FULLERTON, CA - Here is the feather I decorated for the big turkey on the wall in my classroom at Preschool. Do you like it? I used stickers, glittler glue, crayons and a couple other things for the finishing touches. I was pretty happy with the way it turned out. I'm so excited about our feast at school - I think it'll be real fun.

FULLERTON, CA - Happy Halloween! I got to dress up as princess Aurora tonight, do you like my costume?

First, we went to church for their Harvest Carnival. Sean and Anna picked us up - he was an army soldier, she was a butterfly - and we got to play games, color pictures, eat kettle corn, get our faces painted and jump in a bounce house. Wow - and that was all before 7:30!

Then mommy and daddy took me over to Aiden's house to go trick-or-treating. Aiden was dressed up like a firefighter and his little brother, Eli, was a knight. We walked around the neighborhood and people just kept giving us candy...all we had to do was say, "trick-or-treat" and "Happy Halloween!" Uncle Dave and Aunt Julie even brought Morgan and Lindsay over to meet us for the last couple of houses - what a nice surprise! After that extremely successful outing we went back to Aiden's house for pizza and candy...what a way to end the night.

Well, I'd better get to bed...I do have school tomorrow, after all.

FULLERTON, CA - My pre-school teacher, Mrs. Karen, took these pictures of me today. We got to paint pumpkins - mine's pink, for obvious reasons. I think this is the fifth pumpkin that I've painted, glittered, carved or otherwise decorated this season...I'm getting to be an old pro at it.

FULLERTON, CA - Daddy said he was going to dress up as Gilligan tonight for the costume party. Sounds great, dad - who's Gilligan? Anyways, mommy went as Mary Ann and I got to wear a monkey suit, but I didn't want to wear anything that went over my head because I had pretty ponytails, just like my mommy.

We had fun at the party. The kids all sat at their own table for dinner and got to run and chase each other all around the big room while the adults talked (how boring). On Wednesday, I get to be a princess, which is better than a monkey, but not as good as a fairy. I was a fairy last year. Mommy said I had to be something different this year.

Happy Halloween!

FULLERTON, CA - I had Morgan and Lindsay over to my house to carve pumpkins and make cookies tonight. Our dads helped us with the carving part (except for Morgan - she did it all herself). I picked out the design, scooped the "goop" out and my daddy carved it while I supervised. He did a pretty good job, don't you think?

We had a lot of fun tonight...I can't wait to dress up and go trick-or-treating!

ANAHEIM, CA - I took mommy and daddy to California Adventure tonight. We met some friends there. Rebekah from Sunday School was there with her mommy, daddy and cute little sister, Anna. "Baby" James brought his parents too, except he's not much of a baby anymore...he's running around and talking and stuff. We went on a couple rides in A Bug's Land before heading over to the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, or as I like to call it, The Forest with the Paw Prints. We ran around and raced down slides - Rebekah is fast!

We were pretty hungry after that so we found a place that made pizza and pasta for us - I had pizza (for the second night in a row), Rebekah had pasta, and James had the spicy meatball.

After dinner, someone thought it would be a good idea to go on the Giant Ferris Wheel. It was fun, but a little bit windy at the top! Then we all went on the "Under-the-Sea Carousel" before we headed home for the night. I picked the purple whale, Rebekah got the blue dolphin and James rode on a purple fish.

We had so much fun playing together - I hope we can do it again soon!!!

LA HABRA HEIGHTS, CA - New cousins! I got to be a flower girl with my new cousins, Morgan and Lindsay, today because Aunt Julie finally married my friend Dave. I feel like we've been waiting for this day for a very long time. It finally came and it was a very fun day.

I got to have my hair AND makeup done (by Vanessa and Amy...thanks girls!), wear a really pretty dress, take lots of pictures, eat ice cream sandwiches and stay up waaaaaaaaaay past my bedtime.

Aunt Julie looked beautiful in her pretty white dress, and my mommy and daddy both looked really nice too. Daddy said mommy looked "hot." I'm not sure what he meant, but she did look really pretty.

Congratulations to Aunt Julie and my new Uncle Dave!

FULLERTON, CA - This is my friend Maddy. She had a soccer game this morning so we stopped by to cheer her on. Go Maddy! At halftime, daddy took me out on the field and let me dribble the ball around and score goals. I think I'm ready to be on my own team. I wish coach Mark could have seen me today, he would have been so proud.

Maddy's team was real good. They're called the Blue Angels and my other friend, Rachel, is on the same team. They had a lot of fun and Maddy kicked the ball lots of times. Good job, Maddy!

FULLERTON, CA - Today was the REAL first day of school. Mommy and daddy both came this morning to drop me off in my room. I had a great day, made lots of new friends and was so excited about everything that I skipped my nap completely. Maybe I'll take one on Tuesday...we'll see.

My favorite parts of the day were music time and the puppet show. Should be a fun year with Mrs. Karen ;-)

FULLERTON, CA - Today was my first day of pre-school! Well, kind of...

Daddy took me to meet my teacher, Mrs. Karen, and show me my classroom. I played with my new friend, Cade, who will also be coming to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, just like me. We got to walk around and find the bathroom (very important), the playground and the science room. In one of the pictures that daddy took, you can see me calling mommy on the phone to tell her all about my morning.

I really like my teacher and think I'll have a lot of fun learning new things here. Daddy says that on Thursday, I get to stay for the whole day...finally!

SANTA ROSA, CA - This is my friend Candy the cat. He lives with Nana. I like to help get his food and water ready so that when he comes in the house he can eat. Whenever I call Nana on the phone I always ask where Candy is.

Can I have a cat, Daddy??

BODEGA BAY, CA - Greetings from be-yoot-iful Sonoma County. We're up at Nana & Tata's house for Aunt Julie's wedding shower (she's marrying MY friend Dave in October). This afternoon we got to go out to the coast to eat saltwater taffy, dip our toes in the cold water, play in the sand and fly a kite. Mommy got me this cute Strawberry Shortcake kite just for this trip, so luckily Dad was able to figure out how to get the thing in the air. After it was up for a while they handed me the controls. It was neat and all, but I thought there would be a bit more to flying a kite than just standing still and holding a string. I'm not good at standing still.

We had a great time out there and ate dinner at a really good restaurant called Lucas Wharf. I wasn't sure about my fish & chips, but anything tastes good when you dip it in ketchup, right?