HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA DOUG


Push the triangle to play a video message from Lil'


P.S. The lighting on the video looks so much better on my camera....Sorry!

Lil's First Letter To Santa

Finger Games

Somehow I forgot to mention this earlier.....

One of the things that Lil' did while waiting to vote was to to tell me things about Oosje's house. She told me that she likes Oosje's sink. This did not surprise me but I was shocked when she started naming her fingers. She wanted to know which one was domolot and which one was likiput. I was without an answer. I need a refresher course. What are the names of our fingers?

A First

This morning started with a Mama and Lil' girls adventure to the elections office. Mama was shocked when we got to the polling site and saw a line more than a block long. Mama and Lil' took our place in line. The line moved a few steps at a time in a consistent manner. Lil' made friends with the men standing behind us in line. For the next hour she entertained herself and many others with her singing, dancing and requests to go inside now. She had been promised a sticker after she voted and she was not leaving without it. She was even interviewed by a local news team who heard her say that Broccoli Obama is running for President. As we got closer to the building we also got closer to the hot dog stand. It smelled yummy. They also had hot cocoa which Mama decided would be a good reward for Lil's patience and good spirits as we stood waiting in the cloudy, chilly autumn air. The hot cocoa wasn't ready at our first try but about 10 minutes later the nice man from the hot dog stand delivered Lil' her cocoa which kept her happy through the rest of the wait. She participated in voting by carrying Mama's sealed vote to the ballot box, putting it in and getting her I voted sticker.

Happy Halloween

Mr. Eleven and Lil' carved her jack o lantern last night.


I'll have to come back and post a photo of it finished. Somehow the one I took didn't turn out.

Today ended up being an all day event. Lil's day of trick or treating started this morning at Mama's old office. She was quite a hit in her robot costume. We spent this evening at a fun Halloween community event with games and trick or treating. Lil' participated in throwing darts (rubber tipped ones of course), tennis balls, rings and beanbags at various targets. She surprised many of the people running the games with her aim and persistance. She sang the BSU fight song to some Bronco fans. And played a mean solo set on the drums. She had her first experience with a big blow up slide. It was a bit too scary the first time and Mama had to insist they finish the deal. But there was nothing stopping her the next 6 times. She trick or treated in her neighborhood and was as sweet as Lil' can be using her best manners "Trick or treat please." and showing people her robot walk. Mr. Eleven and Lil' practiced saying "I am a robot" in a voice only a dad or toddler could do which received many rounds of applause and laughs. It was a fun night that Mama and Mr. Eleven will never forget and will have fun telling Lil' about one day.

In September Lil' and Mama went to a woman's fitness show. There were lots of snacks (chili, baked potatoes, yogurt and string cheese, chocolate milk, wedding cake, Hawaiian food, potato brownies and more) and Lil' wanted to taste it all. She watched young local dancers perform, got to see a policeman who gave her a sticker badge. She was quite happy in her stroller throughout the whole process. Then it caught her eye. It was the local Harley Davidson booth and everything was "Shiny, Mama!" She immediately needed out of her stroller to take a turn.

Boo At The Zoo

Halloween is coming and we've been talking about two different ideas with Lil' for her costume. She had narrowed it down to two things, a robot or a cowgirl with robot in the lead. Mama was going to make her a robot costume this weekend.

Mama and Lil' had been planning a girls adventure on Friday afternoon to spend some time together since Mama worked at the school a lot this week. Mama had heard about a Halloween party at a little candy shop in the neighborhood. Games and activities and a 50 cent coupon for free candy. It sounded perfect for our adventure. So off we went to the party dressed as a cowgirl.

Yesterday was to be Lil' big Halloween event. Boo at the Zoo. Costumes, trick-o-treat with your favorite characters (Pooh, Tigger, a giraffe, a red chicken, a turtle and the firefighters and police officers) Mama made the robot costume. Lil' however insisted that her costume was a cowgirl.

Mr. Eleven and I have decided that we will trick or treat a few places on Halloween night as long as Lil' will wear the robot costume....