Raking Leaves

Ryleigh is a great helper. She is always up for helping Uncle Bill. She has to put on her work clothes, and then she likes to supervise. Ryleigh has really enjoyed walking through the leaves. No matter where we are, she will find leave and crunch through them. She loves it. It has been really nice to live somewhere with 4 seasons. We are expecting snow tomorrow, so this might be her last chance to play in the leaves! Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Halloween

This was the first Halloween that Ryleigh really understood! She had two costumes. She could not decide between, Tinkerbell and Cinderella! Well she managed to be both. Tinkerbell was the morning costume and Cinderella was the evening costume. She felt and looked beautiful all day long. When the day started she was so excited about trick or treating and couldn't wait to get a lollipop! I thought our evening would be short. Well after the first two houses Ryleigh turned to me a said, "I think I will be done when my pumpkin is full." The evening lasted a bit longer then I expected. She wouldn't wear her coat, because it would cover up her costume. I asked her many times to put her coat on and she told me, "no Mom, I am not shaking yet." It eventually got too cold to deal with and we went home with a half full pumpkin. She loved the candy and the scary decorations.

Trip to the pumkin patch

Wow! I am loving being the mother of an almost three year old. Ryleigh and I went to the pumkin patch and loved every minute of it. She is at such a fun age! She really enjoyed the whole thing. She loved running through the field of pumkins. She would pick out the ones with the "good handles." She got to ride the pony, not a horse, A PONY! Her pony's name was Dakota. She felt like such a big girl. She could have played on the bouncy castle and slide all day long. She really enjoyed the hay stack maze! The best part was running away from me. We both had a really great time. We now can do things because she has fun, not just because it is something we should do.