Halloween Parade

This morning Maya had her Halloween parade at school. I am pretty sure the kids in her class were meant to walk by themselves with the teachers around school, but that didn't end up happening--all of the parents marched with. Maya was adorable as a giraffe--she has two different sets of headpieces!



With her teacher, and the head of school, Miss Denise:



Waiting around getting ready for the parade to start:



Parading in full headgear:



Class picture:



With mommy:

Pumpkins...

I am not going to make excuses any more regarding my lack of posting. It's inexcusable.

On Sunday, Maya, Peter and I went to get some pumpkins. I didn't take great pictures, but you can see she still exists and gets excited about "Punkins!!!".





Peter carved his last night. I think he did a bang up job!

Clemyjontri Park (again)

Determined to enjoy the sunshine of Columbus Day, we headed up to Clemyjontri park. In addition to the huge playground, Clemyjontri also has a carousel, which is great fun for a girl who loves neighs AND music.

At first she still wouldn't ride a neigh, so teacup and bench it was:





We took a little break from the carousel and played on the playground:







After some good playtime, we decided to take another crack at the carousel. Maya decided she was ready to ride the neighs!:

Lazy Saturday...

Last Saturday Maya was very insistent that she wanted to see animals, so we headed to the Reston Zoo (again). She fed some goats and impersonated some sheep:





After deciding she did not need an afternoon nap, we tried to load her up with sugar to make it through the afternoon (for the record, it didn't work):





We also took a trip to Kinderhaus, where Maya is clearly a child not wanting for toys:

Pumpkin Patch...

Please forgive me for my extremely delinquent blogging-with Maya starting in preschool, Baba's return, weddings, etc, I've been a bit distracted. I promise I will be better.

On Tuesday, Maya had her 2 year check up. She's doing great! She's 50th percentile for weight (at 26 lbs) and 80th percentile for height at 35 inches! She wasn't exactly happy at her appointment, but I guess it's a developmental milestone, right? She knew to be unhappy at a doctor's office ;)

On Friday we had a field trip to Cox Farms with her class. She had a good time. She rode on a hayride (she was less than thrilled with that) but very happy to slide on the really big hay slides and meet baby animals (pigs, calfs, goats). Here are a few pictures: