Renaissance Festival

Sunday, we went to the Renaissance Festival in Crownsville. I am always amazed at that place; it doesn' t seem that crowded when you're in there, and then you come out and see the acres and acres of cars in the parking lot. We went on the slide several times, and we saw juggling, and Olive went on a pony ride. Of course, we ate and ate and ate, which is what the Ren Fest is really for. I can't get enough fried pickles. They are soooo delicious. It rained on Saturday, so the place was pretty muddy on Sunday. They do a good job of putting down straw and stuff, but still, it was 6" deep in places. Kate came with us, and she spent time with Olive, which freed us up a bit too. I am always amazed at just ho wmany people come in costume. they really get into it. It's also close to Halloween, but still, it's a lot of fun to see everyone dressed up. The cleavage bananza is always entertaining. It was beautiful weather, adn the woods were lovely, lots of fall colors. It was a nice end to an otherwise rainy weekend.

Rainy Day

Olive and I had a fun day today; it is rainy and gross. Marc was helping his brother move, so we were on our own. We went to the library and then drove into Baltimore and went to the Conservatory. I love that place. It just makes me happy. Olive loved it too, she ran around the greenhouses and looked at all the flowers. Then, we had grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch, which is quintessential rainy day food. Now, she's taking a nice long nap. Perfect.

Go Marnie, GO!

We brought Olive over to Auggie's house last night so they could play and wear eachother out. Marnie is in labor now, so keeping Auggie occupied is a good thing. Hopefully he is enjoying his last few hours of only-childness. They play pretty good together, the usual "MINE!" issue comes up every eight or nine minutes or so, but I guess that's to be expected.

Weird!!!

She called the Dinosaur Horace again tonight, totally unprompted by me. Freaky.

The Maryland State Fair

I know, I am just getting around to putting these up.

Cookie Time

How can you make this much of a mess from one Oreo?!

Spooky Toddler Speak

OK. So she totally freaked me out last night. This was really weird. She's in the bathtub, we're playing with plastic dinosaurs.

"What's this one's name?"
"Dinosaur."
"No, that's what he is, but what is his name? Is it...Chris?"
"Ummm, yes. He's Chris."
"What is this one's name?" pointing to another dinosaur.
No answer. About a minute later,
"That one's name is Horace."
"What?" Thinking she just said 'saurus'
"Horace. His name is Horace."

This sent chills down my spine because Horace was the name of my grandfather who died in 1998. We were very close. He went by Spike, and in fact, Spike was going to be her name if she were a boy. I'm sure she just heard it somewhere or something, but come on, it's not a name you just hear every day. It was just plain spooky.

Today at daycare, Kristen was out of milk, and Ella had the last of it in her cup. Julian apparently goes crazy if you mention milk because he wants some, so Kristen told Ella not to say the word milk in front of Julian. Ella announced that she had "A cup full of 'M'." Olive, who was drinking water, turns around and says, "My cup has 'W'!" which made Kristen do a double take. How does she know this stuff?

She also announced tonight, "Volcano starts with 'V'."