paradise!
the weather has finally cooled off! it is paradise now...85 degrees and sunny! i love to be outside!
looking for a bunny rabbit!
i saw a bunny rabbit run into the desert...so i chased after it yelling "more bunny!"
future landscaper?
i am the one in charge while bappa and mai mai are out of town! i water the plants and tell mommy which ones need more water or haven't been watered yet. good thing i am helping or everything would be dead!
daddy...can i have a car?
my first time at the wheel...pretty scary!
future illini!
reading with claudia!
claudia read me some books before i went "nigh nigh." she and her cousin, maddie, came to babysit me. hey...what are my pajama pants doing on my head?
balancing...
it was hard standing while other kids were jumping all around me. i ended up sitting most of the time until i found the ladder and climbed it to the top of the slide...
whee!
i was convinced after going down once that this was the best thing ever! i crawled up the ladder even faster the next few times! i just kept smiling and saying "more."
airborne after climbing the wall!
yummy...snow cone!
it's bike season again!
fall has arrived in phoenix so it is time for bike rides again! i like to say bike ride and motion my arms in circles while i say it! i point out all the other bikes during our ride too!
petting zoo
can you see the kid?
one of the goats had babies, or kids, as they are called! i chased them all around but never got to pet one...they didn't want me too!
oh boy!
i had so much fun in the petting zoo! i got to pet a llama, deer, and goats!
white tiger!
i got to see the white tigers! they were pretty! i even saw some baby cubs too! they were playful and liked watching me!
is this an angel?
i like to pretend i am sweet and innocent! i can be a dickens but for the most part mommy tells me i am a good girl!
giggles!
we went on a bike ride with aunt she she and uncle mark last weekend! we got to stop at a restaurant and have dinner too! i had lots of fun!
posing for mommy!
before going to the pumpkin patch with mommy, mai mai and aunt she she i did a mini photo shoot for mommy! "silly mommy" as i like to say!
at tolmachoff farm in glendale, arizona!
i had a great time at the farm! we did so many fun things! i was worn out afterwards!
corn!
you can't tell in the picture...but this is all dried corn kernels! i got to play in them at the farm!
i spy...
...two white ducks! I also saw a mule, ostrich, cow, goats, chickens, baby chicks (and I even helped mommy hold one), roosters and...see the next picture!
ladybug choo choo train!
tomato launcher
i tried helping aunt she she shoot tomatoes at the target. unfortunately, the loud noise scared me a bit and i didn't end up being much help at all. aunt she she is a good sport though!
this is heavy!
i think i'm stronger than i really am. i kept trying to pick up all the pumpkins!
i found an ear of corn!
i wouldn't let go of the corn i found even for a snack!
presents for me!
bappa and mai mai had just returned from 7 weeks back in the midwest! i got some presents from their trip including some university of illinois clothes! i can say "go illini" now and demonstrated it for bappa and mai mai! they were impressed!
sharing with jet
i'm not always will to share my "nacks" (aka snacks) with other people but this morning jet asked nicely so i did. we were playing in mommy and daddys bed this morning while watching some cartoons. we were being silly and having fun together!
hiking!
i kept saying "hiking" and i finally got my turn at the end! it was harder than i thought because of the uneven terrain. i still loved it though! i was chasing daddy and mommy kept telling me to slow down! i didn't want to hold her hand either when we came to a rocky part. i can do it myself...or at least i think i can.
working hard!
pigtails!
a good witch!
auntie abby and the witch!
aunt abby was my first house trick-or-treat experience! i did go trick-or-treating at school on friday. i was the classroom "candy representative" as i knew just what to do. i got the candy from the grandfriends and delievered it to my classmates! it was fun!
herzog halloween 2009!
in the halloween spirit!
pictured from left to right: disco diva, old bat, good witch, hippy chick, old school letterman
let the trick-or-treating begin!
since i go to bed so early (6-6:30ish) i had to go out earlier than most to trick-or-treat. i walked around the neighborhood and went to 4 houses! i was worn out after all the walking! at one house i even went inside and sat down on the couch with cassie worth (4 years old), while mommy talked outside with the adults!
boo...oh wait, trick-or-treat!
