recent triip to Ikea and random goings on

I love this post modern 'chandelier', hope to have it one day!

We got Mary the blue chest of drawers pictured in the photo of her in the blue ikea bed.

I realized that I had not posted anything since Halloween, so check out these random and not so random recent occurrences...

Halloween Night

a few parting shots

Halloween was exhausting, and now to dump all the excess candy, gradually and then suddenly!

More Halloween Fun

Halloween parade at M's pre school

There was a Halloween costume parade at Mary's pre school on Thursday, here is the photo evidence!

Halloween Scooby doo sightings!

Sccoby Doo has been seen running wild up and down our street, and will be lurking out there, mooching candy this very night!

October 2007 and October 2008

Mary at my 2007 birthday, and below, two photos of same, circa 2008.

Last year's bonne anniversaire and this year's bonne anniversaire cake ceremonies, to compare and contrast.

All dressed up for pre school class photo

I had to do some serious bribery ( the promise of a trip to dunkin donuts) to get Mary to pose in her pink paris girl style outfit. Incidentally, I got the sweater & skirt at a consignment sale that was held at of all places a firehouse.

Ballet class images

Mary likes her ballet/tap/gymnastics class. she even imitated one of the dance moves or poses and said the french word for it.

Passé (pahs sey) As a position passé means when a foot is placed near or on the other knee. As a movement passé refers to the working foot passing close to the knee of the standing leg.

At the Promenade

Instead of the usual no pictures please clause, Mary actually posed for me while sitting on this bench. Must have been the bribe of the yellow smiley face lollypop!

Click on "At the Promenade" above to see the slide show.

Zoo photos

We went to the zoo on a Friday, and they close the pony rides and camel rides at 2 o'clock on weekdays. Little did we know, so the kids did not get their pony/camel rides.

They did have a great time, and the weather was perfect, unlike the last time we went, during an earlier in the day than predicted torrential rainstorm.

Proud owner of a pink Barbie Jeep

Mary got this cool new car from her cousins, and loves driving it. She does not look where she is going, and has run aground or narrowly missed bumping into a pile of mulch.

Note to self: remind Mary to keep her eyes on the road, & not turn her head around to look in the opposite directions.

Last photo, Uncle Scott helps Mary stop the car!

More birthday girl color!