Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
14-months-old!
Eliza is 14-months-old (yesterday. sorry)!
First, we'd like to thank Grandmomma and Granddaddy for the nice Halloween card for Eliza. She absolutely loved looking at it.
Second, we're gearing up for Eliza's first Halloween as a trick-or-treater. We're going to dust off the ballerina duck costume from a couple of weeks ago, but a little fancier. I worked on teaching her to say "trick or treat" the other night. It sound like "tritick", so I think we'll try again tomorrow.
Tonight, however, we finally got around to carving our pumpkin. Here's a picture.
We also (a day late, sorry) took Eliza's 14-month Raggedy Ann picture. She was sleepy and grumpy and a multitude of other dwarves, but we managed to get a shot we could live with.
This month, Eliza became a full blown talker and a full blown walker. It's amazing how much this adorable little kiddo has absorbed in the past 30 days. I can't imagine what a little terror she's going to be when she learns to RUN.
An adorable terror.
First, we'd like to thank Grandmomma and Granddaddy for the nice Halloween card for Eliza. She absolutely loved looking at it.
Second, we're gearing up for Eliza's first Halloween as a trick-or-treater. We're going to dust off the ballerina duck costume from a couple of weeks ago, but a little fancier. I worked on teaching her to say "trick or treat" the other night. It sound like "tritick", so I think we'll try again tomorrow.
Tonight, however, we finally got around to carving our pumpkin. Here's a picture.
We also (a day late, sorry) took Eliza's 14-month Raggedy Ann picture. She was sleepy and grumpy and a multitude of other dwarves, but we managed to get a shot we could live with.
This month, Eliza became a full blown talker and a full blown walker. It's amazing how much this adorable little kiddo has absorbed in the past 30 days. I can't imagine what a little terror she's going to be when she learns to RUN.
An adorable terror.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Boyd Orchards and the Family Pumpkin
Today we decided to head out for some family fun at a local Orchard. They have lots of family activities, music, hay rides, and lots of beautiful fresh fruit. After our fun hay ride, Eliza helped us pick out a pumpkin.
Isn't the store adorable? While we were inside, we also picked out some delicious Empire apples. I made a pie as soon as we got home. The pie tastes delicious, but is a little on the runny side. Lesson learned. Next time I'll let the filling simmer longer. Still, we got a half gallon of apple cider that's FANTASTIC.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Finally! The best sound...
Eliza has been a chatterbox lately. She says "Who's that?" constantly while pointing at various things (pictures, objects, etc.), Eziza, Ah-boo (we haven't figured this out yet, but she says it constantly), and "Hot". All food is "hot", no matter the temperature.
She routinely says "Hi, Dad!" to Brian, but she has not yet mastered my name. Until tonight...
I left a room and she momentarily got upset, I was in the kitchen and I heard her yell "MAMA!!!" from the living room.
She routinely says "Hi, Dad!" to Brian, but she has not yet mastered my name. Until tonight...
I left a room and she momentarily got upset, I was in the kitchen and I heard her yell "MAMA!!!" from the living room.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Pre-Halloween lull
Nothing much is going on that's exciting. Eliza walks just like a big girl now. She's all over the house and can nearly run. She's learning to say "Who's that?" when she looks at pictures and can usually identify herself and Brian. She'll say "Dada" and "E-za" or "E-za-za". She still can't really say "Mama". She will, however, say "Hi".
As Brian said in the last post, we went to Kings Island for our second trip to Howl-o-Fest/Halloween Haunt. Here's a video of Eliza riding the Nick-O-Round in her ballerina duck costume.
The weather is unusually brisk for this time of year. We've been hanging out inside by the fireplace and enjoying each other's company. What a nice fall season this has been so far.
As Brian said in the last post, we went to Kings Island for our second trip to Howl-o-Fest/Halloween Haunt. Here's a video of Eliza riding the Nick-O-Round in her ballerina duck costume.
The weather is unusually brisk for this time of year. We've been hanging out inside by the fireplace and enjoying each other's company. What a nice fall season this has been so far.
Monday, October 12, 2009
More Kings Island!
I swear, we should live there. We're honestly thinking about getting season passes for next year, we've been so many times.
Mom and Lee came up for a few days, so we decided to go Saturday and do both Howl-o-Fest and Halloween Haunt.
This necessitated getting Eliza a Halloween costume early, so we officially scrapped the Super Martian Robot Girl costume in favor of a duck ballerina outfit that is so adorable, it just might break your computer.
Once we got to the park, Janie, Lee and I got in what will be our last ride on Scooby Doo before Cedar Fair rebrands the entire kid section to Planet Snoopy. As is to be expected, I smoked both of them at the shooting game, because I have killer Duck Hunt skills.
After that, Janie and Mom took Eliza off for some kid stuff while Lee and I got in line for Diamondback, which is the seventh-fastest coaster in North America.
That fact, incidentally, was one that I didn't share with Lee until about halfway up the lift hill.
After a nice ride on Diamondback, we somehow convinced Mom to actually get on a coaster, which meant that Janie stayed with Eliza while the rest of us piled onto the artist formerly known as The Italian Job. Mom did surprisingly well, especially for someone with severe motion sickness and a bad back.
After a little walking around and some bumper cars, Janie tended to a now-fussy Eliza while we climbed on the red side of Racer (the blue side was closed.) As I love to do on wooden coasters, I made us go for the very back, and I've now done a 100 percent hands-up ride on both sides of Racer.
