Allie's Christmas Wish List

I figured it would be easier to provide gift ideas for Allie here.

Little People Farm
Mr. Potato Head
Wooden Puzzles
Children's music CDs
Kid's sized broom (she loves to help her mom)
Outdoor riding toy - big wheel or a trike

That's all I can think of for now. She's asking Santa for Elmo Live. It's a good thing she asked early because it sounds like Elmo may be a hard to find item as Christmas get closer. ;-)

Our Little Monkey

Allie has mastered the area of climbing on the furniture. She now likes to climb onto the back of the couch, sit in the windowsill and play hide and seek with the blinds. Yesterday when we were home together she climbed the coffee table at least 10 times. I think we may need to start enforcing time-outs.

Hail In Phoenix

For the second time in over seven years, we had hail in Phoenix. Allie enjoyed standing at the door watching the storm pass through the neighborhood. Unfortunately, the rain didn't last long and about 15 minutes later you didn't know something had even happened.

Can You See It?

Can you see the outline of a pigeon in our window? Brian and Allie were home together the other night when they heard a loud crash. The next morning as I was walking upstairs I noticed the outline. Brian couldn't resist taking some pictures of it.

Family Trip to the Zoo

Now that the weather is cooling down we've been able to take advantage of our zoo membership. Brian, Allie and I went there about two weeks ago. Allie had a blast riding the carousel, playing with the goats and watching the wallabys.

Trick or Treating

Our trick or treating adventure on halloween mainly involved Allie playing with Piper's boyfriend, CJ.

Looking At Some Books

Reading a few books at Joe and Kristy's during the halloween party.

Happy Halloween!

Allie was a ballerina for halloween this year. We went to a party the Sunday before halloween with all of her friends from my moms group in attendance. On halloween we walked around the neighborhood and stopped to see Allie's neighborhood friends. Then we handed out candy to all of our trick or treaters.

Columbus Day Zoo Trip

We headed to the Phoenix Zoo on Columbus Day with my friend Christine and her daughter Katie. Allie and Katie had a lot of fun.