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going on a walk!
i hope i don't sweat too much in my cute dress!
curlylocks!
watering the sidewalk!!!
i felt since all the plants had a drink of water that the sidewalk needed one too! :)
i can pass for mommy, right?
i bet if i got pulled over by the police and showed them mommies ID that I would sneak one by them! what do you think?
mommies favorite new photo!
being my silly self!
walking to the greek festival
we live close to the church that hosts the greek festival...so we were able to walk there from our house. i got to go with the nieto family and bever family! there were 6 of us kids...it was great! do you see me in the back holding "uncle" chris nieto and sofia nieto's hands?
getting some coaching!
one of the neighborhood kids, andrew, went up the ladder and gave me some pointers for going down the slide. he also had to do some convincing so i would go down the first time!
obstacle course!
a tie!
the obstacle course was supposed to be a race. i didn't really realize that but i still ended up tying...with the second kid who was going through during my first round!
showing off my bracelets!
wildlife world zoo
mommy, grandma peggy, and i went to the wildlife world zoo in litchfield park, az for the day! we had lots of fun! grandma peggy flew into town the day before our trip to the zoo! we had lots of fun together!
chickens!
bambi?
bambi was so soft! i liked petting her!
feeding the giraffe!
i had fun feeding the giraffe but his/her tongue was sticky! i said "yuck" when it touched my hand!
apple!
i ate my first apple without it being cut up! i ate almost half of it! i was with grandma peggy and her friend, sue, and sue's daughter, laura, at aj's fine foods having a snack! it was fun and yummy!
big girl
i am a few days shy of 21 months old...look how big i am in my crib! mommy tells me there was a time when she could barely see me sleeping in the crib?!?
pretending to be aunt she she
i liked she she's sunglasses so i figured i had to try them on! it always makes me happy to put on someone else's sunglasses for some reason!
look...airplane!
i have super good eyesight and hearing and can spot an airplane anywhere!
am i big enough to drive?
water pump!
mai mai supervised while i pumped some water! i have never done this before!
baby pigs!
i got to scratch their backs. it made me giggle!
is that mai mai?
i told mai mai that she needed to take a train ride too! good thing she has a good sense of humor and obliged my request! it was fun...i tried getting she she to go too but she said she had to take pictures of us!
can you see us?
from left to right: mommy, me, mai mai, aunt she she
lots o' pumpkins!
sometimes i got confused and called the pumpkins apples. i helped mommy pick out three pumpkins for our family halloween party this coming weekend! "yea neh neh" or "oh boy neh neh" as i would say!
corn maize!
we got to go through a corn maze at the farm! it was fun! there were chickens running through the corn too!
midwestern girls?
well...mai mai and she she grew up in the midwest...but i guess i didn't. i do visit grandma peggy and grandpa tobey every summer in indiana...doesn't that count?
flirting with uncle mark
i was impressing uncle mark by watching football with him! i was pointing out a penalty in this photo!
family hike!
we initiated jet into our family hiking club! it was jet's first hike with all of us today! daddy worked on training jet on the mountain and she did an excellent job! it was lots of fun!
green thumb...
i helped daddy today with some plantings. i got to scoop the dirt. it was messy and i kept pointing out when not all the dirt went into the pot. i ended up cleaning off in the pool. i went in to wash off my feet and ended up taking all my clothes off and going swimming naked! it was lots of fun!
the end result.
here is the final result. i planted two other plants though too!
"hi-low" (aka hello)
trick-or-treat!
happy halloween!
i can say "happy hal-ween!"
pumpkin carving!
pumpkins!
hi mauk...
hi like to play with uncle mark. and i like to say his name...mauk!
this is exciting!
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