OH--IO!!

Go Bucks!

We're all wearing our scarlet and grey (sans the grey....just scarlet!) in support of the big game.

Last night we went out to dinner at The Olive Garden. Daddy had pasta with shrimp and scallops (scallops are his favorite). We were trying to get our little one to eat something (she wouldn't even eat the breadsticks, and usually she inhales bread!) so he actually sacrificed one of his scallops for her. She had her plastic fork and was trying to put everything (goldfish, cheerios, everything...) on her fork to eat it. So we put the scallops on the fork and she ate it! So he gave her another one (keep in mind he loves scallops!). This one she played with on her fork and then dropped it on the floor!! Daddy was so, so sad. One of his precious scallops was ruined. Oh well. At least she got a little protein in her.

This morning we've been raking leaves and stuffing them in lawn bags. She was out there with us. We tried to teach her to run and jump in the leaves (so yes, Mommy and Daddy were jumping in the leaves, too). Well, she'd run up to the pile and then stop as she got up to it and just start laughing. I guess the running was enough for her. I wish we'd had the video camera out there with us. It was so funny. Daddy picked her up and very gently tossed her into the huge pile. She sunk down into the leaves so we couldn't even see her face! She was a little startled by that one--being buried in leaves isn't her idea of a good time, I guess. But as soon as Daddy got her up and started tossing leaves up in the air, she decided leaves were fun again and she had a great time. After about a half hour or so, though, she'd had enough, and she and I came in to warm up. Good ol' Daddy is still out there stuffing bags. He's almost done, though.

I'm ready for November to be over....this posting every day thing is hard work. I've definitely run out of things to say.