and ready to go. Watch out Griz fans, she is ready to rumble!

Thanks for the tats Uncle Erik

Tantrum Baby

For any who may think that Mae is sunshine and rainbows all of the time.

Yesterday when she woke up from her nap she was in.con.solable. Screaming, crying, thrashing. When she gets to this point (which she does way more often than Etta ever did) I have learned that the only real thing that I can do is put her down on the floor and let her work it out.

So she laid out flat. Just like this. For a really long time. At one point she stopped crying and I literally thought that she had fallen asleep. So I quick got my camera.



Nope, not sleeping.



I don't know if it was her molars bothering her. Her diaper rash. The fact that big sister was not here when we came out of her room. I really have no idea. But she did snuggle with me and watch funny videos on the computer for awhile. After she was done throwing her fit.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

This morning Etta & I walked down to Locomotive Park to help string lights for the huge light display/show that the city puts on every year. We have enjoyed taking in the sights since Etta was about 8 months old & I decided we should give back - at least a little.

This Saturday was the only one that would work for us this year, but it was so much fun that I think that we will try to make more Saturdays next year with the whole family.

Checking out the tree that we were going to decorate.



Ta-da! It's done! A red & green "oreo" tree. We even got to climb up a pretty big ladder to finish it off. Etta climbed up also, twice. But it was too unstable & awkward to actually accomplish anything when we were both up there.



Tree #2. A "Bengal" tree. Purple & gold, the Lewiston High School colors. We were going to do blue & gold in honor of Uncle Erik, but they didn't have any blue LED lights available. =(



Etta can't wait to show off her hard work for The Girls, Uncle Erik & Aunt Molly. And anyone else who would like to join us! Now that Mae is older & mobile I am hoping to go many, many times this year!

Costumes!

The post you've been waiting for!

Etta was ready at 7:15 a.m. yesterday morning. Here she is reading a book about Halloween in her Halloween costume.



Here's the whole crew. A little cow. "Come here little cow," Etta kept saying. A very proud Nemo. And super fun Girls as Thing 1 & Thing 2.



Apparently, as Mae was walking down the sidewalk her tail was wagging away. I missed that part.



Nemo ready to swim.



Bob took The Girls, Etta & Mae about two blocks down our street, crossed over and then came back. This was Etta greeting me after she rang the bell.



And then Bob and Mae stayed home while the four of us did a couple of more blocks in the other direction. This is the first house we went to on my shift.