Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to visit a local pumpkin patch. We spent this week trying to get Emma excited about pumpkins, reading her pumpkin books and talking about our visit to the pumpkin patch. All the way to the patch Emma was even saying "pun-kins, pun-kins." But once we arrived, Emma decided that pumpkins just weren't that interesting. Despite our best efforts to encourage her to have fun looking at and touching the many pumpkins, Emma completely ignored them. Her idea of a fun day at the patch? Running down the wide open aisles and playing with the pumpkin shaped carriage :-) Sorry, lovely patch of pumpkins, maybe next year!

A Few of My Favorite Things

Here are some of Emma's favorite things of the moment...

Every morning when Emma hears the shower turn off, she comes into the bathroom and strongly requests, "up, up!" She loves to sit on the counter and play with all the fun "toys" that mom and dad so thoughtfully put out for her to explore.

Socks have become like Emma's security blanket. When she gets tired or upset, holding onto a sock seems to make her feel comforted. I'm not sure why she chose socks, but at least they're easy to transport and never in short supply :-) It doesn't seem to matter which sock she holds, although I think the orange one is her favorite.

Emma is usually too busy exploring to watch TV but there are two programs that she's slightly obsessed with. She loves to watch her Praise Baby DVDs before she goes to bed (praise music with a slide show of pictures). And she also loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse which she affectionately calls "Me-me-ma."

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