Dancing

Jocelyn wanted to dance in her tu-tu this morning. I'm trying to get a good booty-shaking session on tape, but she never does it when I want her to. This is a toned down version for sure.

Halloween Present

Getting ready to go trick or treating.

I had to wear my coat because it was cold!

Here we go!

At our first house.

My first huggie.

Look at all my candy!

My favorite: Tootsie Pop!

Yum!

I had so much fun! I want to do it again!!!

Halloween Past

2008

Our Little Bumble Bee

Fall Leaves on a Warm Day!

A Halloween Party

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Dress-Up at the Library

Tuesdays are library days--Jocelyn goes to the library for story time with other kids her age. Today she got to dress up! I didn't want her to wear her "real" costume today because she will be wearing it for PALS tomorrow, and because I didn't want her to be sick of it before she even goes trick-or-treating, so I used the tutu I made her for her birthday party(which fits better now), and I also made her a crown and necklace.

Carving the Pumpkins

Make a Smilebox slideshow

A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Halloween Fun

We were hoping for nicer weather so we could go to the pumpkin patch today, but the weather was wet, so we did some fun stuff at home.

We made Rice Krispie Treats

And made a Halloween craft!

Bye-Bye Baby Mullet!

Her first haircut! At 21 months and one week old! I know a lot of little boys who have had to have their hair cut numerous times by this age! Not fair! I was very nervous about getting it cut because I knew it would mean no more pig tails for a while. I waited a LONG time to put pig tails into her hair. But the back was just getting too long, especially with how short the top and sides are. So it was time. Time to say bye-bye to the mullet that so cutely fit into pig tails. The hair will grow back. She will wear pig tails again. For now she has a cute little bob.

Here she is right before her haircut

She doesn't seem too sure she should be trusting her Mommy with this decision...

"I'm not sure exactly what you even think I can cut."

"Alright, we will see what I can do."

Jocelyn did an excellent job and it was over very quickly. Here is what it looked like right afterwards.

A momento

I think it looks cute!

She doesn't know anything is different

Our Little Pumpkin

I took Jocelyn to Target this morning for pictures. Why you may ask, would I take her back there again, when almost every experience I have had there has been bad? Well, I still had 6 free portrait sheets left over from the horrible Holiday session and they were about to expire, so I decided to get some done in her Halloween costume. What the heck...they would be free anyway!

We were there early so as not to be rushed. The photographer didn't show up until about 5 minutes after our appointment time, then she had to set up. I thought to myself that just because she was late didn't mean we would have another horrible experience. So we started taking pictures.

Taking pictures of Jocelyn is not an easy task. She knows what you are doing and tries to avoid getting her picture taken at all costs. She will stand with her back to the camera and pretend she doesn't hear me or the photographer calling her. She will stick her tongue out. She will run away.

The beginning of the session went well. Then the photographer realized the pictures weren't uploading to the computer. None of the pictures were going to be available. She had to call for tech support and about 10 minutes later was ready to start over. Jocelyn thought she was done and wanted absolutely nothing to do with getting her picture taken again. She literally screamed at the top of her lungs. She cried. She would not stand where she was supposed to. Her nose ran. I was about to give up when the photographer got a couple of half decent shots. All I had to do was pretend I was sneezing and let my hair cover my face. I guess Jocelyn finds that pretty funny.

Anyway, I got about 7 free sheets and the photographer already sent me the images online. I don't get to pick them up until the 27th, so those of you who usually get pictures from me will have to wait a little while. Hopefully you will get them for Halloween.

So Target session #4: Still horrible, but this time it was mostly Jocelyn's fault. ;) I should add that the photographer was very nice and really tried her hardest with Jocelyn. We are going to the The Picture People for Jocelyn's 2-year photos. They are expensive and I won't be able to buy pictures for everyone, but maybe we will have a better experience. Maybe.

Here are the pictures:

This is the good one:

Second best

This is when she started sticking her tongue out: