Never a dull moment.

Heidi's fort. Two A/C boxes put together= fun!

"No Boys Allowed."

Chocolate fest! Starting with a dirt cup. mmmmmm.

Next stop at chocolate fest, cake!

Then finished off with a sucker.

Mommy's favorite spot. Ohhhh, YUM!

Heidi helping me pick apples out for apple pie.

Mommy, look what I can do!

Heidi wants to help daddy bottle beer.

We recently went to Chocolate fest in town and had a good time. Heidi sure loved all the treats she was getting. She deserved all the little bites of chocolate we gave her. She has been such a good girl that week and what a special treat for her! Heidi is loving to show off for everyone with her dancing and how she shakes her tush. We are still working on the worm. I'm so excited for Halloween with Heidi. Since this will be our first Halloween together. This year, Heidi is going as a Hershey's Kiss because she's so sweet. Ooooohh.

We haven't been doing much else lately. Brian moved the t.v and mounted it above the fireplace. When Heidi woke up the following day after Brian had everything switched I told her, "Elmo should be on now, let's turn the tv on?" Heidi looked up to where the tv used to be and she looked at me with her palms in the air and went "ooooohhhhh!" She started telling me in her own language that the tv is missing! I told her to look above the fireplace, showing her where to look and she gaspped. What a silly girl. As I was making her breakfast and she was (what I thought) watching Elmo's world, I looked over and there she was, standing on the coffee table! What a monkey! I told her to get down and she proceeded to tell me a story of how she is queen of the coffee table or something to the point of, I'm not getting down. I tried to tell her with a serious face to get down or she's going to hurt herself, but I cracked because she just had a story to tell. I think she will be taking Debate class in school. We kept going back & forth with each other and it was just to funny. Guess who won? Stinker. I know, I'm weak.

Heidi helped me with making a Apple Pie. She was more interested in taking the apples out of the apple barrel that grandpa and grandma sent over. One of friends who came over even thought the apple basket was pretty neat! Who ever really see's them anymore? Anyway, the apple pie was ok. I don't think I cut the shortening into the flour as good as I should have, but it was still alright. Brian said he sure liked it. I can make a really good cheesecake,but I think I will leave the Apple Pie's to aunt Laurie.

Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Gross and the dance cd they made for Heidi and the new music toy she has; Heidi never will slow down. She is a dancing nut! She really loves it when we have company at the house or we go visit someone and she will start dancing even if there is no music. I think she is figuring out that she knows how to get attention and she likes to show off her dance moves. She's always going.

.....8, 9, 10. Ready or not here I come! Where could daddy be?

Looking for fishies.

So happy to see daddy on lunch break.

"Weeeee!"

Heidi's 'oh really?' look.

Fun little bridge along the river.

Drinking out of the hose is fun!

Heidi is helping me wash the car.

Heidi dancing with her reflection in the stove.

We have been enjoying this week's weather while it's still in the 70-80 degree temps. We recently went to the Oktoberfest that our church was having and Heidi loved it. She loves the polka music and there is a nice park for her to run around.

Today I went on a 7 mile bike ride to the river for heidi and I to go feed the ducks and squirrels. Brian met us for a picinic and Heidi had so much fun! She loves to be at the park. A nice change of pace from our backyard or just to get out of the house. Poor girl was having so much fun and so excited, she slept the entire bike ride back to the house. I think she is going to have a nice nap. I think I could also use a nap.

More Fun.

Today Heidi let me fix her hair and she even kept her hair clips in until we had to get in the car a few hours later.

Went to the river to feed the ducks. Heidi loves to throw the bread pieces and say "Duckieeee!"

Taking cover after a swan came over to get something to eat. They will come right up to your hand if offered. One actually tried to get some from me when I wasn't paying attention.

I couldn't get Heidi to smile or look at the camera so I said "Squirrel!" And she loves squirrels at the park because they like to be fed also. So here is Heidi's squirrel face.

Some of the falls we sat near to feed the ducks. Our favorite spot.

Spending some time at the park.

Still having some nice days to enjoy.

My beautiful sunflowers finally blooming.

Heidi kept giving her boots to me, so we played dress up.

I think this cowgirl is tagging or branding the cat. Just in case the cat runs off. :P

Heidi on the stairs and I think she has the same smile as her cousin fred rion?

Heidi is now mastering going up and down the stairs. Our stairs are now her new jungle gym. I'm so glad she is able get up and down, but I still need to watch her closely because once in awhile she still wants to go forward and she loses her balance. She just won't grab onto the railing to hold on if she wants to learn to go forward like mommy and daddy.

Heidi was teething again last week with some new molars coming in and she wasn't well for about four days. Then all that energy was bottled up and now she is all over the place. It looks like she has a few more teeth to pop through further and then she should be done. Thank goodness! I don't like to see her in pain and being miserable.

Today Heidi and I went to wear off some energy at the park. We rode bike for about 2 1/2 miles and then ran around a really nice playground. I forgot to bring my camera and I think I would like to go back again this afternoon after Heidi's nap. Maybe we will stop at the zoo also. Heidi had so much fun and there were some neat things for Heidi to climb on.

Heidi also loves to put money in her piggy bank and just play with it. She knows how to take the money out of the bottom and then she will plug it back up and put the money back in it. She also grabbed daddy's wallet and took the dollar bills out to put into her piggy. We really didn't give it to her, she could reach it off of the desk and just grabbed it and ran off into her room. What a smarty pants! She even tried to put his credit card in it. Silly girl.

Where did our summer go?

Chasing bubbles.

Large bubble chasing Heidi.

ooooh, bubbles!

aaaah, I'm getting wet!

"I love driving daddy's truck."

Heidi helping daddy back up the truck.

Sunflowers are now taller than Heidi.

Chair I painted. Heidi's hat and boots look good on it.

Heidi ready for church. "mommy, I found you're shoes!"

I can not believe that this summer is nearly over. We got our first freeze warning for last night and now it's about 80 degrees outside. Strange weather. Yesturday felt very autumn-ish.

Lately I have been biking often to get myself and Heidi outside for some exercise. I have been riding bike a few miles in the morning to the park by the zoo and then we usually ride bike in the evening around the neighborhood. My legs are starting to hurt and feel jello-like but it's good exercise and I feel better each morning. Heidi had so much fun at the park today. She was having fun when mommy was chasing her all around. We even found another fun water fountain and we got a little wet. Someone also put some soap in the fountain last night, so there were soap suds all over and Heidi had a blast with them! Look at the huge fountain with all the bubbles! Oh my!

Heidi is also learning some more as always. She loves to twirl in circles and she loves to make monkey sounds. "ah ah ah ah ah." She also loves to think everything is an "uh oh!" She will throw something on the floor and then put the palm of her hands out, pucker her lips, and say "uh oh." Another saying she likes to do is "ouch, or owie." If she falls done, she sometimes looks at her hands and says "owie."