Mom swore off any more coasters for the rest of the night, and we decided to grab dinner at what is normally one of the best deals in the park, the Coney Mall Subway.
This time, however, the Subway was apparently staffed by people with no clue, as they asked Janie if she wanted a footlong sub even though you can't actually order one (we had to pay for two 6-inch subs at $6 a piece, which kills the good deal.)
After we ate, Lee and I tried to grab a quick ride on Invertigo, but we ended up in line for close to an hour. Very foggy from a combination of the fog machines that looked like they were spraying for mosquitoes and actual fog.
Then came what was something of a mistake, even though it was something we wanted to do: BEAST.
Riding The Beast at night is an amazing experience. Riding it, as I got to on our last trip, with the brakes pretty much off, is even more amazing, but it was still good Saturday. There's just something about tearing off into the helix in the dark that's thrilling.
What wasn't amazing, though, was the wait. The line was actually backed up to the arcade before you go up the hill to Beast Canyon, and when we finally got to Beast Canyon, the ride clock said 45 minutes. Oh, how wrong it was.
Lee and I managed to wind up onto the ramp to the ride building when the announcement came that The Beast was closing for fireworks. Janie then called to let us know that a park employee told her it was down 30 minutes because of the fireworks.
It ended up being an almost 2.5 hour wait, and by that time Eliza and Janie were freezing to death, so Lee and I hiked back to the front gate to head home.
Despite the wait on Beast (literally the longest ride wait of my life), it was still the best KI trip we've made yet, and we're already thinking about 2010.
Mom and Lee came up for a few days, so we decided to go Saturday and do both Howl-o-Fest and Halloween Haunt.
This necessitated getting Eliza a Halloween costume early, so we officially scrapped the Super Martian Robot Girl costume in favor of a duck ballerina outfit that is so adorable, it just might break your computer.
Once we got to the park, Janie, Lee and I got in what will be our last ride on Scooby Doo before Cedar Fair rebrands the entire kid section to Planet Snoopy. As is to be expected, I smoked both of them at the shooting game, because I have killer Duck Hunt skills.
After that, Janie and Mom took Eliza off for some kid stuff while Lee and I got in line for Diamondback, which is the seventh-fastest coaster in North America.
That fact, incidentally, was one that I didn't share with Lee until about halfway up the lift hill.
After a nice ride on Diamondback, we somehow convinced Mom to actually get on a coaster, which meant that Janie stayed with Eliza while the rest of us piled onto the artist formerly known as The Italian Job. Mom did surprisingly well, especially for someone with severe motion sickness and a bad back.
After a little walking around and some bumper cars, Janie tended to a now-fussy Eliza while we climbed on the red side of Racer (the blue side was closed.) As I love to do on wooden coasters, I made us go for the very back, and I've now done a 100 percent hands-up ride on both sides of Racer.
Mom swore off any more coasters for the rest of the night, and we decided to grab dinner at what is normally one of the best deals in the park, the Coney Mall Subway.
This time, however, the Subway was apparently staffed by people with no clue, as they asked Janie if she wanted a footlong sub even though you can't actually order one (we had to pay for two 6-inch subs at $6 a piece, which kills the good deal.)
After we ate, Lee and I tried to grab a quick ride on Invertigo, but we ended up in line for close to an hour. Very foggy from a combination of the fog machines that looked like they were spraying for mosquitoes and actual fog.
Then came what was something of a mistake, even though it was something we wanted to do: BEAST.
Riding The Beast at night is an amazing experience. Riding it, as I got to on our last trip, with the brakes pretty much off, is even more amazing, but it was still good Saturday. There's just something about tearing off into the helix in the dark that's thrilling.
What wasn't amazing, though, was the wait. The line was actually backed up to the arcade before you go up the hill to Beast Canyon, and when we finally got to Beast Canyon, the ride clock said 45 minutes. Oh, how wrong it was.
Lee and I managed to wind up onto the ramp to the ride building when the announcement came that The Beast was closing for fireworks. Janie then called to let us know that a park employee told her it was down 30 minutes because of the fireworks.
It ended up being an almost 2.5 hour wait, and by that time Eliza and Janie were freezing to death, so Lee and I hiked back to the front gate to head home.
Despite the wait on Beast (literally the longest ride wait of my life), it was still the best KI trip we've made yet, and we're already thinking about 2010.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
She's a walker!
It's official now: this child can WALK. Alone. For some distance.
Janie and I went to Kings Island for Haunt on Saturday night and left Eliza with her grandmother for the evening. We got a call letting us know that she was walking all over the house while we were there, but we wanted to see it for ourselves.
Sunday afternoon, she was walking across the living room all by herself. She's still a little ungainly with it, and she walks with her hands up like she's guarding John Stockton, but it's walking.
Up next: RUNNING. Oh yeah, it's coming.
Janie and I went to Kings Island for Haunt on Saturday night and left Eliza with her grandmother for the evening. We got a call letting us know that she was walking all over the house while we were there, but we wanted to see it for ourselves.
Sunday afternoon, she was walking across the living room all by herself. She's still a little ungainly with it, and she walks with her hands up like she's guarding John Stockton, but it's walking.
Up next: RUNNING. Oh yeah, it's coming.
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