Stuff Stuff

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, but before we get there, a few things since I posted last:

Lacey found this shirt of mine in the laundry, and she insisted that she put it in. Of course, she's at that stage when she puts something on and then wants to take it off 4 seconds later, and then put it back on 4 seconds after that. It gets old. But she's so cute.

Daddy came home one day to find Lacey surfing Facebook. Shame. I don't usually let her play with my computer. I don't remember why I was allowing it this day. It was kinda funny, though, and she looks so delighted to be doing it.

Lacey has a fascination with shoes at the moment, as I think most kids do at this age. She finds it much easier to put on Mommy's and Daddy's shoes than her own, so that's what she does. She does pretty well walking in them until she wants to turn, then she gets stuck and screams.

We were delighted to have a couple of Lacey's cousins over to play while their mommy went to her uncle's funeral. They had fun playing together for a few hours

I was making dinner one day, when I turned around and Lacey had stolen a bag of broccoli from the counter and was chomping it down. Luckily, it had already been washed and cut. I learned two things from this experience: Lacey likes broccoli, and Lacey is big enough to grab things from off the counter.

Halloween

This year, we celebrated Halloween on the 29th, since that when our church Halloween party was. Lacey dressed up as a fairy, thanks to Grandma Welker who made her this adorable fairy costume.


These pictures are actually a week or two before Halloween, but I'm glad I took them then, since it was cold on the 29th and she had to wear a turtleneck under her costume. Anyway, we went to our church Halloween party and ate chili and corn bread. Lacey was a bit wary of the costumes at first, especially after a kid in a mask jumped out and scared her. She warmed up after a while, and really enjoyed the trunk or treating. She didn't get a lot of candy, which is good, since Daddy and I are the ones eating it.

Lacey and Grandma

On Grandma's last day here, we realized that we didn't have nearly enough pictures of her and Lacey together. So we went outside for a photo shoot. Here are some of our favorites.

Visiting in Manti

After the surprise birthday party, Lacey, Grandma and I went down to Manti for a few days. Daddy had to stay home to go to work and school and stuff. Mostly we just sat around and chilled together. It was really fun for Lacey to get to know her great-grandma and great-grandpa. We took a lot of pictures, of course. It took a little while for her to warm up, but when she did, they became good friends.

Here, Lacey is sitting in Great-Grandma Simmons's rocking chair, that she got when she was a little girl. So cute.

She loves to talk on the phone, and even though she's never seen a phone like this before, she knew just what it was for.


Reaching up to play with Grandpa's really old typewriter, since I wouldn't let her play with Grandpa's computer.
Lacey with Great-grandpa Simmons.
And with Great-grandma Simmons

Lacey eating some fruit. I just thought this was a funny picture.
Lacey stealing some treats. There's always treat at Grandma's house. I ate way too many of them. Those little pumpkins were also a hit for Lacey. She spend half her time playing with them, I think.

And she LOVED the stairs. That's how she spent the other half of her time. She figured out how to slide down on her tummy, and would say, "Weeee!" all the way down. And if you're wondering if that room is really that orange . . . yes, it is.

Lacey learned real fast that if you hold a magnifying glass up to your face, it makes things look funny. I don't know if she realized that SHE looked funny, too.
We had to get some pictures in Grandpa's garden. This is one of my favorites.
Lacey kept hearing a dog barking and making this funny face at it, so I copied her.
And then she tried to stuff this flower in my mouth.

I thought this was a good picture of Lacey.
Before we left, we got a nice four-generational picture.