Rice Family

Yesterday I helped M use the bathroom, and when I finished pulling up her pull-up and pants, she looked at my chest (which is now eye-level for her) puts a hand under each...ahem...and says: Momma have big tummy! I point at my stomache and say: yes, baby, momma has a big tummy, but it's down here. M: Yeah. (places her hands on my belly) Momma BIG tummy! It GROWING !! Me: Yes, baby, momma's tummy is growing.

M is acting like a two-year old the last few days...and I admit, it is driving me a little crazy. It's a good thing she's so stinkin' cute!! She is constantly doing a yes/no argument. M: I want chicken; K: okay, we can have chicken. M: No! no, chicken; K: okay, not chicken, what do you want then?; M: I want chicken.....eventually I stop and feed her whatever and she is throwing a fit whichever way I go. At dinner the other night we said a prayer, but M didn't want to participate so J and I stopped trying to get her to join and said a prayer anyway. This made M mad, and for about, oh, 10 minutes kept crying that she wanted to say a prayer. We would say, 'okay, M, we'll say one more prayer with you.' she would turn away and say, 'no prayer!' We gave up on this one too, but she wouldn't stop yelling and crying, so she got a time-out. Which didn't stop her from yelling and crying. In any case, it was a long dinner. And there are a lot ...

Make a Smilebox slideshow Here are the pictures I promised. We got pumpkins from the pumpkin patch and carved them last night. We played at the pumpkin patch, got to jump on a giant plastic air filled pillow thing, played in a sand box filled with corn (j got burried), and M had loads of fun riding the train. There are also a few pics of our trip to Minnesota. I hope you enjoy them.

My trip to Minnesota was a success. Sam and I had a lot of fun, and the drive there didn't actually seem too long. M did great! I can't believe how wonderful she is sometimes. She didn't whine pretty much the whole trip there, and entertained herself with books and what-not for the first part of the trip. The last few hours she watched sleeping beauty. It was a lot of fun seeing Grandma Jo, aunt Erin and aunt Megan. M had loads of fun with her cousins Cara and Gilli too! We went to the zoo, the water park of america, and the mall of america. Thank you to my family for having us and keeping us fed. I had so much fun seeing you. And I will bring my husband and see you again at Thanksgiving! Yay! I have pics but I forgot to bring them with me. This weekend we went to a pumpkin patch which I also have cute pics for, so I will try to post them on Wednesday.